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Election officials across the country have worked hard to prioritize security ahead of November's midterms, but some strategies could have the unintended effect of sometimes making voting harder. CREDIT: JUSTIN SULLIVAN

To Deter Foreign Hackers, Some States May Also Be Deterring Voters

A number of states are blocking web traffic from foreign countries to their voter registration websites, making the process harder for some U.S. citizens who live overseas to vote, despite the practice providing no real security benefits.

Heraclio Delacruz is in his 18th year herding sheep in central Washington. “There’s no one to talk to, you’re alone, with your friends the dogs, the braying sheep." CREDIT: ESMY JIMENEZ/NWPB

A Sheepherder On Two Decades In Washington High Country ‘With Your Friends The Dogs’

Heraclio Delacruz is a Peruvian sheepherder, in Spanish what’s called a “pastor.” This is his 18th year with the Martinez family sheepherding operation in Central Washington. " ... you’re alone, with your friends the dogs, the braying sheep," he says.

This June, instructions were posted at an early voting precinct in Bismarck, N.D. In that primary election, tribal IDs that did not show residential addresses were accepted as voter ID. But those same IDs will not be accepted in the general election. CREDIT: James MacPherson/AP

IDs Of Many Native Americans Won't Be Accepted At North Dakota Polling Places

The Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring voters' IDs to have street addresses, which many reservations do not use. Native American groups are now scrambling to prepare for Election Day.

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State And Federal Regulators Discuss New Plans For Cleaning Up Hanford Waste

Federal and state energy regulators will hold back-to-back meetings in Portland and Seattle for a proposal to reclassify some of the high-level nuclear waste at the Hanford Nuclear Site.

Alicia Goranson and Sara Gilbert play Becky and Darlene on ABC's The Conners.

TV REVIEW: Without Roseanne, 'The Conners' Go On

The first episode of the post-Roseanne era of the Roseanne revival struggled to make its jokes land, but it proved that there's plenty of story there to make a good show.

EPA Must Protect Northwest Salmon From Warming Waters, Judge Rules

A federal court ruled Wednesday that the Environmental Protection Agency must come up with a plan to protect salmon from warm water temperatures.

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Hanford Tank Waste Among Top Federal Challenges For 2018

Originally published Nov. 30, 2017The unmanned aircraft industry cluster in the Columbia River Gorge is growing yet again. An Australian company that…

Cramped Legroom On Flights Unlikely To Change, Despite Congressional Mandate

Frequent flyers have often complained of shrinking legroom on flights. Now Congress has ordered the FAA to establish minimum seat widths and pitch — but that's unlikely to result in more space.

Mailers like this one urging a write-in vote for a "real progressive" candidate were sent to voters in four hotly contested Washington state legislative races. COURTESY: FUSE WASHINGTON

'Deceptive' Mailings In Washington Legislative Races Prompt Campaign Finance Complaints

Washington's Public Disclosure Commission said Monday it's received nine complaints about a series of controversial mailers that were sent to voters in Thurston County and four hotly contested state legislative districts from coastal Washington to Spokane.

Responders cut Dungeness crab fishing gear off this humpback whale in Monterey Bay in 2016. SCOTT BENSON / NOAA FISHERIES

U.S. Coast Guard Will Help Researchers Track Whales Along The West Coast

The Oregon crab industry is putting up money to launch a new research study on where whales swim and feed along the Pacific Coast. The study stems from growing concern West Coast-wide about whales getting tangled in fishing gear.

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