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Should the people behind pop-up food tents selling al pastor tacos and little white carts stacked with sliced fruit be fined and arrested for not having proper health permits? The Pierce County Council narrowly declined to adopt legislation this week that would have granted the Sheriff’s Office a major new role in an issue that health officials say has ballooned into a food-safety problem they have been unable to solve. After about 90 minutes of discussion involving several amendments, public co

Growing Minds Preschool & Academy's owner blames low enrollment and a costly lease, while its landlord says rent went unpaid for months.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A new dual-direction bus shelter designed to address passengers’ top concerns was unveiled on Thursday in Las Vegas. More shade and safer bus stops are two concerns that passengers who ride with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada have stated. The new bus stop design responds directly to rider feedback […]

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has issued a fraud advisory warning the public about law enforcement impersonation scams.

Students and teachers from the Sunnyside Environmental School were visiting Tideman Johnson park on Sept. 17 when they made a grim discovery — the waters of Johnson Creek were foaming, and the fish in the normally biologically diverse stream seemed to be struggling to survive. Concerned school staff reported...

More than three decades after making figure skating history, Tonya Harding is lacing up her skates again. This time, for the love of the sport and the chance to perform for an audience.

When you attempt to sell a stolen car, trying to offload it to a franchised car dealership is arguably the worst possible strategy. Dealerships run Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) for a living, and one Medford man learned that lesson the…

Two helicopters collided in midair near a small airport in Oregon on the afternoon of Oct. 29, killing all three people aboard and closing a nearby highway as emergency crews responded to the crash scene. The collision occurred at about 2:15 p.m. local time near the McMinnville Municipal Airport, southwest...

Moldy cheese, temperature issues and contamination risks were among violations cited by health inspectors at four Reno restaurants in mid-October. Northern Nevada Public Health issues four types of inspection ratings: Pass: Fewer than three critical violations during inspection. Conditional pass: Three to five critical violations, or the same critical violation found for three consecutive routine inspections that can be corrected immediately. The facility can stay open, and a reinspection will v

A 73-year-old unhoused woman's dog has been returned after someone took it while she slept outside in Eugene, police said. A woman has been cited for first-degree theft. At 2:15 a.m. Sept. 23, the owner contacted Eugene police to report that her dog, Beau, a 2-year-old tricolor purebred border collie, was missing. She said she had been sleeping at the corner of West Broadway and Olive Street with the dog beside her. When she woke up, the dog was gone.