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Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Jackson's Samuel Song Wins 4A District 1 Boys Tennis Singles TitleSong beat Glacier Peak's Marcus Xu in straight sets at the 4A district tournament, while Wesco 3A South and North crowned their own champions on Wednesday.

Thomas Reynolds / Portland:PacificSource Cuts 134 More Jobs as Oregon's Health Insurance Market Continues to ShrinkThe Springfield-based insurer's latest round of layoffs pushes its announced job cuts past 600 since summer 2025, amid market retreats by other carriers and steep premium increases.

Anastasia Volkova / Portland:Oregon Treatment Bed Rollout Trails State's Own Projections, Court Filing ShowsA new filing shows Oregon's health agency has activated roughly half the specially funded residential treatment beds it promised a year earlier, and has pushed back its targets to 2029.

Kateryna Melnyk / Boise:Eckert Bridge Closes in Southeast Boise as Two-Year Replacement Project Gets Under WayThe Ada County Highway District has shut the aging Eckert Bridge to build a wider span and a new roundabout, leaving some neighbors cut off from Barber Park for the duration.

Wei Zhang / Boise:Boise Police Say No Outstanding Public Threat After Reported Sexual Assault at Boise StatePolice say the reported assault late Friday happened inside a campus residence and that they are no longer seeking an unknown suspect, while detectives continue to review evidence.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Washington's Largest Charter Chain Faces Audit Calls and a Funding ReferralState officials say Impact Public Schools improperly received about $790,000 for enrolling four-year-olds in kindergarten, and a lawmaker wants fraud and performance audits after a KUOW investigation.

Wei Zhang / Boise:Caldwell Police Start Voluntary Camera-Sharing Program to Help Solve Neighborhood CrimesResidents and businesses in Caldwell can now register their doorbell and security cameras so officers can quickly ask for footage when a crime happens nearby.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Driver Pleads Guilty in Edmonds Ferry Dock Plunge That Killed Two PassengersWilliam Russell-Leonard, 30, admitted to four felonies in the June 2025 crash in which a stolen Mini Cooper he was driving went off the Edmonds ferry dock; sentencing is set for Aug. 11.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Everett Art Center Secures Multiyear Grant to Sustain Program for Youth Touched by Juvenile Justice SystemA Seattle philanthropy's grant of more than $500,000 will keep the Schack Art Center's 30-year-old Art Alternatives program running after federal funding was set to expire in September.

Kateryna Melnyk / Boise:Horseshoe Bend Residents Question Plan to Raise Highway 55 Speed Limit Through DowntownThe Idaho Transportation Department wants to raise the 25 mph downtown limit to 35 mph outside school hours to ease backups, but a local business owner and some neighbors say the change is a poor fit for a walkable town.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Marysville Man Arrested on Murder and Robbery Charges in Fatal Hit-and-RunPolice say a 55-year-old suspect deliberately ran over a 43-year-old man outside a Marysville apartment complex and took his backpack, according to court documents.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Washington Child Welfare Deaths and Near-Deaths Fall Sharply After Record 2025State officials say seven children died or were critically injured in the first quarter of 2026, down from 22 a year earlier, as opioid overdoses decline and treatment expands.

Jennifer Paige / Seattle:Medical examiner names UW student killed in Sunday stabbing as 19-year-old Juniper BlessingThe King County Medical Examiner's Office identified the University of Washington student found stabbed in a Nordheim Court laundry room, as a suspect remains in custody and the campus trans community plans a healing gathering.

Wei Zhang / Boise:Collins Outlines Property Tax and Housing Priorities in Idaho House District 7 Seat A Primary RaceIn a written questionnaire from Idaho News 6, Republican candidate Michael G. Collins laid out his platform for the May primary, while incumbent Kyle Harris did not respond.