Oregon Legislature: Will Dems, GOP be able to get along?
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return to the state Capitol next week, for…
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As Oregon lawmakers prepare to return to the state Capitol next week, for…
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DALTON GARDENS, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officers in northern Idaho shot a man they described as armed and suicidal after an hours-long…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation prompted by the deaths of three Idaho Army National Guard pilots killed in a…
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NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) — A former police officer who most recently worked as the school resource officer northeast of Spokane in Newport is charged…
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SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington will return to in-person learning on Jan. 31 after starting winter quarter online because of a…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Mikey Dixon scored 27 points as Idaho ended its seven-game road losing streak, narrowly defeating Portland State 84-79. Trevante…
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POCATELLO, Idaho — Steele Venters had 21 points as Eastern Washington easily defeated Idaho State 89-63. Angelo Allegri had 17 points for Eastern…
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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…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on whether the state’s redistricting…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A top Idaho education official gave a full-throated defense of the state’s public…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to put teachers on state health insurance has cleared the House and is headed to…
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press The Supreme Court will consider reining in federal regulation of private property under the nation’s main…
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By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers have advanced a Republican-backed bill that would ban…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health officials have activated crisis standards of care for much of southern…
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PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say a 67-year-old woman was killed when a driver accused of being under the influence of intoxicants crashed his…
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By MILES BLUMHARDT The Coloradoan FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Avalanche forecasting has improved by leaps and bounds over the last 50 years. The…
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MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — A record number of visitors flocked to Yellowstone National Park last year despite fewer hotel rooms and campsites…
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RAINIER, Wash. (AP) — A couple and their three-year-old granddaughter have been killed in a house fire in western Washington state. Authorities…
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SAN DIEGO — Boise State held San Diego State to 37 points on 28.1% shooting on the way to a 42-37 win, the Broncos’ 12th consecutive victory.…
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MOSCOW, Idaho — Trevante Anderson registered 17 points as Idaho narrowly beat Sacramento State 73-72 in overtime. Zach Chappell led the Hornets…
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CEDAR CITY, Utah — Tevian Jones, John Knight III and Jason Spurgin scored 17 points apiece as Southern Utah got past Idaho State 86-74. Jared…
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BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Wildlife officials say wolves attracted to six unburied cow carcasses at an eastern Oregon ranch killed a herding dog. The…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho say a man upset with being charged a $150 fee for smoking in his motel room fired multiple rounds…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane man who reported his wife’s death as a suicide has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The Spokesman-Review…
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By HELENA DORE Bozeman Daily Chronicle BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park is about to turn 150 years old. Yellowstone Superintendent…
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials predict that the number of COVID-19 cases in the…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker who was censured after publicizing the name of a 19-year-old intern who…
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HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Officials in western Montana have released the name of a Colorado skier who died while skiing out of bounds at the Lost…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has only roughly one-third of the public defense attorneys it needs to provide reasonably effective assistance to…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would allow Idaho residents with multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders to use a pain-relief spray…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Just like other Idaho residents, some animals at Zoo Boise are getting vaccinated against coronavirus. KIVI-TV reports that so…
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OGDEN, Utah — Jamison Overton tied his season high with 21 points as Weber State rolled past Idaho State 95-63. Koby McEwen had 13 points and six…
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LOGAN, Utah — Mladen Armus had 22 points plus 19 rebounds and Marcus Shaver Jr. hit the game winner with 1.4 seconds as Boise State won its 11th…
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MOSCOW, Idaho — Bodie Hume had 25 points as Northern Colorado got past Idaho 87-70. Daylen Kountz had 16 points for Northern Colorado (9-8, 4-1 Big…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A state judge is weighing whether Idaho’s Constitution allows the governor to reject a…
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of Oregon residents are crying government overreach as officials…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two public electric utilities and a federal energy agency with millions of customers in eight…
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a California man to nine months in prison for a drunken rampage in Yellowstone National Park.…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s largest-ever tax cut has cleared the House and is headed to the Senate. The…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials have sent MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell a cease-and-desist letter and a bill of more than $6,000 over the…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The City Council in Portland, Oregon, has approved paying $22,500 to settle a lawsuit brought by a woman who said police used…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials are requesting $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin asked legislative budget writers Wednesday for $29,000 to cover legal fees incurred after she…
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By CHRIS GRYGIEL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Latino civil rights organization and others have filed a federal lawsuit that says new political…
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BOISE, Idaho — Tyson Degenhart registered 19 points as Boise State stretched its winning streak to 10 games, getting past Air Force 62-56. Emmanuel…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced a resolution that would have flags flown at half…
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By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) — When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting cross…
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By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) — When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting cross…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has given its blessing for Idaho’s largest-ever tax relief package.…
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By MATTHEW BROWN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says it will significantly expand efforts…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington students took their first state exams last fall since the pandemic began and their scores dropped. The Seattle Times…
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POCATELLO, Idaho — Koby McEwen and Seikou Sisoho Jawara scored 23 points apiece as Weber State beat Idaho State 78-61. Tarik Cool led the Bengals…
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Nik Mains and Jalen Cone scored 24 points apiece as Northern Arizona narrowly defeated Idaho 74-72. Trevante Anderson led the…
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revisit part of its decision not to…
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Police in Bellevue, Washington, rescued two people from a home that slid off its foundation. The Seattle Times reports police received a call of…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — State Rep. Dan Rayfield is poised to be the next Oregon House Speaker after being officially nominated by Democratic…
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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tarik Cool scored 20 points to lead four in double figures and Idaho State beat Idaho 81-74. Emmit Taylor III had 12 points…
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SULA, Mont. (AP) — A 25-year-old Colorado skier who went missing Thursday from the Lost Trail Ski Area on the Montana-Idaho border has been found…
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By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Governors and state lawmakers are prioritizing climate change as they write their…
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Katie Uhlaender now has made five of the six U.S. Olympic women’s skeleton teams. She’s also the first…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Police Bureau’s Internal Affairs department is investigating a police training presentation that ended with a…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments in four separate lawsuits brought against the…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Coronavirus cases are rising sharply among children under age four and between the ages of 12 and 17. Oregon health officials…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s snowpack levels are in good shape and water experts are cautiously optimistic about water levels in the coming…
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OGDEN, Utah — Jamison Overton and Seikou Sisoho Jawara scored 18 points apiece as Weber State topped Idaho 84-74. Koby McEwen added 12 points for…
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SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has unanimously upheld permits that will allow Cooke Aquaculture Pacific to farm steelhead trout…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s 300,000 unaffiliated voters might have to act fast if they want to participate in the closed Republican primary…
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KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — A former Kennewick fire chief is suing the southeast Washington city in federal court, saying he was fired because he is…
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NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in the decades-old sexual assault and slaying of a young Idaho girl has been formally charged with…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced legislation to reject the math, science and English…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has tentatively OK’d a proposal that would give would-be lawyers the option to skip the bar…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. scored 28 points and Boise State defeated Nevada 85-70. Emmanuel Akot added 23 points for the Broncos. Grant…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employee has been accused of poaching. The Spokesman-Review reports the Ferry…
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BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — Oregon has fined the Port of Morrow along the Columbia River $1.3 million for repeatedly over-applying agricultural…
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is acknowledging it has been shipping mixed radioactive waste from a nuclear…
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AMERICAN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A Montana man has been charged with felony driving under the influence after prosecutors say he crashed into an…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to cut Idaho’s income tax and provide one-time rebates was introduced Wednesday in the House Revenue and Taxation…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The recent closures of four passes through the Cascade Range in Washington have left empty grocery store shelves in Spokane…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s coronavirus cases are increasing faster than the state can track them, causing a…
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By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming has asked the federal government to remove protections from grizzly bears in and…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Increasingly destructive Idaho wildfires that the state’s Republican governor blames in…
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ELMA, Wash. (AP) — Police said Tuesday they have found the cellphone and car keys of a 39-year-old man who has been missing since he drove past a…
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SEATTLE (AP) — A federal lawsuit claims Washington state officials unlawfully granted Native American casinos a ’”discriminatory tribal gaming…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court says additional court staffers are needed across the state to help…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Neo-Nazi who helped lead a campaign to threaten journalists and Jewish activists in three states…
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MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway has announced plans to resume operation of its mainline rail corridor through southern Montana, ending a lease…
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state of Montana is increasing its base pay for seasonal firefighters to a minimum of $15.50 an hour to help recruit and…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little is proposing an 11% budget increase for public schools, which is a…
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Lawmakers in Washington state have started a new legislative session amid the backdrop of…
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NORTH BEND, Wash. (AP) — The main east-west highway in Washington state reopened over the mountain passes after being closed for almost four days…
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FALL CITY, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews are searching for a woman and an 8-year-old boy after their vehicle plunged into the Snoqualmie River near…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Flooding coursed over roads and inundated farmland in Washington state as the Pacific Northwest slowly recovered from a series of…
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VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police in Vancouver say a knife-wielding man was fatally shot by officers outside a home on Sunday. The Vancouver Police…
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CHENEY, Wash. — Steele Venters scored 25 points as Eastern Washington narrowly beat Idaho 96-93. Angelo Allegri added 21 points for the Eagles.…
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GRAND COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say a 51-year-old man died in a BASE jumping accident in a remote part of Grand County. Grand County Chief…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Emergency workers have recovered the body of a man whose vehicle was swept into floodwaters west of Olympia after record…
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The 2022 legislative session in Washington state will look much like the one a year ago:…
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ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police say roughly 40 vehicles were involved in a crash on an eastern Idaho highway after severe winter…
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By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and TERRY TANG Associated Press The explosion in omicron-fueled coronavirus infections has caused a breakdown in basic…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof filed a petition with the Oregon Supreme Court, asking justices to quickly overturn…
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