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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tommy Bruner buried a 3-pointer on the final shot of the game and Denver rallied late to beat Idaho State 70-69 on Friday…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press CONWAY, S.C (AP) — Chibuzo Agbo scored 24 points as Boise State beat Loyola Chicago 70-48 on Friday night. Agbo shot 7 for…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will add a new position of solicitor general to challenge federal government actions and…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (AP) — City Council members in the central Oregon city of Bend have approved strict new rules for homeless camping that will limit…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house near campus…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Brice Williams helped lead Charlotte over Boise State on Thursday night with 12 points off of the bench…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Ethan Chapin’s last day was spent with his siblings, dressed up and dancing. Chapin — one…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Autopsies performed on four University of Idaho students who were…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Mining claims will be prohibited for at least another 20 years on land in east-central Idaho…
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A foot found floating in a Yellowstone National Park hot pool last summer belonged to a 70-year-old man from…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Kaleb Higgins scored 18 points as CSU Bakersfield beat Idaho 52-43 on Wednesday night as the Idaho campus mourned the loss of…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police: Still no suspect, no weapon found in weekend stabbing deaths of 4 University of Idaho…
Continue ReadingKEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho authorities issued a death warrant on Wednesday for a terminally ill man who is facing…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in the college town of Moscow said Wednesday they have not…
Continue ReadingFRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) — Police in southwestern Idaho are continuing to excavate the backyard of a home in the small town of Fruitland in connection…
Continue ReadingKEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials on Wednesday announced a five-year, $40 million agreement with the conservation…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has temporarily restricted wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone and…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies have shot and killed a man after a 12-hour standoff at a home in the Greenacres…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Portland, Oregon, driven by frustration with surging…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Police: 4 University of Idaho students found dead during the weekend were targeted, killed with knife or similar…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The killer — or killers — who stabbed four University of Idaho…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters have narrowly passed measures that would strengthen gun laws and mandate health care as a human right. Measure…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Branden Carlson scored 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Utah held off a late surge to post a 70-58 win over Idaho…
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Four companies that developed solar energy facilities in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois have agreed to pay a total of $1.3…
Continue ReadingFRUITLAND, Idaho (AP) — Police in southwestern Idaho have arrested a woman in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy who went…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Officials say all four University of Idaho students who were found dead inside a home near…
Continue ReadingOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Frankie Fidler had 28 points in Omaha’s 79-72 victory against Idaho on Sunday night. Fidler added 11 rebounds for the…
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — Taylen Green passed for a touchdown and ran for another score in the first quarter, George Holani finished with 17 carries for…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Ulonzo Gilliam Jr. ran for 173 yards on 31 carries and reached the end zone three times and UC Davis beat Idaho 44-26 on…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 15 points and grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds, Max Rice also scored 15 points to help Boise State…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democrats won a second key House race in Washington state Saturday — an open seat in a…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Democrat Steve Hobbs has prevailed in the race for secretary of state, the first time a member of his party has been elected as…
Continue ReadingOGDEN, Utah (AP) — Bronson Barron threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and Dontae McMillan ran for 139 yards and a touchdown and Weber State beat…
Continue ReadingBy MONICA SAMAYOA Oregon Public Broadcasting PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A research team led by Oregon State University is planning to develop a new…
Continue ReadingST. ANTHONY, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge is considering whether to split up the trials of a newlywed couple accused of conspiring to kill her two…
Continue ReadingCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Mountain West hired Gloria Nevarez, who has been leading the West Coast Conference for the last five years, to…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Terren Frank’s 24 points to lead Idaho in a 122-48 rout of Walla Walla University on Thursday night. Frank also contributed…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Miguel Tomley scored 19 points as Idaho State beat Westcliff 97-56 on Thursday. Tomley also contributed five assists and…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Val Hoyle has won the open U.S. House seat in Oregon’s 4th…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — King County and the union representing sheriff’s deputies have reached an agreement that would allow for deputies to carry body…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — What initially appeared to be a Democratic win in the Idaho House has turned into a Republican…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tina Kotek has been elected Oregon’s next governor, extending longtime…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Environmental groups on Thursday hailed a decision by the Biden administration to…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Matt Dentlinger scored 19 points as South Dakota State beat Boise State 68-66 Wednesday night. Dentlinger added four steals for…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republicans maintained their hold in the deeply conservative state on Tuesday by…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s gubernatorial election hung on a knife’s edge Wednesday, with the race too early…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Russ Fulcher wins reelection to U.S. House in Idaho’s 1st Congressional…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Simpson wins reelection to U.S. House in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Crapo wins reelection to U.S. Senate from…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Brad Little wins reelection for governor in…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Incumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher retained their seats in Congress…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s gubernatorial election, usually a shoo-in for the Democratic candidate, has…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo on Tuesday won a fifth term in the deeply conservative…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little won a second term on Tuesday. The 68-year-old Republican governor who…
Continue ReadingPROVO, Utah (AP) — Fousseyni Traore had 15 points and 11 rebounds in BYU’s 60-56 win against Idaho State in a season opener on Monday night.…
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Tevin Smith scored 23 points as Denver beat Idaho 68-63 in a season opener on Monday night. Smith shot 8 of 15 from the field and 6…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A suburban Seattle man accused of threatening to shoot Black customers at grocery stores in Buffalo, New York, and at businesses in…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho tax collections are back on track after October revenue exceeded expectations and made…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are urging voters to get election-related information from trusted sources and…
Continue ReadingBy JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Puka Nacua caught 14 passes for 157 yards and two touchdowns, including an acrobatic catch…
Continue ReadingDAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Ulonzo Gilliam Jr. ran for 132 yards and two third-quarter touchdowns and Miles Hastings threw for 270 yards and two more…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Gevani McCoy threw four touchdown passes to Hayden Hatten in the first half and Idaho raced past Eastern Washington 48-16 on…
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State University police sergeant accused of sexual misconduct while on duty in Pullman has resigned. Police Sgt.…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Electric company PacifiCorp has entered a settlement with two families who were victims of the catastrophic Labor Day fires…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO The Associated Press Why was I given a provisional ballot? Provisional ballots are issued to voters at a polling location when…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — As complaints about elections, many of them unfounded, pile up around the country,…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press WEST POINT, Ga. (AP) — Loretta Williams lives in Alabama but drove to Georgia to buy a lottery…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A judge in Washington state has temporarily blocked Albertsons from paying a $4 billion dividend to investors as part of the grocery…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — An atmospheric river is bringing strong to damaging winds, heavy rain and below-normal temperatures for the Puget Sound region from…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (AP) — A fired bus driver in Oregon accused of choking a Black passenger to unconsciousness because the man was not wearing shoes has…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press Idaho is one of 14 states where only the governor can call a special session. That could change Tuesday if more than…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal appellate court on Wednesday said a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Republicans so dominate deeply conservative Idaho that Election Day can be anticlimactic to the GOP primary in May, where…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The tents proliferating on sidewalks in downtown and residential…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered seaplanes like one that went down in Washington’s Puget Sound in September be inspected…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A high-profile Idaho attorney who has defended in state and federal courts some of the most…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons in an effort to…
Continue ReadingMERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say an Idaho high school student died Wednesday morning after being hit by a vehicle while walking near the…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland’s official slogan is “The City That Works,” but after a…
Continue ReadingRUFUS, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of a rural Oregon town is facing accusations of attempted murder following a road rage incident Monday night. The Hood…
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, NM (AP) — This was a land of dense forests. A creek cascading through ponds…
Continue ReadingBy TAMMY WEBBER and MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Raymond Naranjo sings for rain, his voice rising and falling as…
Continue ReadingGREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A plan for three open-pit gold mines in salmon habitat in east-central Idaho is one step…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer There’s an old saying that adversity makes you stronger. Real life shows that’s not always true, but the…
Continue ReadingSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Asher O’Hara spun and lunged into the end zone for a 2-yard score with 1:48 left and unbeaten Sacramento…
Continue ReadingBy JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Taylen Green threw for a career-high 305 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, George…
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA REYNOLDS Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police saw Carmon Tussey walking briskly toward a crowded Louisville bar carrying a…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court says it will not reconsider the clemency case of a terminally ill man…
Continue ReadingKALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman was cited for animal cruelty Thursday for shooting and skinning a 6-month-old husky and posting pictures of…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — When U.S. Forest Service personnel carried out a planned burn in a national forest in Oregon…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A bipartisan group of attorneys general is asking Albertsons to delay a $4 billion payout to its shareholders…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Republican mayor of Wenatchee, a small city in central Washington’s orchard country, didn’t…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters are being asked to decide whether the state should be the first in the nation to…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for…
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