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A new car vs. health insurance? Average family job-based coverage hits $27K

With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 … more

By Phil Galewitz / KFF Health News | 10/27/25

Washington state agency investigating police deadly force incidents plans for expansion into new regions

Washington’s independent office investigating police deadly force incidents plans to name its second region in the coming weeks and pair it with a roadmap for opening the remaining regions … more

By Paul W. Taylor / TVW | 10/27/25

The U.S. Capitol building and Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., at sunset on Oct. 14, 2025.

Pay for Trump and Congress continues in shutdown, unless they ask it be held

Some members of Congress are asking for their salaries to be withheld during the government shutdown, while federal workers on Friday missed their first full paycheck since many operations closed on … more

Jennifer Shutt / Washington State Standard | 10/26/25

Here’s why this Lacey homeless shelter is not accepting new residents for now

The city of Olympia earlier this month completed the final phase of a long-term plan to move homeless residents out of Percival Creek canyon on the city’s west side and into housing. When … more

Rolf Boone / The Olympian (TNS) | 10/26/25

Portland’s ICE protests at their doorstep: Gas masks, 100-decibel din, sleepless nights

Mindan Ocon dashed in from her apartment balcony, quickly shut the sliding door and grabbed one gas mask from her dining table for herself and another one for her 3-year-old daughter who had started … more

Kristine de Leon / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/26/25

This is Oregon Insight, a weekly look at the numbers behind the state economy.

Oregon has been among the most rapidly urbanizing states — but not lately

The share of Oregon’s population living in cities has soared over the past half century as the state has transitioned from a place with a large rural population to one that is overwhelmingly … more

Mike Rogoway / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/26/25

Washington state YouTube activist charged after pepper-spraying couple

A Pierce County man and self-styled First Amendment activist was charged with second-degree assault after pepper-spraying a married couple earlier this month. Seth Jameson Price, 39, a … more

Bonny Matejowsky / The News Tribune (TNS) | 10/26/25

I-90 opens through Cle Elum after fast demolition of damaged overpass

All lanes of Interstate 90 are flowing again west of Cle Elum, after demolition workers removed a ruined overpass above the westbound lanes, at least two days quicker than state officials expected. … more

Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/26/25

Nuclear reactors line the riverbank at the Hanford site along the Columbia River in January 1960. The site was chosen for its isolated location and proximity to the cold waters of the Columbia, which were used to cool nuclear reactors. (U.S. Department of Energy/TNS)

Washington state 1st small modular nuclear reactors team picked to build near Richland

Energy Northwest has picked a team to plan, design and build the first four of 12 X-energy small modular advanced nuclear reactors near its traditional nuclear power reactor, Columbia Generating … more

Annette Cary / Tri-City Herald (TNS) | 10/26/25

Gusts up to 77 mph knock out power for 250K around Western Washington state

Winds from the Pacific accelerated Saturday evening, knocking out electricity for tens of thousands and whipping cities from Washington's coastline to Puget Sound. The National Weather Service … more

Mike Lindblom / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/26/25

WSDOT demolishes overpass on I-90 hit by oversized load

The Washington State Department of Transportation removed an Interstate 90 overpass in Kittitas County late Thursday into Friday, after it was severely damaged Tuesday by a driver carrying an … more

Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/25/25

Pierce County sheriff’s major charged with DUI, vehicular assault in July crash

A Pierce County sheriff's major has been charged with vehicular assault and driving under the influence in connection with a July crash when he was off duty in which two other people were injured. … more

Lauren Girgis / The Seattle Times (TNS) | 10/25/25

Lego larceny: Washington pawnshop owner sentenced for sales of stolen toys

Lego sets can be a lot of things. To some they are a tried and true children’s toy, bringing joy to the entire family. For others, they are carefully handled collectibles meant simply to sit … more

Bonny Matejowsky / The News Tribune (TNS) | 10/25/25

Federal officers guarded the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. President Donald Trump is trying to send Oregon and California National Guard troops to the building to further protect it during protests opposing his immigration policies.

Troops ‘don’t want to be here’: Can National Guard soldiers sent to protect Portland’s ICE facility refuse orders?

With President Donald Trump this week moving closer to sending National Guard troops to Portland, Democratic U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum stood outside Camp Withycombe in Clackamas County — where … more

Aimee Green / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

An anonymous donor has stepped forward to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to Kelly Disney's remains and a conviction in her killing. Disney vanished in 1984. She was last seen walking on U.S. 20, leaving Newport.

Donor offers $50K reward in 40-year-old case of missing 17-year-old

Lincoln County, Oregon, authorities hope the recent offer of a $50,000 reward will lead to the remains of a 17-year-old Siletz girl who was last seen walking on U.S. 20 more than four decades ago. … more

Noelle Crombie / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

Oregon man accused of breaking into women’s homes and climbing into bed with them

A Washington County grand jury indicted a Beaverton man last Friday on multiple sex-crime charges, accusing him of breaking into the homes of at least two women and climbing into bed with them as … more

Tatum Todd / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

Kayaks, rowboats and paddle boards take to Lost Lake on a cloudy summer day, with Mount Hood in the near distance.

Boyfriend, his 15-year-old son charged in killing of woman found dumped in Mount Hood forest

An Oregon City man has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend 50 days after her body was found dumped on a forest service road in unincorporated Clackamas County. Court documents … more

Zane Sparling / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

The Oregon National Guard Armory in Salem, Oregon, on Oct. 2, 2025.

No Oregon National Guard troops can be deployed under federal control, at least through Tuesday

The federal government will not be able to deploy any Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, at least until Tuesday. That’s because the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late Friday put … more

Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest a fugitive in 2020.

Woman accused of assaulting officers during ICE detention of a motorist in Portland

A 40-year-old woman accused of assaulting federal immigration enforcement officers as she tried to block the officers from detaining a man on East Burnside Street Thursday morning was ordered … more

Maxine Bernstein / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25

Chandler Patey, 29, rents an apartment near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland and allows protesters to use it to use the bathroom and wash off pepper spray. He is an active participant in the protests himself.

Fox News calls his Portland apartment an ‘antifa safehouse;’ they’re not wrong, he says

Chandler Patey isn’t surprised that his apartment has been featured on national television, even though it isn’t really much to look at. Patey, 29, has been regularly protesting … more

Fedor Zarkhin / oregonlive.com (TNS) | 10/25/25