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By KEN RITTER Associated Press BUNKERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — The words “Revolution is Tradition” stenciled in fresh blue and red paint mark a cement wall in a dry river wash beneath a remote southern Nevada freeway overpass, where armed protesters and federal agents stared each other down through rifle sights 10 years ago. It was

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — International migrants were attracted to some of the largest urban counties in the U.S. last year, an influx that helped some of those areas recover from the loss of local residents and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Census Bureau figures show. More than 1.1 million

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent, a proposal advancing in one of the most eager states to enact policies aimed at the LGBTQ+ community. Republican senators advanced the legislation Thursday on a 25-4 vote. It must now

KELSO, Washington (AP) — A Washington state gun store owner said he sold hundreds of high-capacity ammunition magazines in the short span of time Monday between a judge ruling a ban on the sales unconstitutional and the state filing an emergency appeal to the Washington Supreme Court. Wally Wentz, owner of Gator’s Custom Guns in

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tara VanDerveer nearly walked away from coaching 10 years ago before longtime Stanford supporter John Arrillaga asked her to seriously reconsider and insisted she take the summer off. What did the Hall of Fame coach do? She listened. She stuck with it. And she enjoyed

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of planning to attack churches in a northern Idaho city in support of the Islamic State group has pleaded not guilty to a federal terrorism charge. Alexander Mercurio appeared Wednesday in Idaho’s U.S. District Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting to provide

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas is challenging evidence in the case accusing him of killing a man during a Halloween Party last year at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. Daniel Rodimer, 45, who now lives in Texas, was not asked to enter a plea

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee on Wednesday advanced legislation making it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, sparking objections from Democrats who counter that doing so could result in young victims needing approval from their parents who may have raped them

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Tara VanDerveer lent her time and energy to a young Dawn Staley behind the scenes years before the South Carolina coach started winning championships or delivering an improbable undefeated season. The Hall of Fame Stanford coach did the same for her Pac-12 rivals. For Cori

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — People who make physical or financial threats against others in Kansas to force them to get an abortion could spend a year in prison and be fined up to $10,000 under one of several proposals pushed through the Republican-controlled Legislature. Abortion opponents in Kansas pursued

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chad Daybell, a self-published doomsday fiction author, is on trial in Idaho in the deaths of his wife and his new girlfriend’s two children. It’s a complex triple-murder trial that investigators say involves unusual claims that the victims were possessed by evil spirits — and more

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Opening statements are expected Wednesday in the trial of an Idaho man charged with killing his wife and his then-girlfriend’s two youngest children in an unusual case rooted in extremist religious beliefs. Chad Daybell, 55, is facing charges of first degree murder, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit murder and grand

BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 landed safely in Idaho after experiencing an in-flight emergency Tuesday when pilots received a warning light in the flight deck, airline and airport officials said. The issue was determined to be a faulty cargo hold indicator, Air Canada said in an email, without elaborating.

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho teenager is charged with attempting to providing material support to the terrorist group ISIS after prosecutors said he planned to carry out an attack on a Coeur d’Alene church. Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, was arrested Saturday, and the charges were unsealed in in Idaho’s

By HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in 2019, educators in Clayton, Missouri needed little debate before deciding to keep copies in high school libraries. The book is widely regarded as a classic work of dystopian literature about the oppression of women,

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge in Washington state ruled Monday that the state’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines is unconstitutional — but the law will remain in effect while the state appeals the decision. Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor ruled that Washington’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds violates both

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Republican-controlled Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would empower state and local law enforcement to arrest and jail people in the state who entered the U.S. illegally, similar to embattled legislation in Texas. Amid national fights between Republican states and Democratic President Joe Biden

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize, Oregon officials said. The lottery ticket was purchased at a Plaid Pantry convenience store in the northeast part of the city, Oregon Lottery said

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Two members of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang, including an inmate and the man accused of helping him escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital, are due in court for a preliminary hearing Monday, along with a woman accused of providing a vehicle they used during 36

Associated Press A driver veered into oncoming traffic early Sunday morning and slammed into a semitruck, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital, according to the Idaho State Police. The kid, who was in a child safety seat, died of injuries at the scene. The driver, a 39-year-old woman from Roseville, California,

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as they hauled the contaminated material from a mountaintop mine through the northwestern Montana town

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found three men guilty of killing a family in Washington state in 2017, crimes detectives asserted happened over drugs and money. Danie Kelly, Jr., Robert Watson III, and Watson’s younger brother, Johnny Watson, were each found guilty Friday of four counts of premeditated first-degree murder, four counts

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn’t work, lawyers for a death row inmate say in an appeal aimed at sparing his life. Brian Dorsey, 52, is scheduled for execution

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ago. It’s time, she said Friday, for the federal government to start making amends. “People have died and

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Police investigating racist incidents directed toward the Utah women’s basketball team when they were near their Idaho hotel while in town last month for the NCAA Tournament say they’ve found an audio recording in which the use of a racial slur was clearly audible. The Coeur d’Alene Police Department said

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have passed a series of bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents this year, including two this week that prevent public employees from being required to use someone’s preferred pronouns and redefine gender as being synonymous with sex. On Wednesday, the Senate approved a bill allowing people to sue schools and libraries

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known instance of a human catching bird flu from a mammal. Although health officials say the risk to

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) — Four miles from the nearest plowed road high in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, a 73-year-old man with a billowing gray beard and two replaced hips trudged through his front yard to measure fresh snow that fell during one mid-March day. Billy Barr first began recording snow and

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The trial of a man charged with the deaths of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children is set to begin in Idaho this week, serving as a second act in a bizarre case that has drawn worldwide attention and already resulted in a life

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A fourth person has been charged in connection with an ambush that allowed a white supremacist Idaho prison gang member to escape as he was being discharged from a Boise hospital. Tia J. Garcia, 27, of Twin Falls, owned the car that inmate Skylar Meade and his

By COLLIN BINKLEY and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a federal lawsuit filed Thursday, 11 states led by

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the tallest peak in Washington state, has died at age 95. RMI Expeditions, the guide company

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at limiting methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming. The rule issued by

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — An Army helicopter crashed at a military base in Washington state during a routine training exercise Monday night, sending the two pilots to a hospital. A Joint Base Lewis-McChord spokesperson told The News Tribune Tuesday that what the person called an “aviation mishap” on Monday night involved a U.S.

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of “racial hate crimes” after the arriving at its first NCAA Tournament hotel and was forced to change hotels during the event for safety concerns. Roberts revealed what happened after Utah lost to Gonzaga in

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law on Monday. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the measure, which creates safer working conditions for people in the adult entertainment industry and makes it possible

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men charged in a brazen prison escape and ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three correctional officers with gunshot injuries were arraigned in Boise on Monday. Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, a former inmate who used to live in the same

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season this fall. Wildlife managers say explosive growth in Nevada moose numbers over the past five years, increasing to a population of

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For this weekend, the University of Idaho marching band has adopted a new name. It’s not the Vandal Marching Band. It’s the “Van-Dogs Marching Band” after becoming the adopted band for the Yale basketball team during its run in the NCAA Tournament. Yale’s band was

SEATTLE (AP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a four-car crash in a Seattle suburb that killed a woman and three children in her van, online jail records indicate. Chase Daniel Jones was taken into custody late Friday and was being held on $1

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in public schools and government meetings. In his veto letter Friday night, Gordon said he had concerns the bill would exceed the separation of powers provision in the

OSO, Wash. (AP) — The small community of Oso, Washington, on Friday inaugurated a memorial honoring the 43 people killed at the site 10 years ago in the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. Hundreds gathered there for a ceremony at the 2-acre (8,000-square-meter) memorial. The a $3.8 million site northeast of Seattle was dedicated to

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The GOP-led Idaho Legislature has passed a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure Friday after it previously passed through the House. It will be

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Authorities are investigating whether the deaths of an 83-year-old man who was walking his dogs and a 72-year-old man who lived in a remote cabin are connected to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang member and an accomplice after a Boise hospital ambush. The

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Escaped Idaho inmate and his accomplice may have committed 2 killings while on the loose, officials say.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho prison gang member and accomplice sought after ambush and escape from Boise hospital are in custody, police say.

By GENE JOHNSON and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Authorities are still searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police. Police said Nicholas Umphenour is suspected of shooting two corrections

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Tristan da Silva Scored 20 points and Colorado won its first NCAA Tournament game in three years, wrapping up the First Four with a sloppy 60-53 win over Boise State on Wednesday night. A layup by Eddie Lampkin Jr. and a pair of foul shots

TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington. It was one of seven fentanyl-related bills Inslee signed Tuesday while on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, KING-TV reported. The

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — 3 Idaho corrections officers shot and wounded as gunman breaks an inmate out of Boise hospital overnight, police say.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Police in Boise, Idaho, said officers were involved in a shooting at a hospital early Wednesday and are searching for two suspects, one of them a prison inmate who escaped from the campus. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center had been on temporary lockdown, police said. A hospital spokesperson said a “shooting

By BECKY BOHRER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press OSO, Wash. (AP) — Landslides occur around the world and have helped shape the Earth as we know it. They tend to garner little notice when they strike in remote, unpopulated areas, but they also have the potential to cause immense catastrophes. The landslide that destroyed a

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska, where they could settle on a few acres and have some chickens. A stretch of highway a few miles north, the only road into town, did

By GENE JOHNSON and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press OSO, Wash. (AP) — After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her late sister, who was buried along with two young sons,

INDEX, Wash. (AP) — The bodies of two people recovered over the weekend after they fell into the water at a dangerous swimming area in Washington state made popular by TikTok have been identified as men from Japan. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the men Tuesday as Hiroya Konosu, 21, and Takayuki Suzuki,

By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A year ago, Fairleigh Dickinson landed in the First Four and by the following weekend became one of the most improbable bracket-busters in NCAA Tournament history. After routing Texas Southern in Dayton, the 16th-seeded Knights — one of the shortest teams in the tournament facing

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Leighton Vander Esch retired Monday following six NFL seasons, with the linebacker stepping away after missing 12 games for the Dallas Cowboys last year because of the latest in a series of neck injuries. The announcement by the 28-year-old former first-round draft pick came three days after the Cowboys released Vander

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid. The legislation already passed the House and only needs

PORTLAND (AP) — Family members of some of the people killed by record-breaking heat in the Portland, Oregon, area three years ago gathered over the weekend to plant trees across Multnomah County in honor of its 72 victims. The event, coordinated by county and local officials and a nonprofit group, drew scores of volunteers to

INDEX, Wash. (AP) — Rescue crews along a river in Washington state on Sunday recovered the bodies of two men a day after they fell into the water at a popular swimming area known as Eagle Falls. Search and rescue personnel, including rescue swimmers and drone operators, responded to the scene along the South Fork

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys released linebacker Leighton Vander Esch and receiver Michael Gallup on Friday, cutting ties with two of their top three picks from the 2018 draft. Vander Esch was released with a failed physical designation after missing 12 games with a neck injury in 2023. The injury was the fourth

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A legal settlement in Florida, legislative action in Arkansas and a lawsuit in Georgia this week made waves in an ongoing national battle over the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans. Over the past three years or so, many Republican officials have been trying to limit those rights, imposing rules on which

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jaelen House had 29 points in No. 6 seed New Mexico’s 76-66 win over No. 3 seed Boise State on Thursday night in the Mountain West Conference Tournament. New Mexico plays seventh-seeded Colorado State, which beat No. 23 and second-seeded Nevada in the quarterfinals, in the semifinals

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Robert Ford III scored 22 points and No. 5 seed Montana State beat third-seeded Montana 85-70 on Wednesday night to win the Big Sky Conference Tournament championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. Montana State (17-17) advances to the Big Dance for the third straight season and sixth time

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jacinta Buckley had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Eastern Washington’s record-breaking season continues with the school’s second NCAA berth after a 73-64 win over Northern Arizona in the Big Sky Conference Tournament championship game on Wednesday. The Eagles (29-5), who are riding a program record 13-game winning streak and set

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington State Bar Association has approved far lower case limits for public defenders in an effort to stop them from quitting, to help with recruiting and to make sure they have enough time to represent each client properly. The new limits adopted at a meeting of the Bar’s board of governors

By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL REZENDES Associated Press A former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was featured in an Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from allegations of sexual abuse was arrested by police in Virginia this week after being indicted on charges he sexually abused

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Dischon Thomas had 21 points in Montana’s 72-58 win over Idaho State on Tuesday in a Big Sky Conference Tournament semifinal. The third-seeded Grizzlies advance to the championship game against No. 5-seed Montana State. Thomas shot 7 of 12 from the field, including 3 for 6 from

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Robert Ford III had 19 points in Montana State’s 74-71 win against Sacramento State on Tuesday in a semifinal of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. The fifth-seeded Bobcats advanced to the championship game on Wednesday against the winner of the late semifinal between No. 8 Idaho State

MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon authorities have identified a married couple from Idaho as the victims of a small plane crash Sunday that killed both people on board. A husband and wife from Caldwell, Idaho, were the two fatalities, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. The office hasn’t released the victims’ names due

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Aanen Moody scored 27 points to propel Montana to an 87-81 victory over Portland State on Monday night in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Montana (22-10), the highest remaining seed at No. 3, will play eighth-seeded Idaho State in Tuesday’s semifinals. No. 5 seed Montana State plays 10th-seeded

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Robert Ford III had 27 points in Montana State’s 91-82 win over Weber State on Monday night in the Big Sky Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Montana State, the No. 5 seed, will play 10th-seeded Sacramento State in Tuesday’s semifinals. The Hornets knocked off top-seeded Eastern Washington after beating

NORTH POWDER, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and carrying avalanche air bags and beacons — were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on Wednesday, near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort.

MADRAS, Ore. (AP) — A plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said Monday. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call around 7:40 p.m. Sunday reported the crash outside the city of Madras, and deputies found the site with the help of power company

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Officials from the U.S., Canada and several indigenous groups planned to announce a proposal on Monday to address longstanding pollution from coal mining in British Columbia that’s contaminating waterways and harming fisheries on both sides of the border. The proposal would be executed through a century-old

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Miguel Tomley had 28 points in Idaho State’s 83-76 win over Northern Colorado on Saturday in the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Eighth-seeded Idaho State plays No. 3 seed Montana or No. 6 seed Portland State in the semifinals on Tuesday. Tomley shot 9 for 18 (3 for

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Zee Hamoda had 19 points in Sacramento State’s 74-69 victory against No. 1 seed Eastern Washington on Sunday night in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Tenth-seeded Sacramento State plays No. 4 seed Weber State or No. 5 seed Montana State in the semifinals on

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Brayden Parker had 18 points to lead Idaho State to a 68-60 victory over Northern Arizona on Saturday night in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. Parker added five rebounds for the eighth-seeded Bengals (13-19), who advance to play No. 2 seed Northern Colorado

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Akolda Mawein had 25 points to lead Sacramento State to a 72-64 victory over Idaho on Saturday night in the first round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament. The 10th-seeded Hornets (9-23) advance to play top-seeded Eastern Washington on Sunday. Mawein shot 7 for 10 from the

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cam Martin made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left, Max Rice heaved in a highlight-reel 3-pointer from about 40 feet earlier in overtime and Boise State stunned No. 21 San Diego State 79-77 on Friday night to keep alive its chances of sharing the

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Brian Dutcher has experienced all 25 seasons of Mountain West basketball and he’s never seen one as crazy as this one. A season after Dutcher’s San Diego State Aztecs became the first Mountain West team to reach the Final Four, the conference could have a

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican official has asked a federal court to affirm his decision to ban girls’ and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities in New York City’s suburbs. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman filed the lawsuit days after the state’s Democratic attorney general,

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Workers had expressed concerns about bending or bowed beams and structural issues before a steel airport hangar under construction in Idaho collapsed in January, killing three people and injuring nine others, a newspaper reported. Some employees told the site’s supervisor of their worries a day before the privately owned and partially

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hunter McIntosh scored 26 points off of the bench to lead Nevada over Boise State 76-66 on Tuesday. McIntosh also added four steals for the Wolf Pack (25-6, 12-5 Mountain West Conference). Jarod Lucas scored 19 points, going 4 of 14 from the floor, including 2 for

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — KJ Allen finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Portland State to a 72-57 victory over Idaho on Monday night. Allen made 10 of 18 shots with a 3-pointer and all six of his free throws for the Vikings (17-14, 8-10 Big Sky Conference). Isaiah Johnson added nine points

By The Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Aanen Moody scored 22 points and Montana beat Idaho State 79-65 on Monday night. Moody added five assists for the Grizzlies (21-10, 12-6 Big Sky Conference). Josh Vazquez and Brandon Whitney scored 14 points apiece. The Bengals (12-19, 7-11) were led by Kiree Huie with 20 points

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Two snowmobilers were killed in separate avalanches in Washington state and in Idaho. Two snowmobilers riding in the Cascade Mountains west of Yakima, Washington, on Friday triggered a slide in a generally east-facing bowl near Darland Mountain, according to the Northwest Avalanche Center. The rider who did not survive was described

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The future of an Oregon bill that would roll back the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law is now in the hands of Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek. The bill — which would make the possession of small amounts of drugs a crime once more — has not

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the Pac-12 Conference about to play its final men’s and women’s basketball tournaments — at least in their current state — there is an opportunity for one of the other four leagues in the region to step to the forefront in Las Vegas. The

By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — O’Mar Stanley scored 24 points as Boise State beat New Mexico 89-79 on Saturday night. Stanley also added 13 rebounds for the Broncos (21-8, 12-4 Mountain West Conference). Tyson Degenhart shot 8 for 16 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free

By The Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Saint Thomas’ 28 points helped Northern Colorado defeat Idaho State 81-79 on Saturday night. Thomas added 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Bears (18-12, 11-6 Big Sky Conference). Brock Wisne scored 13 points and added five rebounds. Jaron Rillie shot 5 for 10, including 0 for

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Aanen Moody scored 22 points as Montana beat Idaho 80-57 on Saturday night. Moody also had three steals for the Grizzlies (20-10, 11-6 Big Sky Conference). Dischon Thomas scored 20 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor, including 2 for 5 from 3-point range, and

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins the Republican presidential caucuses in Idaho.

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of some drugs. The law, which took effect in 2021, decriminalized possession and personal use of all drugs, including small

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press More delegates are up for grabs Saturday as former President Donald Trump looks to get closer to clinching the Republican nomination and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley seeks her first win. Trump, who is especially strong in caucuses, is expected to add to his delegate lead in Republican caucuses

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill recriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs was passed by the Oregon Legislature on Friday, undoing a key part of the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law as governments struggle to respond to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history. The state Senate approved House Bill 4002 in a

By REBECCA BOONE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two Idaho prison officials chartered a private plane and flew to Washington state with thousands of dollars in cash. They met with a pharmacist behind closed doors and bought the drug for a convicted murderer’s 2012 lethal injection. Only a years-long public records

By The Associated Press POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Jayden Jackson scored five straight points in the final minutes of the second overtime period to put Northern Arizona in front for good and secure a 92-88 win over Idaho State on Thursday night. Carson Basham scored 33 points and added 13 rebounds for the Lumberjacks (14-16,

By The Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Robert Ford III’s 14 points helped Montana State defeat Idaho 62-48 on Thursday night. Ford added three steals for the Bobcats (13-16, 8-8 Big Sky Conference). Tyler Patterson scored 11 points, shooting 4 for 9, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc. Brandon Walker was 4