Oregon says to keep up with demand, Ashland needs to build more than thirty-five-hundred new housing units in the next twenty years.

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes says the city is grieving recent gun deaths, including two young men shot and killed Friday.

Oregon has released its annual Housing Needs Analysis, saying the state needs to build almost five-hundred-thousand new housing units over the next 20 years.

The local impacts of Amazon’s latest mass layoff are starting to come into focus.

About 2,200 employees in Washington lost their jobs, according to a state filing.

It’s part of the 16,000 person layoff Amazon announced last week.

KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg has more.

A bill that aims to ban a toxic chemical from tires sold in Washington is making its way through the legislature. 6-P-P-D is known to create lethal runoff that instantly kills coho salmon and is harmful to other species.

More from KNKX environment reporter Bellamy Pailthorp.

Local scientists have proven that a chemical used to preserve rubber in tires creates toxic runoff that gets into stormwater and is lethal to coho salmon. A bill before lawmakers in Olympia would ban 6PPD from tires sold in Washington, over the next nine years.

McClatchy Media, which owns four newspapers in Washington state, has been experimenting with artificial intelligence to generate content on its news sites.

Host lead-in: If you read papers like the Tacoma News Tribune or the Bellingham Herald, there’s a chance you’ve read a story that A-I had a hand in. Journalists at these papers are trying to get guardrails on this technology in their next union contract. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

Eugene-area Congressional Representative Val Hoyle says President Donald Trump’s recent mention of Eugene on social media puts a target on the city.

Governor Tina Kotek yesterday [Sunday] urged Eugene residents to remain peaceful after Friday’s protest prompted a riot declaration. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports both Friday and Saturday nights, federal officers deployed tear gas and other chemical agents on protesters.