Three Spokanites convicted of federal conspiracy charges yesterday now await sentencing.

A jury has convicted three Spokane protestors on federal conspiracy charges.

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Soccer fans are flocking to Seattle this summer to watch six World Cup matches.

The international soccer tournament has been years in the making. But this isn’t the first time countries from around the globe have sent some of their best athletes to Seattle.

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The Justice Department is suing four states – including Oregon and Washington – after they refused to issue confidential license plates to federal law enforcement agencies – despite having done so in the past. Conrad Wilson reports.

The environmental response to the chemical spill in Longview, Washington, is under way. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] has more.

A small school district took steps earlier this year to move to a 4-day school week. Then an order from Governor Tina Kotek forced the district to reverse course. Elizabeth Miller has the latest.

Washington state is home to one of the largest communities of Lao refugees in the country. Now many are facing new scrutiny from ICE. For decades, people from Laos who got a deportation order were able to stay in the U.S. That’s because Laos wouldn’t take them back. Under pressure from the Trump administration, those deportation flights have picked up. KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero has more.

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Authorities confirmed six deaths among the nine people missing inside a packaging facility days after a chemical tank ruptured in Longview, Washington. The three remaining workers are presumed to be dead.

Eleven people are presumed dead in the Longview paper mill disaster in southwest Washington. It appears to be the state’s deadliest workplace tragedy in nearly a century. OPB’s Bryce Dole reports.

Developers are thinking about building a new transmission line to help meet the Northwest’s energy needs. But this one would be different from what you’re imagining. This high-voltage transmission line would run under the Columbia River. N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt has more.