US-Canada border towns assess damage from devastating floods
By LISA BAUMANN and ELAINE THOMPSON Associated Press SUMAS, Wash. (AP) — People in the small city of Sumas, Washington, are assessing damage from…
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By LISA BAUMANN and ELAINE THOMPSON Associated Press SUMAS, Wash. (AP) — People in the small city of Sumas, Washington, are assessing damage from…
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BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho sheriff is under investigation by the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, but the agencies in charge of the…
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By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is recommending that all uniformed officers in Portland, Oregon, wear body cameras if they are on…
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CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — Caldwell police shot and killed a 92-year-old man early Tuesday after they said he raised a gun toward officers. The…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill making it easier for Idaho residents to get worker compensation if they become ill…
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s bipartisan redistricting commission failed to meet its deadline…
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FRESNO, Calif. — Orlando Robinson had 27 points and 10 rebounds as Fresno State defeated Idaho 69-62 in nonconference play. Deon Stroud had 13…
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By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — As parts of western Washington began drying out after an atmospheric river dumped days of…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of an intern who reported she was raped by another…
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KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers in a first-ever move in state history reconvened the Legislature after more than…
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By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Days of heavy rainfall and high winds Monday coming from a powerful atmospheric river in…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Republican representative is warning the head of the state’s top business lobby not to…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has taken the state’s case against the nation’s three…
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SEATTLE — Riley Grigsby had a career-high 30 points as Seattle routed Idaho State 77-51. Brayden Parker led the Bengals with 15…
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By ROB CHANEY Missoulian GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. (AP) — Since lake trout were artificially introduced into Flathead Lake in the early 20th…
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IRVINE, Calif. — Collin Welp had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists as UC Irvine defeated Boise State 58-50. Dawson Baker had 10 points for…
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — Jaden Ohlsen kicked a 41-yard field goal with four seconds left to give Cal Poly a 32-29 victory over Idaho State.…
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BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Quarterback Tommy Mellott ran for his third touchdown with 2:16 remaining and Montana State held off Idaho for a 20-13…
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ADRIAN, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school district has been fined $11,000 for failing to uphold the state indoor mask mandate and other violations. The…
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MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Keith Fisher III recorded 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead Pepperdine to a 65-60 win over Idaho State. Tarik Cool led the…
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By JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — George Holani rushed for 102 yards, Hank Bachmeier passed for 225 yards, and the Boise State…
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Trevante Anderson scored 22 points on 7-for-8 shooting with seven rebounds seven assists and Idaho beat Division III-level…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former state lawmaker is suing Idaho’s redistricting commission, contending that the new…
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities used two helicopters and a rescue swimmer to…
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MONROE, Wash. (AP) — Students and parents who say they suffered brain injuries from exposure to toxic chemicals at a Monroe, Washington, public…
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. government attorneys have asked a federal judge to uphold a decision from the waning…
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A former northern Idaho school board member says a poll worker illegally handed out critical race theory…
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WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — About 13,000 pounds of marijuana valued at around $3 million was destroyed this week outside of three adjoining Touchet,…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public records show police received multiple calls from people reporting an armed and threatening man in the months before he…
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Joel Murray had 28 points as Long Beach State beat Idaho 95-89 in overtime. Trevante Anderson led the Vandals with a…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials say there’s growing concern more patients are becoming sick with respiratory viruses other than…
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Democratic state Sen. Steve Hobbs as the…
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Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana tribes and environmental groups have sued state regulators after Gov. Greg Gianforte’s…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho inmate who became the first person to receive court-ordered gender…
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington has approved the killing of up to two wolves for preying on…
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KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin over incumbent…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s mayor-elect is criticizing a City Council plan to cut $10 million from the city’s police budget, saying voters just…
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By BRITTANY PETERSON and SAM METZ Associated Press DENVER (AP) — More places around the U.S. are eyeing the practice of recycling wastewater for…
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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Washington State Tree Fruit Association officials have lowered their 2021 estimate of the statewide apple harvest by 5.3%. The…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Devonaire Doutrive had 18 points to lead five Boise State players in double figures as the Broncos rolled past Utah Valley…
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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tarik Cool scored 16 points and Robert Ford III scored 15 points as Idaho State easily beat Eastern Oregon 82-61. Xavier…
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sedona Prince had 18 points before sitting out the fourth quarter and No. 10 Oregon opened…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The president of the state’s top business lobby group in a letter to Idaho lawmakers…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials say an Idaho infant died of COVID-19 last month, marking the…
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The council of a small Oregon city has approved a deal with Google that will enable the…
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By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that will decide whether the…
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho mayor is running for governor. Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad announced Monday in Lewiston that he’s…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof has outpaced his main Democratic rivals in fundraising in the 2022 Oregon…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed an executive order that seeks to move state government to an all-electric fleet of…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A first-term Republican representative says he’ll run for a seat in the Senate following redistricting that left him as the…
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife managers in Wyoming have put tracking collars on two of four cubs belonging to a well-known grizzly bear that has…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho lawmaker has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges and is scheduled to stand trial next spring.…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Due to the unprecedented way lawmakers are reconvening at the Statehouse next week, any laws…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A group of Boise students is drafting legislation to require licensing for minors to purchase firearms. They hope to win…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Authorities are searching for two suspects after a shooting in Spokane that injured an agent from the Bureau of Alcohol,…
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By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Hank Bachmeier passed for 283 yards and a touchdown and Boise State had five sacks and…
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Roshaun Johnson scored a school-record six touchdowns, all on the ground, and Idaho snapped a three-game losing streak with a…
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By JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Jaren Hall threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, and No. 17 BYU…
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COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Two missing Oregon women were found in an Idaho forest Friday, the mother dead from the elements and the disabled…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The company that runs a for-profit immigration jail in Washington state has suspended its detainee…
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By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed…
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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state senators and staff will have to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch this week sent a letter to the White House requesting a meeting about Idaho’s federal…
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NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) — The teachers union in Newberg, Oregon, has filed a lawsuit over a policy passed narrowly by its school board, limiting what…
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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle City Council President Lorena González has conceded the mayor’s race, after an updated vote tally on Thursday showed…
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By The Associated Press No. 25 Fresno State returns to the Top 25 after more than a month away and is close to clinching a spot in the MWC…
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By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon that authorities…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will join a multistate lawsuit against the Biden administration over an emergency rule…
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By The Associated Press It’s senior day for No. 17 BYU at LaVell Edwards Stadium with receiver Samson Nacua, defensive back Jared Kapisi and…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State health officials are reporting the first human death due to rabies in the state since 1978. The Idaho Department of…
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in the killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl has ended…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin says she met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A new national monument at Sutton Mountain near Central Oregon’s Painted Hills has bgeen proposed by Oregon’s U.S. senators.…
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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho state senator who won the election to become mayor of Lewiston says he’ll do both jobs this year with…
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s downtown business community is celebrating as the moderate candidates it backed take…
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A year after Portland’s police department underwent massive budget cuts…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In the hours after the COVID-19 vaccine was formally approved for use in younger children,…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a 54-year-old Idaho woman is in jail after she was accused of stealing from the body of a security guard killed…
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BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Another rural, conservative county in Oregon has expressed interest in becoming part of Idaho. The OregonianLive reports that…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press At least six state or local political candidates who won their races on Tuesday had attended former President…
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HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s second most populous county has passed the state’s first ban on flavored tobacco products. Oregon Public…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A private prison company has been ordered to pay more than $23 million over lawsuits that accused…
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By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Division of Public Health Administrator Elke Shaw-Tulloch says the rate of COVID-19…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho colleges and universities will abide by President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon-based youth climate activists say settlement talks with the U.S. Department of Justice have failed six years after…
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Jurors are deliberating in the trial of a former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged with murder in the death of a…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge has found that new congressional districts passed by Oregon Democrats meet all legal criteria, with little evidence they…
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Moderate candidates were leading in early Seattle election returns following a months-long debate…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved Idaho’s plan for growing and transporting hemp with up to…
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland and Multnomah County leaders have nearly $40 million is being…
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to keep species protections in place for Canada lynx.…
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By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are seeking technology companies to appraise federal land in real-time to find…
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THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — The city of The Dalles, Oregon, has filed suit in an effort to keep Google’s water use a secret. The move Friday comes…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials say they have changed the way state-owned liquor stores sell rare bottles of alcohol after instances of…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of Oregon children in foster care has fallen nearly 20% since January 2020, the biggest prolonged decline on…
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Boise Police Department says a man who was shot by police officers has died from his injuries. His identity will be…
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 27-year-old woman has pleaded guilty in Spokane County Superior Court to first-degree murder and second-degree assault.…
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Hank Bachmeier threw three touchdown passes and Boise State erased a 13-0 first-quarter deficit to knock off Colorado…
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