The City of Springfield is working to avoid a budget crisis.

The Washington Attorney General is asking the Food and Drug Administration to axe restrictions on one of the drugs used for medication abortions and treating miscarriages.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown wants the Food and Drug Administration to drop certain restrictions on one of the drugs used for medication abortions and treating miscarriages.

On Monday, President Trump threatened to sign an executive order ending mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections next year.

Descendants and survivors of a Japanese American internment camp in Northern California will tell their stories at the Tule (TOO-LEE) Lake National Monument Saturday. Nearly 30,000 people were detained there during World War II. Many were from Oregon and Washington.

It’s about to get really hot. Again. The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that starts Friday and lasts through Monday for Southern Oregon and Northern California.

Community leaders in Pierce County are coming together to envision what youth justice could look like in the future.

Earlier this week, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello launched a 15 member taskforce that will help develop a plan for a new youth justice facility that will be equipped to better serve its residents .

ierce County officials launched an initiative earlier this week to build a new juvenile justice center to replace its current youth detention complex – Remann [REE-man] Hall.

Now, a group of local leaders will consider what’s needed to create a safe environment at the future Tacoma facility that will help to foster rehabilitation. KNKX reporter Mitch Borden has the story.

U.S. Representative Val Hoyle held a town hall in Eugene yesterday evening [on Wednesday], where she was met with a lot of anger from some of her constituents. KLCC’s Sajina Shrestha reports:

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HOST LEDE: A wildfire nearly destroyed a vital irrigation canal in Central Washington. And now that canal is on its last leg. [, N-W-P-B’s Courtney Flatt takes us to the aftermath of the Retreat Fire, for part one of the two sides of this fire.] [SOQ 3:46]