Woman found dead after grizzly bear encounter near Yellowstone National Park
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (AP) — A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of…
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Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves more than 30 injured during popular golf tournament
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a weekend golf tournament, police…
Continue Reading Judge orders Montana health clinic to pay nearly $6 million over false asbestos claims
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination must pay the…
Continue Reading Mountain climber, cliff diver die in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the West
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mountain climber and a cliff diver have died in separate incidents at national recreation spots in the West, officials…
Continue Reading Former Spokesman-Review editor arrested and accused of paying girls for sexually explicit images
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit…
Continue Reading Idaho judge sentences 5 from white nationalist group to jail for conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front have been sentenced to several days in jail for…
Continue Reading Man linked to deaths of four women in Oregon reportedly assaulted one earlier, victim’s father says
By CLAIRE RUSH and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man being investigated in the deaths of four women in Oregon had…
Continue Reading Tar balls are being found 100 miles downstream from Yellowstone River train derailment
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LAUREL, Mont. (AP) — Tar balls have shown up 100 miles (161 kilometers) downstream of a railroad bridge collapse…
Continue Reading Arizona woman injured in Yellowstone bison attack says ‘yes’ to boyfriend’s hospital proposal
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who suffered fractured vertebrae and collapsed lungs after being gored by a bison in Yellowstone National Park has…
Continue Reading Idaho jury finds 5 from white nationalist group guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of…
Continue Reading Ex-Washington state sheriff’s deputy accused of using position to threaten, sexually assault women
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been fired and is facing charges, accused of abusing his position as a law…
Continue Reading College student falls to his death climbing Central Oregon mountain
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The body of a 21-year-old college student was located Thursday, days after he fell hundreds of feet down a steep, rocky ravine…
Continue Reading 11 mustangs die in US roundup in Nevada caught on video, showing horses with broken necks
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nearly a dozen wild horses have died in the first 10 days of a big mustang roundup in Nevada,…
Continue Reading Federal judge appoints expert to oversee Oregon agency that has been housing foster kids in hotels
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week appointed an outside expert to help Oregon end its practice of housing kids in foster care in…
Continue Reading Oregon’s Cannon Beach reopens after cougar sighting on iconic coastal rock led to closure
CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) — A cougar that climbed onto a towering rock off the coast of northwest Oregon over the weekend — probably in search of…
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A bison gored an Arizona woman in Yellowstone, the park’s first such attack in 2023
A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National…
Continue Reading A bison gored an Arizona woman in Yellowstone, the park’s first such attack in 2023
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A bison gored and significantly injured an Arizona woman in Yellowstone National Park. The attack happened…
Continue Reading 3 killed when freight train collides with a car in Idaho
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — Two adults and a child were killed Saturday in Idaho when a freight train slammed into their car, pushing it off the road…
Continue Reading US Southwest swelters under dangerous heat wave, with new records on track
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerous heat wave threatened a wide swath of the Southwest with potentially deadly temperatures…
Continue Reading Vegas could break heat record as tens of millions across US endure scorching temperatures
By KEN RITTER and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were…
Continue Reading Northern lights might be visible this week, but most of the US won’t see them
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The northern lights could put on a show this week — though the audience will be much smaller…
Continue Reading Portland officer issues video apology for hitting photographer during 2020 racial justice protest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A police officer in Portland, Oregon, issued a video apology Tuesday for hitting a photographer in the head with a baton…
Continue Reading Idaho sued over law making it a crime to help minors get abortions without parental consent
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two advocacy groups and an attorney who works with sexual assault victims are suing Idaho…
Continue Reading Growing widlfire in central Washington prompts evacuations and threatens homes and farms
QUINCY, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in central Washington told some people to leave their homes immediately as a new, growing wildfire sparked west of…
Continue Reading Mayor of coastal Oregon city resigns over posts in police Facebook group
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of a city on the Oregon coast has apologized and resigned over offensive content he posted in a private Facebook…
Continue Reading Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand…
Continue Reading Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for…
Continue Reading 5 including baby die in fiery vehicle wreck in eastern Oregon
VALE, Ore. (AP) — Five people including an infant died when two vehicles collided and burst into flames in eastern Oregon near the Idaho border,…
Continue Reading Passenger fearing ‘powerful cartel’ made bomb threat on Seattle-bound flight, documents say
SEATTLE (AP) — A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Atlanta to Seattle Wednesday is accused of making a bomb threat that caused pilots…
Continue Reading Wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge grows slowly, still at 5% containment
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters have converged in southwest Washington along the Columbia River Gorge to fight the Tunnel 5 Fire,…
Continue Reading US senators seek expanded compensation for those exposed to nuclear fallout
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. senators from New Mexico and Idaho are making another push to expand the…
Continue Reading Man accused in fatal Washington music festival shooting pleads not guilty
SEATTLE (AP) — A 26-year-old member of the U.S. military accused of fatally shooting two women and wounding three other people at a music festival…
Continue Reading Help arrives to battle wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the…
Continue Reading Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally…
Continue Reading Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally…
Continue Reading Plan to demolish house where 4 University of Idaho students were slain prompts objections
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Objections have been raised to demolishing the house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year, with…
Continue Reading Oregon father dies after falling from cliff while hiking with family near popular waterfall
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a father died over the weekend when he fell roughly 200 feet (61 meters) while hiking with his wife…
Continue Reading Growing wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington continued growing on Monday to 546 acres (221…
Continue Reading Cleanup begins after asphalt binder spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River after train derailment
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Globs of asphalt binder that spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River during a…
Continue Reading San Diego State tells Mountain West it is not exiting, an AP source says
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State University informed the Mountain West on Friday that it is not withdrawing from…
Continue Reading Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work with same-sex…
Continue Reading From human ashes to cellphones, what’s going on with concert fans lately?
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From flinging bras to tossing flowers, concertgoers have long been a bit extra in showing…
Continue Reading ‘Watermelon snow’ piques curiosities in Utah after abnormally wet winter
By SAM METZ Associated Press LOGAN, Utah (AP) — High up in the mountains, amid pinyon pine and quaking aspen trees, the remaining remnants of the…
Continue Reading Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos…
Continue Reading California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.…
Continue Reading US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places
By MATTHEW BROWN, TERRY CHEA, CALEB DIEHL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and…
Continue Reading Billions are being spent to turn the tide on the US West’s wildfires. It won’t be enough
By MATTHEW BROWN, TERRY CHEA, CALEB DIEHL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in killings of 4 University of Idaho students
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in killings of 4 University of Idaho…
Continue Reading In some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
By JACK DURA, JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota restricted which bathrooms transgender students…
Continue Reading Judge agrees to narrow but not lift gag order in University of Idaho student slayings case
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has denied a request from roughly two dozen news organizations to lift a gag…
Continue Reading Kansas’ attorney general is moving to block trans people from changing their birth certificates
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Transgender people born in Kansas could be prevented from changing their birth certificates…
Continue Reading Oregon county sues oil, coal companies for $51 billion over deadly heat dome
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s most populous county is suing more than a dozen large fossil fuel companies to recover costs related to extreme…
Continue Reading Why some doctors stay in US states with restrictive abortion laws and others leave
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Dr. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho. One who often comes to mind is…
Continue Reading Idaho prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for man accused of killing his neighbors
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a northern Idaho man accused of…
Continue Reading A nuclear site is on tribes’ ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Three federally recognized tribes have devoted decades to restoring the condition of their ancestral lands in…
Continue Reading Man accused in Washington music festival shooting may have been on psychedelic mushrooms
QUNICY, Wash. (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting two people and wounding several others at a Washington music festival Saturday told police…
Continue Reading After GOP walkout, Oregon passes amended bills on abortion, trans care and guns
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers on Wednesday officially passed amended versions of the…
Continue Reading Oregon religious leader convicted of child sexual abuse sentenced to 13 years in prison
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon religious leader convicted multiple times of sexually abusing a former church member when she was a child has been…
Continue Reading Police say Idaho dad killed neighbors over alleged indecent exposure by neighbor’s oldest son
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho father killed a neighboring family because he was upset that the neighbor’s…
Continue Reading Idaho police say man killed neighboring family of 4 after neighbor’s teen son exposed himself to the man’s daughters
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say man killed neighboring family of 4 after neighbor’s teen son exposed himself to the man’s…
Continue Reading Alleged shooter at Washington state music festival was stationed at US Army base
By LISA BAUMANN The Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The alleged gunman who fired into a crowd killing two people at a Washington state…
Continue Reading Idaho man charged with 4 counts of murder in shooting deaths of his neighbors, including two teens
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder and burglary after prosecutors said he went to…
Continue Reading Idaho man charged with four counts of murder in the shooting deaths of his neighbors, including one minor.
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — Idaho man charged with four counts of murder in the shooting deaths of his neighbors, including one…
Continue Reading A list of mass killings in the United States since January
By The Associated Press The latest mass killing in the United States happened Monday night in Philadelphia where a 40-year-old is accused of killing…
Continue Reading Blood-red crickets invade Nevada town, residents fight back with brooms, leaf blowers, snow plows
By RIO YAMAT and RICK BOWMER Associated Press ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had…
Continue Reading Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating…
Continue Reading Suspect in jail after 4 people fatally shot at residence in Idaho, police say
KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) — A 31-year-old man detained at the scene of a shooting in northern Idaho that left four people dead on Sunday has been booked…
Continue Reading More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls
By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some…
Continue Reading 2 dead and 3 hurt after shooting at Washington state electronic dance music festival
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — Two people were killed and three others injured after police said a shooter began firing “randomly” into a crowd at a…
Continue Reading Plane crash kills ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ pilot Jim Tweto and Idaho hunting guide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Bush pilot Jim Tweto, known for his starring role in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series, was killed…
Continue Reading San Diego State seeks info from the Mountain West related to a potential exit, an AP source says
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer San Diego State University has sent a letter to the Mountain West seeking information related to a potential exit…
Continue Reading Pregnant woman shot and killed was owner of Seattle restaurant near famed market
SEATTLE (AP) — A pregnant woman who was killed in what appears to have been a random shooting in downtown Seattle this week has been identified as…
Continue Reading Oregon man pleads guilty to hate crimes charges in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a…
Continue Reading Rural Utah abortion clinic closes amid staff shortages, plans to reopen in August
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There is now one fewer place to access abortion in Utah after Planned Parenthood closed its only…
Continue Reading Republican governors intensify resistance to plan to sell land leases for conservation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican governors are pushing back against a proposal by the Biden administration to put conservation on equal footing with…
Continue Reading Oregon GOP senators end 6-week walkout after new agreements on abortion, gun bills
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Ending a walkout that held up key bills for six weeks, Republicans showed up for work in the…
Continue Reading Enough Republicans show up in Oregon Senate to end six-week walkout that blocked abortion, other key bills
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Enough Republicans show up in Oregon Senate to end six-week walkout that blocked abortion, other key…
Continue Reading Family of 4 died in Idaho car crash after driver fell asleep, report finds
RIGGINS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities believe a car crash that killed a family of four in Idaho over the weekend happened after the 17-year-old driver…
Continue Reading Pregnant woman fatally shot in car at Seattle intersection
SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who was eight months pregnant died after a man shot multiple times into a car she was in while stopped at an intersection in…
Continue Reading Oregon’s 6-week GOP walkout over bills on abortion and guns could end soon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There was an optimistic mood in the Oregon state Capitol that a boycott by Republican…
Continue Reading Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid…
Continue Reading Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Oregon said Friday it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S.…
Continue Reading 3 men charged with drug trafficking after fentanyl linked to fatal Oregon overdose
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit…
Continue Reading Oregon, mecca of weed, to crack down on illegal pot growers by holding landowners responsible
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has long been known as a mecca for high-quality marijuana, but that reputation has come…
Continue Reading Judge weighs challenge to gag order in University of Idaho killings
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press A judge overseeing the case against Bryan Kohberger, charged with killing four University of Idaho students last…
Continue Reading Portland bans daytime camping, imposes other restrictions
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s city council voted Wednesday to pass an ordinance prohibiting camping during daytime hours in most public…
Continue Reading Falcons lose top punt returner Avery Williams to season-ending knee injury
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons running back and return specialist Avery Williams is expected to miss…
Continue Reading Missing Mount Rainier climber’s body found in crevasse; he was celebrating 80th birthday
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Search crews on Mount Rainier have found and recovered the body of a man matching the description of an…
Continue Reading Racist message, dead raccoon left for Oregon mayor, Black city council member
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) — Someone left a dead raccoon and a sign with “intimidating language” that mentioned a Black city councilor outside the law…
Continue Reading Washington state to pay $3.1M to settle lawsuit in which state failed to turn over evidence
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is set to pay $3 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged severe neglect at an adult family home — in addition to…
Continue Reading Drug treatment, wildfire response and new jobs: Oregon Democrats cite bills at risk amid GOP walkout
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Democratic lawmakers stood on the steps of the state Capitol Tuesday and implored…
Continue Reading Judge rejects attempt to block new Washington state gun restrictions
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale…
Continue Reading Approval for Idaho phosphate mine reversed after judge rules US didn’t assess prairie bird impact
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A federal judge has yanked approval for a phosphate mining project in southeastern Idaho, saying federal land…
Continue Reading Diversity group calls for Oregon GOP House leader to resign over son’s Nazi salute photo
BEND, Ore. (AP) — The Central Oregon Diversity Project has called for the resignation of Republican state Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson over a photo of…
Continue Reading Court battle over interstate travel targets Utah bus stops in Nevada, California
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Utah-based bus company says the neighboring state of Nevada has “declared war” on its…
Continue Reading Oregon youths’ climate lawsuit against US government can proceed to trial, judge rules
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists can proceed to trial years…
Continue Reading Idaho hospitals working to resume full operations after cyberattack
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Two eastern Idaho hospitals and their clinics are working to resume full operations after a cyberattack on their computer…
Continue Reading Louisiana, 9 other states sue US government over steep flood insurance rate increases
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana and nine other states filed a lawsuit against the federal government Thursday to…
Continue Reading Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho’s ban on…
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