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  • Alaska AirlinesLeadership

    Boeing loose-door scandal widens as federal investigators probe missing bolts on plane that nearly crashed

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft outside a hangarFinance

    Alaska Airlines faces scrutiny over its decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs

    By David Koenig, Tom Krisher, and others
  • This image provided by Kelly Bartlett shows passengers near a hole in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9, Flight 1282, which was forced to return to Portland International Airport on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (Kelly Bartlett via AP)Finance

    A loud ‘boom’, roaring wind, and a shirtless teenager: What happened on the Alaska Air Boeing 737 Max at 3 miles high

    By Terry Spencer, Claire Rush, and others
  • Boeing 737Leadership

    United just found loose bolts and ‘installation issues’ on its Boeing 737 Max jets after a door flew off an Alaska Airlines flight

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • In this photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB Investigator-in-Charge John Lovell examines the fuselage plug area of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Friday night shortly after the flight took off from Portland, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP)Finance

    Boeing 737 Max jet that suffered inflight blowout was on restricted duty because of worries over a warning light

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • Jennifer HomendyLeadership

    After yet another Boeing 737 Max mishap, federal officials order nearly 200 grounded for immediate inspection

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • Alaska Airlines flight 1276, a Boeing 737-900, taxis before takeoff from Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. The FAA has ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after part of the fuselage blew out during a flight. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)Tech

    Alaska Airlines grounds all its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners one day after returning 18 to service

    By Claire Rush, David Koenig, and others
  • Fifth Street Public Market sign, downtown Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by: VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Finance

    Oregon weekly newspaper lays off entire staff after discovering a former employee had embezzled $90,000 and left bills unpaid

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 24: Spike Lee, winner of Best Adapted Screenplay Award for ‘BlacKkKlansman’, poses in the press room at the 91st Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 24, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Dan MacMedan/Getty Images) *** Spike LeeRetail

    Gold-colored Air Jordans that were custom-made for Spike Lee sell for $51,000: ‘We couldn’t believe it’

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Joseph EmersonLifestyle

    Ex-pilot who tried to shut off engine midflight psychedelic mushroom trip gets released from jail with orders to keep away from aircraft

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Homeless encampment in Portland, OregonLifestyle

    America’s cities are ratcheting up controversial ‘sweeps’ of homeless encampments, but still failing to find a solution: ‘We’re not trash, we’re people’

    By Claire Rush, Janie Har, and others
  • Oregon Drug DecriminalizationHealth

    Oregon’s bold move to make heroin, cocaine and other drugs quasi-legal runs into Portland’s passed-out-in-public culture

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Portland teachers strikeSuccess

    Oregon hit by first-ever teachers strike in Portland: ‘Our kids deserve more than teachers that are absolutely exhausted’

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • SAN JOSE, UNITED STATES – 2020/02/25: Alaska Horizon Air Embraer ERJ-175LR aircraft seen at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Health

    ‘This is not my Joe’: Wife says pilot accused of trying to crash a Horizon Air flight struggled with depression

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • File – Pilots conduct a pre-flight check in the cockpit of a jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Dec. 2, 2020. Aviation experts say the incident on Sunday in which an off-duty pilot, riding in a jump seat in a cockpit, tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by airline workers who have special access to places where passengers can’t go. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)Health

    Off-duty pilot’s attempt to switch off Horizon Air flight’s engines after using psychedelic mushrooms renews scrutiny of cockpit mental health

    By Claire Rush, Gene Johnson, and others