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POCATELLO, Idaho — Jared Rodriguez had a season-high 24 points plus 12 rebounds as Idaho State snapped its eight-game losing streak, easily beating…

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen has died at age 52. The Ferndale Republican’s death Friday came weeks after he said he had…

MOSCOW, Idaho — Mikey Dixon had 16 points and Gabe Quinnett added 15 and Idaho beat American Indian College 84-55. Idaho (3-8) dished out a…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percent to 2.6% from October to November, keeping the state’s…

SEATTLE (AP) — Voters in Seattle have retained socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the controversial lawmaker and long-time foe of…

SEATTLE (AP) — Public Health – Seattle & King County officials are urging people to prepare for a surge of omicron COVID-19 cases as the…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A judge has declined to halt a policy at the Washington Legislature requiring state representatives to show proof of COVID-19…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer is exploring legal options with the state attorney general in the…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Following three confirmed cases of the highly omicron variant in Oregon,…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new payroll tax on employees in Washington state is being delayed. The Seattle Times reports Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise attorney Debora Kristensen Grasham has been appointed to be the next U.S. magistrate judge for the District of Idaho. The…

Many workers from Fred Meyer and QFC grocery stores began a week-long strike Friday after labor negotiations dragged on for a month between their…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are suing three federal agencies over an environmental review the government…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has OK’d a new Climate Protection Plan for the state that targets a 90%…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A judge has dismissed Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich’s complaint against a Washington training commission and…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a story published December 16, 2021, about Oregon’s efforts to combat illegal marijuana production, The Associated Press…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fourth and fifth lawsuit have been filed with the Idaho Supreme Court against Idaho’s…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a host of efforts to address homelessness,…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Last year, 126 people died while experiencing homelessness in Multnomah…

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Health authorities in Washington state say nearly 100 COVID-19 cases including several identified as the omicron variant have…

SEATTLE (AP) — The CEO of a Seattle-based affiliate of Planned Parenthood has been removed from her position after controversy following a…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park is opening its roads to oversnow travel after suspending a wildlife monitoring program that found…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Tyson Degenhart had 18 points and Mladen Armus added a double-double to lead Boise State past Santa Clara 72-60. Armus had 17…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials say 1 in 4 COVID-19 deaths in Idaho was among residents of nursing…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials have advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in…

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The private prison company The GEO Group has been ordered to pay Washington state nearly $4.5 million in legal fees, after the…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty is suing the Portland police union, its former president and a Portland police…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of towns across the United States that were wracked by the opioid crisis are…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut held the 4-pound hammer that Jacob Gaines swung at the head of a federal marshal…

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Searchers in Idaho have found a pickup truck belonging to Washington state man who was last seen Dec. 7, but the man…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a plan to offer rebates for new and used electric…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials say Oregon is the latest state to confirm cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19. The Oregon Health…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the threat of eviction looms over thousands of Oregon households, state…

DILLON, Mont. (AP) — Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch has bought a large cattle ranch in southwest Montana from a subsidiary of Koch Industries. The…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s state health insurance exchange has extended the deadline to enroll for coverage by a week after low staffing levels…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in the apparent beating death of an inmate at the Idaho State Correctional Institution…

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Justin McCall registered 18 points and nine rebounds as Cal State Bakersfield narrowly defeated Idaho 59-58. Rashad Smith led…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — DeYona Gaston led a balanced attack with 19 points, Latasha Lattimore had a double-double and No. 11 Texas coasted to an 83-43…

By LIZZY ACKER The Oregonian/OregonLive GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A friendly talking crow became a temporary mascot at Allen Dale Elementary School…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Abu Kigab had a season-high 32 points plus 10 rebounds as Boise State routed Prairie View 97-60. Marcus Shaver Jr. had 20…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials have reported Idaho’s first case of the omicron variant of…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents told a panel of lawmakers Friday that the state’s child protection…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With lawmakers returning to the Oregon state Capitol for a special session…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A far-right extremist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his violent actions during August 2020 protests against…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wolf advocates are questioning why the state of Washington allowed a livestock owner to kill a juvenile wolf on Wednesday,…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A conservation group is suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saying the agency is…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Financial analysts say Idaho’s budget surplus is estimated to be $1.6 billion. The Division of Financial Management in a…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Oregon, where a long-standing housing crisis has been exacerbated by the…

SEATTLE (AP) — A controversial socialist City Councilmember in Seattle appears to have survived a recall vote by a narrow margin. She had faced…

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man facing two murder charges has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, which means the case will…

ASOTIN, Wash. (AP) — Work has been halted at a residential construction site near the Asotin County Fairgrounds in eastern Washington where…

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest city was at the center of the nation’s progressive push to cut…

BEREKLEY, Calif. (AP) — Andre Kelly scored 12 points and Lars Thiemann added 12 off the bench and California opened it up in the second half on the…

SEATTLE (AP) — The vote in a recall effort against a socialist Seattle City Councilmember has tightened considerably as more mail ballots are…

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 25-year-old woman was run over by a mail truck near her Idaho Falls home. The…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A top Idaho education official says a preliminary injunction blocking President Joe Biden’s…

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A chain of upscale hotels in Spokane, Washington has been sold to Colorado-based KSL Capital Partners. Terms of the sale of…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who poisoned at least eight wolves in eastern…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho woman says her lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on transgender athletes should…

LOS ANGELES — Tyson Degenhart had 21 points as Boise State routed Cal State Northridge 74-48. Naje Smith had 17 points and three blocks for Boise…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Preliminary results show voters in Seattle narrowly in favor of recalling socialist City…

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An appeals court in Washington state has overturned the cold-case murder convictions against a man accused of killing a young…

ATLANTA (AP) — A microchip maker will open a design center in Atlanta next month that it says will create 500 jobs. Idaho-based Micron Technology…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than a dozen environmental groups are asking a federal court to block Idaho’s…

MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species…

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) —  An investigation is underway after a plane crashed into an auto dealership in Medford, Oregon, killing at least two people.…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Democratic Idaho lawmaker is leaving the Statehouse to serve as a commissioner in her home county, citing parenting demands…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Voters in an extremely liberal Seattle district are deciding whether they want to keep socialist…

By The Associated Press Wyoming and Kent State will meet for the first time ever in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 21 in Boise. This is the…

By The Associated Press Boise State will play Central Michigan in the Arizona Bowl on New Year’s Eve. The Broncos rank No. 6 nationally in red…

DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Police say a woman wanted for the vandalism of a cathedral in Colorado is believed to be in the Portland area. The Portland…

PORTLAND (AP) — Authorities say a man has been killed after a car struck his tent near an offramp for an interstate highway in Portland. Police…

GRANITE FALLS, Wash. (AP) — Authorities in Washington state are investigating the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl. The Snohomish County…

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Jalen Cone had 24 points as Northern Arizona narrowly beat Idaho State 73-70 in a Big Sky Conference game. Robert Ford III…

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington health officials say the first three cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been confirmed in the state. The…

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Dre Marin had 19 points as Southern Utah defeated Idaho 81-75. Tevian Jones added 17 points for the Thunderbirds, while Maizen…

BOISE (AP) — Police say anti-Semitic graffiti was painted overnight Saturday in three tunnels near the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in downtown…

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has halted U.S. Forest Service plans to log part of the Willamette National Forest burned by last summer’s…

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A southeast Washington land company is appealing a $304,000 fine over water use, saying the Washington state Department of…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Marcus Shaver Jr. posted 17 points as Boise State narrowly beat Tulsa 63-58. Jeriah Horne led the Golden Hurricane with 17…

VALE, Ore. (AP) — An Australian company has started drilling at southeast Oregon site that could eventually host a large lithium mine. Oregon…

By THOMAS PEIPERT and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Denver’s winter has started with a whimper, and the parched mountains to…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Far-right activist Ammon Bundy says time he has spent campaigning to be Idaho’s next governor should count toward his…

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The state Supreme Court on Friday says that a plan adopted by the Washington…

By MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle, a city known for soggy weather, has seen its wettest fall on record. The National Weather…

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — James Jean-Marie recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds to lift Portland State to a 63-55 win over Idaho State. Tarik Cool led…

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A study from Washington State University found no intentional racial bias in traffic stops by the Washington State Patrol,…

ENUMCLAW, Wash. (AP) — Police in the greater Seattle area are investigating a possible hate crime after a school board meeting was interrupted by…

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — As many as 900 bison from Yellowstone National Park could be shot by hunters, sent to slaughter or placed in quarantine this…