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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Several pieces of legislation aimed at preventing Idaho government entities from investing in…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It appears it’s going to take a dozen House Democrats if Idaho is to hang on to more…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Leaders in the Idaho Senate say a House-approved bill to prohibit gender reassignment…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has approved a resolution that characterizes The New York Times’ “1619…

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say two teens were hurt in a shooting outside a high school in Yakima, Washington. Yakima Police Chief Matt Murray…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A major Boise hospital was locked down for about an hour after far-right activist Ammon Bundy…

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration for records related to its decision to…

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon will spend more than $120 million to build affordable-housing units close to transit stations near Seattle and Washington,…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden have filed a…

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A California man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for burglarizing user fee collections sites on the Coronado…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Senate committee chairman has revived a bill that would dramatically increase the…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation aimed at banning abortions in Idaho after six weeks of pregnancy by allowing…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The budget for the Hanford nuclear reservation for the current fiscal year will be nearly $128 million more than proposed by…

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

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Xavier Bishop scored 19 points to help Montana State advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 26 years as the…

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tyson Degenhart scored 13 points and Boise State defeated San Diego State 53-52 to win the…

MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Police say far-right activist Ammon Bundy has been arrested after refusing to leave a hospital in connection with a…

UNITY, Maine (AP) — Unity telecommunications company UniTel has been sold to an Idaho-based broadband provider that plans to rapidly expand fiber…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland, Oregon man got probation and a talking-to from a judge after pleading guilty to trying to sell his 2020…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After spending a majority of the pandemic under statewide indoor face…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — On average, new residents aren’t taking pay cuts to move to Montana, meaning…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Darian White scored 17 points, Leia Beattie added 16 and Montana State earned its third NCAA Tournament berth with a 75-64 win…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state lawmakers worked until nearly the last minute this week, adjourning…

KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho legislative budget leaders have decided not to act on a request by Republican Lt. Gov.…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Matt Johnson II had 24 points as Northern Colorado held off Eastern Washington 68-67 in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of…

BOISE, Idaho — Khalid Thomas had 20 points as Portland State got past Southern Utah 77-65 in the Big Sky Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Maizen…

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

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane has officially announced his candidacy for Idaho…

LAS VEGAS — Emmanuel Akot had 22 points as Boise State edged past Nevada 71-69 in the Mountain West Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Grant…

BOISE, Idaho — Xavier Bishop had 14 points to lead five Montana State players in double figures as the Bobcats romped past Sacramento State 83-61…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers have approved a $64.1 billion supplemental state budget and a nearly…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would lift the licensing requirements for…

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

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found James Dean Cloud guilty of several counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and carjacking in a 2019 mass…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — House and Senate budget negotiators reached agreement Wednesday on a $64.1 billion…

BOISE, Idaho — Linton Acliese III had 20 points as Eastern Washington edged past Northern Arizona 78-75 in the first round of the Big Sky…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would have increased the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drug suppliers…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher’s San Diego State Aztecs appear primed for what has become an annual run through…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The top Republican in the Idaho Senate says a House-approved bill to fine librarians $1,000…

BOISE, Idaho — Khalid Thomas posted 17 points as Portland State defeated Idaho State 66-52 in the Big Sky Conference Tourney first round. Liam…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three Idaho women are suing the state in federal court over its expensive training requirement for professional hair-braiders.…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The chair of the Oregon Republican Party is stepping down. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports state Sen. Dallas Heard told the…

BOISE, Idaho — Bryce Fowler had 26 points as Sacramento State narrowly beat Idaho 57-54 in the Big Sky Conference tourney first round. Trevante…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law legislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel of Idaho lawmakers has approved a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks…

Hermiston, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks after a fire damaged a plant that produced chips and salty snacks in northeast Oregon the company says it will lay…

By BRITTANY PETERSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Thinning the dense stands of trees across millions of acres of U.S.…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will lift the state’s public health emergency disaster…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The Montana Stockgrowers Association has asked its state’s wildlife agency to reject any requests to capture…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has voted to prohibit gender reassignment surgeries and gender-affirming…

Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho governor and other statewide elected officials could get a pay increase in January following the…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation with the potential to fine Idaho librarians $1,000 and send them to jail for a…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho House has overwhelmingly approved two pieces of legislation as part of a process to…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that suspends Oregon’s ban on personal notes nicknamed love letters…

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

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Legislature’s budget committee has approved spending $3.4 billion to teach…

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — James Moors scored at the basket with just under a minute to play to give Colorado State the lead and Kendle Moore added two…

MOSCOW, Idaho — Mikey Dixon had 27 points as Idaho got past Northern Arizona 78-69. Jalen Cone led the Lumberjacks on Saturday with 35 points and…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Opponents of restrictions intended to curb the spread of COVID-19 rallied at the state Capitol on Saturday, calling on…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Climate experts from Oregon, Washington and Idaho say most of the Northwest remains locked in drought and that the region is…

By SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says he’ll veto a ban on transgender girls in…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man who hit a police officer with a pipe while storming the U.S. Capitol last year…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House committee has introduced sweeping tax legislation raising Idaho’s sales tax to the…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed two bills fixing parts of a sweeping package of police reform…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America Oregon lawmakers adjourned the 2022 short legislative session  after passing a slew of ambitious…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposed voter law would require a valid Idaho driver’s license or state-issued…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say narcotics agents seized about 150,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills made with fentanyl and about 20 pounds of…

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Marlon Ruffin had 19 points off the bench to carry Portland State to a 79-68 win over Idaho. Ezekiel Alley had 15 points for…

POCATELLO, Idaho — John Knight III had 20 points as Southern Utah defeated Idaho State 79-71. Aj Burgin led the Bengals with a season-high 20…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Climatologists in the U.S. Pacific Northwest warn that much of Oregon and parts of Idaho…

SEATTLE (AP) — Crystal Mountain Resort in Washington state says an unlimited ski and snowboard season pass for next season will cost hundreds more…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is facing allegations that he verbally mistreats staff and has grown…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Onlookers cheered from overpasses as a string of cars drove down Interstate 90 as part of a “Freedom Convoy,” which…

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The sheriff of Kootenai County, Idaho, says the deadly shooting Monday night near Hauser Lake was the latest…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press As demand to get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. collapses in many areas, states are scrambling to use…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Precision Castparts Corp. has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused its metal casting…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler will use his executive powers to create a new homeless service hub within the city government,…

SEATTLE (AP) — A new calf was born to J pod of the southern resident orcas, an endangered population of killer whales. The Seattle Times reports…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lawmakers are considering legislation seeking to dump investments in Russia following…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation allowing the Powerball lottery and its huge jackpots to continue in Idaho is…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court is considering a case where one parent allowed a teen to marry,…

BOISE, Idaho — Abu Kigab had 23 points as Boise State topped Nevada 73-67. Kenan Blackshear led the Wolf Pack with 16…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has overturned a new capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who torched five Seattle police cars during a tumultuous protest that heralded a summer of…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a request by wealthy landowners in central Idaho to stop…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to reports of shots fired inside a building at the Hanford Site, but authorities…

SEATTLE (AP) — Heavy rain brought flooding and concerns about landslides to the Pacific Northwest and many locations in the region set rainfall…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho House panel has rejected legislation that opponents said would have harmed education…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest last summer offers a glimpse of the types of…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers in the House have approved exempting some government cybersecurity records from…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Backers say a plan to create education savings accounts will help students in kindergarten…

SEATTLE A strong storm fueled by an “atmospheric river” brought rain, snow and threat of flooding and avalanches on Monday to the Pacific…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Khalid Thomas had a career-high 27 points as Portland State edged past Idaho State 73-69 in overtime. Tarik Cool led the Bengals…

LAS VEGAS — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 27 points as Boise State defeated UNLV 86-76. Abu Kigab added 23 points for the Broncos. Bryce Hamilton led…