OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The murders of five police officers and this week's shooting of two more have lawmakers thinking about more than a looming budget deficit as they prepare to return to the state capital in January.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- It was a bleak news year in Oregon. The jobless rate was persistently one of the worst in the nation. Bankruptcies and foreclosures rose as a result, and few thought the economy would improve soon or quickly.

SEATTLE (AP) -- A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower court.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Former Gov. John Kitzhaber has an early fundraising lead over rival Democrat Bill Bradbury in the 2010 Oregon governor's race, according to state campaign finance reports.

GLACIER, Wash. (AP) -- When Lynden-area resident Joe King first saw a 25-acre property near this small mountain town, he figured it was a nice piece of property where he'd like to live some day.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- One April morning eight years ago, police in Thurston County showed up at the home of young Starcia Ague and her father.
The mobile home and shed were filled with evidence of a meth factory, court records say -- propane tanks, harsh chemicals, needles, firearms, a video surveillance camera.

Meals for the Homeless, Every 4th Saturday of The Month Starting December 26th at 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Portland

Representatives of the Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Winterhawks minor league hockey team announced a partnership last week in the drive to convert Memorial Coliseum and Rose Quarter into an active entertainment district...

DIRECTV has generated more consumer complaints to the Washington Attorney General's Office than any other business in 2009, and the Washington Attorney General says he plans to take the company to court to change its practices.