DAYTON, Wash. — Back in the New Deal era, the Northwest's mighty rivers were dammed, allowing barges to cheaply bring grain from the wheat fields of eastern Washington to the coast for export.

Police were investigating a fatal vehicle crash before determining the victim had died before the crash. A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead Sunday in northwest ...

SEATTLE — A new ordinance aimed at reducing violence at after-hours nightlife venues took effect Monday, following a deadly shooting outside a Pioneer Square club that claimed three lives on ...

Although the 1787 Northwest Ordinance banned slavery, some early settlers brought enslaved people with them. Indiana’s 1816 Constitution officially prohibited slavery, but Black residents still ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Crime-free housing laws are local ordinances that empower police and landlords to evict tenants who are accused of breaking the law, but an investigation shows some tenants are ...

The Windsor Planning Commission reviewed and recommended some changes April 23 to a slightly revised version of the unadopted Town of Windsor Chicken Ordinance that had been considered by the ...

SPRINGFIELD — A Senate committee on Wednesday advanced a measure aiming to limit the circumstances under which tenants can be evicted due to local “crime-free housing” ordinances. The measure was ...

The MCMC has launched an investigation into a social media post that featured an illustration of the Jalur Gemilang in an incomplete form. In a statement today, it said that as part of the ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County's justices of the peace on Thursday delayed action on a new land use ordinance for the ... Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas for more than 40 years.

Electric companies in Oregon and Washington are hurtling toward deadlines to stop using power generated by coal, gas and other fuels that contribute to global warming. Yet the states are nowhere ...

VINCENNES — During the Knox County Council meeting Tuesday evening, members unanimously agreed to sign a letter of support to keep local ordinances in place that establish the county's invasive ...

What’s held the Northwest back is a bottleneck Oregon and Washington leaders paid little attention to when they set out to go 100% green, an investigation by ProPublica and Oregon Public ...