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The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center has announced a La Niña watch and it its prediction holds up, the Pacific Northwest could see more rain this fall and winter — and maybe some relief from the region’s stubborn drought conditions.

A Coos Bay man pleaded guilty to manslaughter this week in the drunk driving crash that killed a beloved softball coach and promising young Umpqua Community College student-athlete in April.

Gov. Tina Kotek is tweaking a proposal to raise billions in taxes for roads and bridge upkeep, a little more than a week before the bill’s fate is tested in a special legislative session.

The governors of Oregon and Washington told federal officials Tuesday that their states will not abandon sanctuary laws in the face of threats by the Trump administration to pull funding or prosecute local officials.