California's chinook salmon fishery is likely to be opened this year after two straight closed fishing seasons but with restrictions. Fishermen in Oregon and Washington are poised to have an even better season because fish are more abundant there. On Thursday, the Pacific Fishery Management ...

California salmon fishermen may not get much, if any, time on the ocean this year, while their counterparts in Washington and Oregon would fare better because salmon are more abundant there, under recommendations expected Thursday. The Pacific Fishery Management Council plans to issue three proposals outlining ...

Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly three years ago to coordinate and expand sex offender registration nationwide, a U.S. Justice Department official said Wednesday. States and tribes have ...

The pace of the increase in gasoline prices has slowed, as the nationwide average approaches a new high for the year. The average price of self-serve regular Friday is $2.72 a gallon, according to AAA. Today's national average price of diesel fuel is $2.883, up a penny ...