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By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new survey shows that nearly 90% of Washington’s hospital staff statewide are fully…
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A new survey shows that nearly 90% of Washington’s hospital staff statewide are fully…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two historic locomotives that were part of the pioneering shift from steam-powered to…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Press Club has dropped its request that a judge hold Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin in…
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE HALE The Oregonian/OregonLive PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The second Monday in October, long celebrated as Columbus Day, will officially be…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Zach Borisch threw for a touchdown on his only pass and ran for a touchdown, and Idaho built a big lead before holding on to…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN COON Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Hank Bachmeier threw for 172 yards and Boise State forced four turnovers in a 26-17 upset victory…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Hunter Hays passed for two touchdowns, Tyevin Ford ran for 107 yards, and Idaho State stunned previously undefeated UC…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Gonzaga coach Mark Few will miss two exhibition games and the first game of the regular season after he was arrested last…
Continue ReadingPROSSER, Wash. (AP) — A farmer in southeastern Washington is accused of collecting tens of thousands of dollars in hidden wheat sales while…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho. (AP) — A former Idaho lawmaker charged with rape has been booked into a jail in Boise. KBOI-TV reports online records show Aaron von…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — King County Councilmember Kathy Lambert has apologized for a political mailer condemned as racist, after supporters of her campaign…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — COVID-19 vaccination rates at state agencies in Washington have climbed in recent weeks, ahead of a deadline for workers to…
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Idaho authorities say two recent deaths in neighboring counties may be linked, and both cases are being investigated as…
Continue ReadingELKO, Nev. (AP) — The first Nevada marijuana store on the Idaho border has been cleared to open in the rural Elko County town of Jackpot. The Elko…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers says she has tested positive for COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated.In a  statement,…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Newly released documents from the investigation of a woman accused of conspiring to kill her…
Continue ReadingA judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with two cubs got dangerously close to her in…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm Oregon’s health system…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court struck down the death sentence of an inmate in a ruling Thursday that found lawmakers had fundamentally…
Continue ReadingThis is a chance for Boise State to turn the tables on No. 10 BYU. When Boise State traveled to Provo, Utah, in 2019, it was the Broncos who were…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to four days in jail for not moving away while a grizzly bear with…
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Northern Idaho hospital that was the first in the state to institute health care rationing due to surging…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Mainstream Idaho Republicans concerned about a takeover by the surging far-right wing of the…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is requesting disaster relief from the federal government for the state’s strained commercial salmon…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s weekly COVID-19 case count, hospitalizations and deaths continue…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s court of appeals reversed the murder conviction and death sentence of a Black man,…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho governor has issued an executive order repealing his political rival’s executive…
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Police in Lewiston say an autopsy failed to reveal the cause of death for a person whose body was found in a burning pickup…
Continue ReadingEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A California forest products company has bought Seneca, a Eugene, Oregon-based company that had owned more than 100,000 acres…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will rescind an executive order involving COVID-19 vaccines by…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A woman from Washington state suffered burns from her shoulders to her feet when she tried to rescue her dog…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury in Oregon has found a member of the far-right group the Proud Boys guilty of assault, menacing and unlawful use of a…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Police and fire officials are investigating after a man was found dead in a Pocatello house fire early Tuesday morning. The…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health authorities say a woman in her late 30s has died from a rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the…
Continue ReadingU.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in fighting increasingly destructive…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of newly identified coronavirus cases has declined in Oregon for a fifth week in a row. Oregon recorded about…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials have approved a long-lasting fire retardant that could significantly aid in…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says he will tour the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday with nine other Republican governors.…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has recommended legislation that could lead to reconvening the Idaho…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is scheduled for a hearing next week on whether she should be…
Continue ReadingRENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada running back Toa Taua has been named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Week after he rushed for a…
Continue ReadingDAVIS, Calif. (AP) — Wide receiver Carson Crawford tossed a 30-yard touchdown pass to McCallan Castles midway through the fourth quarter and…
Continue ReadingFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — RJ Martinez threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Northern Arizona to a 48-17 victory over Idaho…
Continue ReadingBy JASON CHATRAW Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Carson Strong threw for 263 yards and a touchdown, Toa Taua rushed for 124 yards and two…
Continue ReadingBy BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday at…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general has filed lawsuits against two counties that had adopted…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s minimum hourly wage will rise to $14.49 next year, up from the current $13.69. The Seattle Times reports the increase…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — U.S. new vehicle sales tumbled about 26% in September as a global shortage of computer chips worsened,…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has made public a collection of documents to journalists…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The recently concluded redistricting special session at the Oregon…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials say a partial recount of ballots cast during the last presidential election…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a new tax on big banks aimed at providing…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has stopped a commercial timber harvest in central Oregon near Walton Lake in Oregon’s Ochoco National…
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Health care workers who were once saluted for saving lives in the…
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against a man suspected of shooting and killing his roommate and wounding…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — George Frayne, who as leader of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen enjoyed a cult following in the 1970s with such party…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho health care professionals say the state’s unchecked spread of the highly…
Continue ReadingNEWBERG, Ore (AP) — An Oregon school board that had banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols has broadened the…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A coalition of journalists is asking an Idaho judge to hold the state’s lieutenant governor…
Continue ReadingYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials say an autopsy has determined that a man whose body was found on the…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — King County Elections says an effort to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant will qualify for an election this winter.…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Schools should set up confidential tip lines that can be used by students and others to report…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle landlords must soon provide six months’ notice of rent hikes and, in some cases, pay tenants who move following a large…
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press Fall is a busy time for moving and changing homes. And many people have relocated because of pandemic-related changes in…
Continue ReadingPENDLETEON, Ore. (AP) — Health officials in Umatilla County, Oregon, say they are starting to see COVID-19 cases linked to the Pendleton Round-Up.…
Continue ReadingBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park biologists say three gray wolves from a large pack that’s popular among tourists have been…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho state lawmaker charged with rape earlier this month has been arrested in…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Despite a threat to block new political maps Republican state lawmakers…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Cadaver dogs have found what are probably seven graves of mid-1880s migrants who died in south-central Idaho on the…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON, MARTHA BELLISLE and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press JOPLIN, Mont. (AP) — An Amtrak train that derailed in rural Montana over the…
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Kraken made their debut on Sunday night with a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The deadly Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana of the Empire Builder, traveling from Chicago to Seattle, is being…
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed and three others injured in a shooting outside a bar in Des Moines, Washington.…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S.…
Continue ReadingPOCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Kyle Sentkowski kicked three second-half field goals as Sacramento State overcame a 21-14 halftime deficit to pull out out…
Continue ReadingLOGAN, Utah (AP) — Hank Bachmeier threw for two touchdowns, Boise State’s defense frustrated Utah State for a 27-3 win. The back-breaker was a…
Continue ReadingPULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed one person and critically injured another near…
Continue ReadingPASCO, Wash. (AP) — Police say a school bus driver was stabbed after he had picked up students from a Washington state elementary school and died…
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Coeur d’Alene School District’s Board of Trustees canceled a special meeting on Friday to consider a…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An advocacy group for older adults has filed a civil rights complaint against Idaho over…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report For America In the final days leading up to Oregon’s redistricting deadline, state House Democrats remain…
Continue ReadingWALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A day after a school board meeting in Walla Walla, Washington was halted because of a person protesting COVID-19 mask…
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is extending the state’s eviction protections through…
Continue ReadingBLAINE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Department of Agriculture says it has destroyed another nest built by Asian giant hornets north of…
Continue ReadingREDMOND, Ore. (AP) — A school board in Redmond, Oregon, has rejected a district recommendation to fire a teacher for refusing to wear a mask during…
Continue ReadingRIGBY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in eastern Idaho say a 13-year-old girl has been taken into custody after having a firearm at Rigby Middle School.…
Continue ReadingCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The board of trustees of a northern Idaho community college has fired the school’s president in what one…
Continue ReadingFILER, Idaho (AP) — A south-central Idaho school district with about 1,600 students is temporarily closing its schools due to not having enough…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s most populous county has reached a deal with unions representing most of its employees that extends the…
Continue ReadingWALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — Police were called to a Walla Walla School Board meeting because a man refused to wear a mask and disrupted the…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An attorney says Idaho should adopt a health policy making vaccine status a private medical…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push to expand a U.S. compensation…
Continue ReadingSALMON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho bow hunter who was looking for a shortcut instead found the remains of another hunter who had been missing for 53…
Continue ReadingBy SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America A broken power-sharing deal, the lingering possibility of a Republican walkout and a COVID-19 case…
Continue ReadingLEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho state lawmaker has not yet turned himself in to face a rape charge despite a warrant being issued nearly two…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An immigrant rights activist who had been facing deportation says she can now remain in the U.S.,…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says the city’s eviction moratoriums will remain in place through Jan. 15, 2022, rather than expiring…
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