Regional News

Montana commission has advanced proposed rules that would allow the use of snares to hunt wolves and extend the wolf trapping season after the…

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups is threatening to sue the state of Montana if it implements new laws passed earlier this year permitting…

Sheriff’s officials say a deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon.…

Dozens of wildfires are burning in hot, dry conditions across the U.S. West, including a blaze touched off by lightning that was moving toward…

Glacier National Park says it’s seeing more visitors showing up early in the morning and in the evening when the park’s new ticketed entry system…

Montana ’s firefighting aircraft are returning to duty Friday after a helicopter crash grounded a state agency fleet as major wildfires broke out…

Cities in the U.S. West are preparing for considerable growth in the coming decades despite a historic drought and shrinking water supplies.…

A coalition of conservation groups is offering a $15,000 reward for information on the poaching of the breeding female of the Wedge wolf pack in…

Washington’s military, veterans and family members will be eligible for a new vaccine incentive lottery announced by Gov. Jay Inslee.…

Two employees have died in an underground accident at the Stillwater palladium and platinum mine in southcentral Montana.…

A historic drought in the southwest will likely mean Montana firefighters will be asked to help out in neighboring states and smoke from out-of-state…

Firefighters have gained a toehold on a massive wildfire in Arizona, one of several burning across the Southwest in states facing dry heat and…

In northeast Oregon’s Union County, the snowpack is so thin that it has completely melted away in measurement sites.…

Forest managers in northeast Oregon have declared an early start to the 2021 fire season, with conditions resembling those that would be typical for…

Officials in Washington state say licensed marijuana stores can offer free joints to promote on-site COVID-19 vaccine clinics.…

A wildfire in southern Utah triggered an evacuation of almost 300 homes and had burned within a mile of some structures as strong winds threatened to…

Park administrators have closed areas of Utah’s Zion National Park as rescue crews search for a missing climber.…

Authorities say four hikers were injured when they were caught in an avalanche on a Colorado…

Police say a man has died after being struck and killed by a light rail train in Portland.…

A drought is forcing Oregon to consider major changes to how it stocks fish in bodies of water across the state and to bag limits for fishermen.…

Officials say an Arizona man drowned at Lake Powell recently when winds prevented him from swimming back to his boat.…