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SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state ferry made a hard landing in high winds at Seattle’s Colman Dock. The Seattle Times reports no injuries were…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A procession and memorial service was held for Everett, Washington, police officer Dan Rocha, who was fatally shot while…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park celebrates its 150th anniversary year, the park’s fundraising arm is seeking $1,500…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Environmental groups are renewing efforts to stop exploratory drilling by a Canadian mining…

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his 7th grade social studies classes, he is on alert for…

By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children since the pandemic…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — There are mixed results so far from Oregon’s pioneering drug decriminalization law. In 2020,…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press A debate is playing out across the country as the Treasury Department begins reallocating some of the $46.5 billion…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints addressed a wide range of topics…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s potato growers had such a bumper crop that they’ve been helping out larger…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in banning transgender athletes from…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the Navy SEALs won’t be able to use Washington State Parks as training grounds. In January 2021, the…

ARCO, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials say they’ve completed digging up and removing radioactive and hazardous waste buried for decades in…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed $64.1 billion supplemental state budget that spends…

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Strong criticism has led Grand Teton National Park to reverse its plan to require portrait photographers to have a permit to…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he will begin the search for a permanent police chief in April. Harrell announced Thursday he will…

KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have wrapped up this year’s legislative session that included passing the…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs bill creating nation’s first statewide alert system for missing Indigenous…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Senate has failed to override Republican Gov. Brad Little’s veto of…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, voted unanimously to extend the citywide housing state of emergency for three more…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has proposed that the city’s community police oversight committee go on a two-month hiatus…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The family of a man with mental health issues who was shot and killed by a Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy will receive $1…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon auditors say the breach of the state Capitol in December 2020 and a standoff with police capped a year of heightened…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation altering the way money is allocated to K-12…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation involving the process for judicial appointments.…

AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a fight between two employees Wednesday resulted in a stabbing at a Walmart Supercenter in Auburn, Washington.…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Six months after Jacob Eli Knight Vasquez was shot and killed while getting drinks with friends in Portland, Oregon, a…

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and 20 other states have sued to halt the federal government’s pandemic…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a property tax reduction for higher-valued houses…

SEATTLE (AP) — A ballot initiative proposed by a new housing and homelessness advocacy coalition would establish a public developer that would…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a $20 increase in the amount Idaho residents can…

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a woman and her dog walking in Eugene, Oregon, were injured after a person “splashed and burned” them with…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Pickleball is now officially Washington’s state sport. Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday signed a measure into law granting the…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation that would make it illegal for most businesses…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican lawmakers are forming a working group to study allegations that Idaho libraries are making explicit materials…

CANNON BEACH, Ore. (AP) — The Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off the northwest coast of Oregon is for sale for $6.5 million. The Oregonian/OregonLive…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana authorities are not trying to track down a grizzly bear suspected in the fatal…

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two people were shot after an altercation on a Metro bus spilled outside in south King County, Washington. KOMO…

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — The 47-year-old man charged for a series of home invasions and sexual assaults that occurred nearly two decades ago appeared…

By LYNDA V. MAPES The Seattle Times ABOARD THE SOUNDGUARDIAN, Puget Sound (AP) — A trio of hydrophones rests on the sea bottom, recording the…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House and Senate have each adjourned until Thursday, giving them time to wait out…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Thwarted in passing a bill to fine and jail librarians for checking out “harmful” material…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A hiker in Montana has been killed in a suspected encounter with a grizzly bear north of…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill that dramatically increases the secrecy…

SEATTLE (AP) — A wrongful-death claim against the city of Seattle seeking $10 million has been filed for the children of a 45-year-old man whose…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against U.S. environmental officials for alleged…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation giving the state’s wildland…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The omicron subvariant, that is fueling COVID-19 surges in Europe and Asia, has been found in the wastewater of some Oregon…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Marijuana regulators around the country face a vexing question: What place does chemically derived THC have in…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been arraigned on charges stemming from a rally in Portland, Oregon.…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has become the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas law banning abortions…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled after Texas law, allowing would-be relatives to sue if they learn of…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmental regulators are moving to end a years-long cleanup along dozens of miles of…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The Pierce County Council has approved a settlement that will pay $4 million to the family of Manuel Ellis, a Black man killed…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls’…

SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle policy meant to reduce evictions after the end of the city’s eviction moratorium has been struck down by the Washington…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The state agency that oversees public defense in Oregon says it will resume paying district attorneys discovery fees after…

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Red Hot Mamas musical-comedy group from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, gave a well-received performance at the March…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A coalition of businesses wants a court to block Oregon’s plan to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Oregon Public…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in the Idaho House have approved legislation to boost reading skills among young…

By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — More than a dozen tribal communities around the U.S. will share $9 million in federal…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation that would give Idaho wildland firefighters hazard pay is headed to the…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The $643 million budget for Idaho’s colleges and universities is headed to the governor. The…

By AMBER D. DODD Spokesman-Review SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on a wellness…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and top overall seed Gonzaga rallied…

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (AP) — Longtime issues with an aging water system on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation have gotten worse with an emergency…

By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Katya Hill tried to talk her brother out of it. She urged Jimmy Hill to postpone his trip to Ukraine as she saw…

By JACQUELINE ALLISON Daily Herald OSO, Wash. (AP) — A permanent tribute to those killed in a landslide near Osos is one step closer to reality —…

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — Police say an Idaho baby at the center of protests over removal from his parents because of health concerns has been returned…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Senate has passed a bill to dramatically increase the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s…

OPHIR, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a backcountry snowboarder is dead after an avalanche in southwestern Colorado. Devin Overton of Telluride was…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation eliminating drop boxes and similar drop-off locations for absentee ballots in…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the beating death of his 9-year-old son. The Ada…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation preventing most private and public entities in Idaho from discriminating against…

SEATTLE (AP) — Hundreds of historic artifacts will soon be returned to the Upper Skagit Tribe from the city of Seattle. KUOW reports the city has…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin outlined her plans for her first 100 days if…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man was running a “massive” so-called “ghost gun” operation from his mother’s house in Salem,…

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half and top overall seed Gonzaga struggled…

By KEITH RIDLER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation preventing most private and public entities in Idaho from…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill rolling back part of the state’s sweeping police…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to increase by $20 the amount Idaho residents can recover on taxes paid on food…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added a contaminated island on the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Justice has hired a special prosecutor dedicated to locating, investigating, and prosecuting…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to expand a property tax reduction to higher-valued houses to keep older,…

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lessons from a tough start to the season helped Memphis weather a second-half challenge…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man was killed in a Russian attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, where he was seeking medical…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a $252 million transportation funding bill that…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that prohibits legal action against…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued his first veto of the year, rejecting a measure having to do…