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POCATELLO, Idaho — Amin Adamu had 15 points and six rebounds as Montana State won its ninth straight game, topping Idaho State 72-54. Tarik Cool…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s statewide mask requirement for indoor public places will be…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two bills introduced by a panel of lawmakers would tighten restrictions around voting in…

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s elected prosecutor is promising quicker charging decisions to help tackle persistent low-level crime that’s…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Police: 1 killed, 1 injured in shooting at Fred Meyer store in Richland,…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who opened fire at a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring…

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A snowmobiler died over the weekend when an avalanche swept him downhill and into trees in the Lionhead area west of…

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 KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to enhance protections for gun makers, sellers and weapons carriers during…

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Anny Malo of Quebec, Canada won the Pedigree Stage Stop sled dog race for the forth straight year. Race officials say Malo…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Races for state attorneys general are emerging as important battlegrounds this year as Republicans seek to expand…

POCATELLO, Idaho — Malik Porter had 20 points plus 10 rebounds as Idaho State routed Montana 86-63. Brandon Whitney led the Grizzlies with 19…

BOISE, Idaho — Tyson Degenhart had a season-high 23 points as Boise State stretched its home win streak to eight games, topping San Jose State…

By DIANA OPONG KUOW SEATTLE (AP) — The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has purchased thousands of acres of ancestral forestlands in east King County. KUOW…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is prohibiting people from camping along freeways and corridors with high crash rates. Oregon…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge says Idaho’s governor doesn’t have the power to veto a clemency recommendation by…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has agreed to change its living will template so that pregnant people won’t be…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law the biggest tax cut in the state’s…

By The Associated Press Auburn coach Bryan Harsin tells ESPN he is “not planning on going anywhere” as he tries to navigate a tumultuous…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — State wildlife managers say nearly 250,000 young steelhead fish are missing from a rearing pond at the Lyons Ferry Hatchery…

CEDAR CITY, Utah — Tevian Jones had 22 points as Southern Utah defeated Idaho 75-59. Mikey Dixon led the Vandals with 17…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers is recommending the Legislature ask Congress to fix a legal…

DEMING, Wash. (AP) — Experts from the United Nations are calling on the U.S. government to stop the Nooksack Indian Tribe’s ongoing effort to…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials want to spend $300 million over the next five years to upgrade drinking water…

By FELICIA FONSECA and TED WARREN Associated Press Money that will flow to Native American tribes as part of an opioid drug settlement with a major…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to put Idaho teachers on state health insurance is headed to the governor. The…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A typically low-profile tax conformity bill to annually align Idaho with tax policy changes in…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to enhance protections for gun makers, sellers and weapons carriers during…

After the holidays, it’s normal for the nationwide supply of life-saving blood to dwindle at hospitals and blood banks as donations slow. But this…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have started the first large-scale…

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

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former Portland Mayor and tavern owner Bud Clark has died. Clark’s daughter confirmed to KATU-TV that he died Tuesday…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to expand a property tax reduction to higher valued homes that backers say will…

By TOM BANSE Northwest News Network FERNDALE, Wash. (AP) — A complex deal is in the works to revive the Pacific Northwest’s last remaining…

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

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane City Councilman Jonathan Bingle has been censured for his refusal to wear a mask. The Spokane City Council passed two…

OROFINO, Idaho (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies in north-central Idaho shot and killed a man that they said was armed with a knife early Monday morning.…

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Port of Morrow along the Columbia River has filed an appeal over a nearly $1.3 million fine from state regulators for…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to put teachers on state health insurance has cleared a Senate panel and is headed…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation is heading to the Idaho Senate to extend a legal shield to businesses, schools and…

SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say 88 people were fatally shot and 372 were wounded by gunfire in King County last year, surpassing 2020’s previous…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho National Guard is being deployed to help doctors’ offices and the state prison…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon lawmakers return to the state Capitol Tuesday for the 2022…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Senate panel has rejected a proposed law modeled after a Texas law that would have outlawed…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a small plane near the end of the runway at the Salem airport that killed two…

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a person shot by a sheriff’s deputy is dead after a suspect in an armed robbery ended up contacting a…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man died after being shot in Portland on Sunday amid a surge in gun violence. The man’s body was found…

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Reserve RaeQuan Battle scored 13 points to lead Montana State to a 70-64 win over Idaho; the Bobcats’ seventh straight victory.…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Following a “concerning surge” in shootings in Portland, Oregon, police say that they are “deploying additional…

By ANNA KING Northwest News Network RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Anthony Leggett’s farm is nestled in the foothills outside Anthony Lakes in eastern…

By BRETT FRENCH The Billings Gazette Billings, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park is developing a new bison management plan that officials say…

FRESNO, Calif. — Abu Kigab hit a pair of foul shots with 1:03 left in overtime to give Boise State the lead en route to a 68-63 win over Fresno…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Majority Democrats in the Legislature are indicating they may be open to putting restrictions on the governor’s broad…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials say Oregon hospitals are near their COVID-19 breaking…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The president of the University of Idaho says “conflict entrepreneurs” using scare tactics…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters in an unusual public request is asking members of the State Bar to take on…

SUPERIOR, Mont. (AP) — A fugitive wanted after a series of burglaries and vehicle thefts in Washington and Idaho has been arrested in western…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife commissioners are shutting down gray wolf hunting and trapping in areas…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge won’t rein in the roundup and capture of wild horses in eastern Nevada —…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Cameron Wilbon scored 19 points, the final two coming on a goaltending call with 2.1 seconds left, and Sacramento State…

MISSOULA, Mont. — Josh Bannan had 18 points and nine rebounds and Cameron Parker recorded 15 points as Montana won its 10th consecutive home game,…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation containing Idaho’s largest-ever tax cut is continuing its apparent unstoppable…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the state’s new map redrawing Idaho’s 35 legislative…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials have approved expanding trapping for river otters despite widespread…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife managers say the state’s wolf population remained steady last year at…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A House panel has introduced legislation that would bar licensed therapists and counselors…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press YAMHILL, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof traded the concrete canyons of Manhattan…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals for a second time has upheld a ruling by the state civil rights division that found that an…

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett has agreed to become…

ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Education says it will withhold federal COVID-19 relief funds from a small, rural school district in…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two wildlife advocacy groups are challenging changes to Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulations, arguing they were…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The full Idaho House has adopted an anti-abortion resolution encouraging people to fly flags…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s paid family leave program could hit a deficit as early as March and…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Supporters of a voting method that allows people to rank candidates in order of preference want to give people in Oregon the…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation has been introduced to set an end date for Idaho legislative sessions following…

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court will consider whether fare enforcement on public transit represents an unconstitutional incursion…

BOISE, Idaho — Abu Kigab registered 18 points and five assists as Boise State won its 13th consecutive game, edging past Wyoming 65-62. Drake…

SEATTLE (AP) — Cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 are decreasing in the Seattle metro area, but hospital leaders are warning that the variant…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Health officials say a national blood shortage caused by a surge in omicron cases has hit…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation is heading to the House to extend a legal shield to Idaho businesses, schools and…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return to the state Capitol next week, for…

DALTON GARDENS, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officers in northern Idaho shot a man they described as armed and suicidal after an hours-long…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a…

NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) — A former police officer who most recently worked as the school resource officer northeast of Spokane in Newport is charged…

SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington will return to in-person learning on Jan. 31 after starting winter quarter online because of a…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Mikey Dixon scored 27 points as Idaho ended its seven-game road losing streak, narrowly defeating Portland State 84-79. Trevante…

POCATELLO, Idaho — Steele Venters had 21 points as Eastern Washington easily defeated Idaho State 89-63. Angelo Allegri had 17 points for Eastern…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane police chief says two of his officers shot and killed a man who was holding a baby at knifepoint. KXLY-TV reports…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the state’s redistricting…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A top Idaho education official gave a full-throated defense of the state’s public…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to put teachers on state health insurance has cleared the House and is headed to…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press The Supreme Court will consider reining in federal regulation of private property under the nation’s main…