Smoke from the Hagen Fire in Eastern Oregon is spurring the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to distribute air quality kits to their members.

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Douglas County area fire officials are urging the public to not start fires with their vehicles after five were sparked near a roadway in the Riddle area.

INTRO: The ACLU of Washington is filing a claim against federal immigration officials for damages to a family of asylum seekers.

They were held in a cell for four weeks…  and allege officials violated their rights.

KUOW’s Esmy Jimenez explains more.

[Tension over trains, taxes and growth drives crowded Clark County Council primary race

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Nine candidates are vying for three seats on the Clark County Council ahead of Washington’s Tuesday primary election. As Oregon Public Broadcasting's Elena Neale-Sacks [[eh-LAY-nuh Neel Sacks]] reports, the county’s budget troubles could be a driving issue.

Earlier this week [on July 27], Lewis-Clark Valley nurse-midwives Andrea Hedrick [ON-dree-uh HEAD-rick] and Nicole Jones returned to the labor and delivery unit at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho.

Two nurse-midwives have returned to obstetrics care at a hospital in Lewiston, Idaho. They had temporarily lost their hospital privileges due to a lack of supporting physicians. N-W-P-B’s Rachel Sun reports.

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Texas-based energy company VoltaGrid has canceled plans for a controversial new gas plant to power data centers in Quincy, Washington.

["The further out you are, the more on your own you are,"

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Rural residents in Southern Oregon often find it more challenging to get news about natural disasters.

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Researchers say emergency alerts in rural Oregon might be filling a communication gap. Jefferson Public Radio’s Peyton Gast has more.

Charges have been filed [WEDNESDAY] against the teenager accused of being one of the Seattle Center shooters.