Columbia County (Oregon) announced today (yesterday/TUES) that it will need to use furlough days for its workers to make up for budget shortfalls this fiscal year. Ryan Haas reports.

The U-S Senate today [[Tuesday]] advanced a budget proposal that would boost logging on federal lands --- and cut timber funds to counties. OPB's April Ehrlich [[ER-lick]] reports.

In the span of a week in mid June, King County Search and Rescue officials received five calls for hikers with ankle injuries or without headlamps after dark on Mailbox Peak.

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a ‘Stage 1’ warning currently in effect across southwestern Oregon.

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Eugene 4J School District’s new superintendent is on the job this week. KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White caught up with her on her first school visit.

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[HOST:] King County Search and Rescue says it recently received an unusual number of calls for help on Mailbox Peak. The nearly 9-and-a-half mile long trail is near North Bend.

KNKX reporter Freddy Monares has that story.

Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson says she wants to see the city take a more comprehensive approach to funding addiction treatment services.

KUOW’s Noel Gasca has more on Nelson’s idea for a new revenue source.

A convoy of vehicles escorted two slain Coeur d’Alene firefighters back to the Lake City today [Tuesday].

A number of healthcare providers in Washington are sounding the alarm about Trump’s massive tax and spending bill … which the U.S. House is considering for final passage before the July 4th holiday.

The Lane Regional Air Protection Agency has some recommendations as Oregonians head into the heat of the summer, and the risk of wildfire smoke increases.