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By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Ban on many semi-automatic rifles passes Washington state Legislature as mass shootings soar; governor expected to…

By MEAD GRUVER and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don’t talk about their…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The only surviving child of a woman charged in the murders of her two youngest children and a…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — The man who fatally shot a police officer in Everett, Washington, last year was sentenced Monday to life in prison without…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A bill in Washington state to establish a minimum marriage age of 18 has stalled again in the Legislature. According to…

ONTARIO, Oregon (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting an eastern Oregon reserve police officer after a car chase…

NYSSA, Ore. (AP) — Authorities were looking for a man they believe shot and killed an eastern Oregon reserve police officer. Nyssa officer Joseph…

By PETER ORSI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle on…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mom accused of killing her two youngest children and a romantic rival described some people as possessed or “zombies,”…

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge has ruled against a suburban Seattle gun shop owner who sold high-capacity ammunition magazines despite a state ban. The…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dozens of scientists from universities and environmental groups…

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Several hundred people rallied against plans for a large-scale wind energy project in southern Idaho, hoping to convince…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court’s stricter interpretation of a…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a federal rule in 24 states that is…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A federal appeals court has kept an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jurors in the triple murder trial of a woman accused in the deaths of her two children and a…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper exchanged gunfire with a man who was holding the driver of a semitrailer at gunpoint Monday…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN HANNA Associated Press Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday signed…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mother accused in the triple murder of her two youngest children as well as her new…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A legal battle over a dress code for bikini baristas at coffee stands is ending after a city north of Seattle agreed to pay…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A man who has been serving a life sentence for the murder of an Oregon couple decades ago died Friday in prison, officials said.…

SEATTLE (AP) — The new, billion-dollar international terminal at Seattle’s airport that opened last year was supposed to fit 20 large planes side…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is changing a half-century-old land-use law to make room for semiconductor development…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho governor signs ‘abortion trafficking’ bill making it illegal to help minors get abortion without parental…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Washington state have dropped a long-running harassment case against a man who had…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican governors in Indiana and Idaho have signed into law bills…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Starting next year, anyone in Idaho who provides gender-affirming medical care for…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of entering the U.S. Capitol with a pro-Trump mob during the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection has…

OXBOW, Ore. (AP) — Two men died in a small plane crash near the Oregon-Idaho border on Sunday, according to the Baker County Sheriffs Office. Two…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A man accused of killing a police officer in Washington state last year has been convicted of aggravated first-degree murder.…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As the trial of a woman charged in three killings in what prosecutors say was a…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter was charged…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers pass bill that would criminalize helping minors get abortions without parental…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN HANNA Associated Press Idaho lawmakers are considering making it illegal for an adult to help a minor procure an abortion…

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — People who were sexually abused as children in Washington state may soon be able to bring lawsuits against the state, schools…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House,…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison at a condemned prisoner may conjure up a…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor on Wednesday signed legislation expanding access to abortion and putting…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has issued its first license under its new system that offers controlled use of psilocybin to the public. The Oregon…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness…

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A federal judge paused the Biden administration’s waterway protections in Texas and Idaho as Republicans across the…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers pass bill with veto-proof majority that would allow execution by firing…

ST. REGIS, Mont. (AP) — A suspect in an Idaho armed robbery was killed by law enforcement after shooting a hostage near a travel center in western…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jake O’Neil has 15 points and 12 rebounds and College of Idaho blew most of a 23-point second-half lead before holding on…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Black woman who has worked for decades as a Seattle police officer filed a $10 million claim with the city against its Police…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Led by tough-talking Republican governors weighing presidential runs, Texas and Florida are debating…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Boo Buie scored 22 points to lead Northwestern to a win in the school’s second…

EASTON, Wash. (AP) — Three people died in a vehicle crash Thursday on Interstate 90 east of Snoqualmie Pass near Easton. KOMO reported that…

LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — A snowboarder died after an avalanche south of Bend, Oregon, at Paulina Peak Wednesday afternoon. Deschutes County Sheriff’s…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In Idaho, an art exhibit was censored and teens were told they couldn’t testify in some…

BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to stalking a lawmaker in Washington state. Isaiah Long, 34, of Bremerton, pleaded guilty to two…

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Max Shulga had 19 points in Utah State’s 72-62 win against Boise State on Saturday in the Mountain…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho legislative intern is suing a lawmaker who was convicted of raping her and one…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Naje Smith scored six of his 18 points in overtime and No. 2 seed Boise State outlasted seventh-seeded UNLV 87-76 on Thursday…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A contentious bill that would give police greater ability to pursue people in vehicles has narrowly passed the Senate in…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill that would allow inmates of prisons and jails in Oregon to vote in elections moved on…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Democrat-led Washington state House on Wednesday approved an assault-weapons ban, advancing a measure long sought by…

By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday voted to overturn the Biden administration’s…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of refusing to expand Medicaid benefits for new moms, Republican officials in more…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington House Democrats have passed a bill that would require a 10-day waiting period when purchasing firearms. Firearms…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are looking for assurances from…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — RaeQuan Battle scored 17 points and his dunk off a lob from Darius Brown II with 1.6 seconds left in the second overtime lifted…

By ANDREW SELSKY and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Buttery, smooth, oaky. These are characteristics of the best bourbons,…

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies,…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Dillon Jones scored 18 points to lead Weber State to a 70-64 victory over Sacramento State on Monday night in the quarterfinal…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Aanen Moody scored 28 points to propel Montana to an 83-74 victory over Idaho State on Monday night in the quarterfinal round…

SEATTLE (AP) — Amtrak has restarted direct trips on its Cascades passenger-train service between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia,…