Pacific NW

TIGARD, Ore. – A few days before the end of the auction that might change his life, Quinn Brown went thrift-store shopping with his twin sister, Ellie. They were 19. It was Senior Day at the Value Village, and nearly every other customer was old enough for an AARP discount, but the twins never tired of looking for treasure in someone else’s discarded things.

From 1976: The Earthlife Festival and Farmers Market made its summer debut in Riverfront Park,

Ex-Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice pleaded guilty this week to lying to police about overdosing on drugs he found on dead bodies. He entered his plea in Yakima County District Court, where he was being tried on charges of tampering with evidence, official misconduct and providing false information to a government official. Curtice resigned as coroner last year amid pressure from his criminal ...

Just a few weeks shy of his 18th birthday, the beloved white Bengal tiger at Cat Tales Wildlife Center named Nalin had to be euthanized Thursday.

Workers at the Longview paper mill that was closed by a deadly accident in May will continue to receive full wages but have yet to hear when the mill might restart.

RENTON – Last Monday, as the U.S. team played Belgium in the FIFA Men’s World Cup match in Seattle, more than 3,300 people gathered to watch at a brand-new park in downtown Renton. But, until last month, the area had sat vacant for 15 years.

“Wagons Ho!”

The United Methodist Church’s Oregon-Idaho Conference will no longer hold its annual gathering in Idaho next year over safety concerns stemming in part from Idaho laws targeting transgender and nonbinary people.

From 1976: A Spokane Chronicle front page photo showed Coeur d’Alene’s “newly landscaped area, sandy beach steps and view,” made possible by the removal of the former Playland Pier on the lakefront.

Former Vice President Mike Pence will soon be visiting the Lilac City to receive the region’s highest award for accomplished policy makers.