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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 23 September 2021

Photo courtesy of City of Seattle

Mayor Jenny A. Durkan and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture today announced that a new, long-term Black Lives Matter public art piece has been installed at Seattle City Hall.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 23 September 2021

A Black man was shot and killed outside a bar by a white man in central Oregon

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 22 September 2021

Physician Bukhosi Dube has been named as Chief Medical Officer at Cascadia Behavioral Health.

Dr. Bukhosi Dube will lead innovative “integrative health” model

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 21 September 2021

Columbia Park in NE Portland

Two activists created a website to inform the most climate-vulnerable on how to take action.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 21 September 2021

Gov. Jay Inslee

Washington Gov. Jay Inlsee has asked the federal government for assistance staffing hospitals and long-term care facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Details: Written by By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 21 September 2021

Oregon State Capitol

The Democratic speaker of the Oregon House on Monday rescinded a deal she made with Republicans to share power as lawmakers redraw political boundaries and add an additional U.S. House seat for the state.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 21 September 2021

The lawsuits seek a full audit conducted in the same manner as one carried out in Arizona — which has so far yielded no evidence of widespread fraud

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2021

Wheeler also called for a citywide expansion of Portland Street Response, a team that helps people experiencing homelessness or low-acuity behavioral health issues, to reduce the number of calls police must handle

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 17 September 2021

(Deschutes County Sheriff Via AP)

Deer Creek has run dry after several illegal marijuana grows cropped up in the neighborhood last spring, stealing water from both the stream and nearby aquifers

Details: Written by By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press; Published: 16 September 2021

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

The Biden Administration is picking up where the Trump administration left off, challenging a 2018 Washington state law that made it easier for sick Hanford Nuclear Reservation workers to qualify for compensation benefits.