Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand…
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Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for…
Continue Reading Solar storm on Thursday expected to make northern lights visible in limited US states
By The Associated Press A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in some states along the U.S.-Canada border a faint glimpse…
Continue Reading 5 including baby die in fiery vehicle wreck in eastern Oregon
VALE, Ore. (AP) — Five people including an infant died when two vehicles collided and burst into flames in eastern Oregon near the Idaho border,…
Continue Reading Passenger fearing ‘powerful cartel’ made bomb threat on Seattle-bound flight, documents say
SEATTLE (AP) — A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Atlanta to Seattle Wednesday is accused of making a bomb threat that caused pilots…
Continue Reading Wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge grows slowly, still at 5% containment
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters have converged in southwest Washington along the Columbia River Gorge to fight the Tunnel 5 Fire,…
Continue Reading US senators seek expanded compensation for those exposed to nuclear fallout
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. senators from New Mexico and Idaho are making another push to expand the…
Continue Reading Man accused in fatal Washington music festival shooting pleads not guilty
SEATTLE (AP) — A 26-year-old member of the U.S. military accused of fatally shooting two women and wounding three other people at a music festival…
Continue Reading Help arrives to battle wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the…
Continue Reading Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally…
Continue Reading Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press STAR, Idaho (AP) — Once he and his wife, Jennifer, moved to a Boise suburb last year, Tim Kohl could finally…
Continue Reading Plan to demolish house where 4 University of Idaho students were slain prompts objections
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Objections have been raised to demolishing the house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year, with…
Continue Reading Oregon father dies after falling from cliff while hiking with family near popular waterfall
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a father died over the weekend when he fell roughly 200 feet (61 meters) while hiking with his wife…
Continue Reading Growing wildfire destroys structures in southwestern Washington near Columbia River Gorge
UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A weekend wildfire along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington continued growing on Monday to 546 acres (221…
Continue Reading Cleanup begins after asphalt binder spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River after train derailment
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Globs of asphalt binder that spilled into Montana’s Yellowstone River during a…
Continue Reading San Diego State tells Mountain West it is not exiting, an AP source says
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego State University informed the Mountain West on Friday that it is not withdrawing from…
Continue Reading Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing a Colorado Christian graphic artist to refuse to work with same-sex…
Continue Reading From human ashes to cellphones, what’s going on with concert fans lately?
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From flinging bras to tossing flowers, concertgoers have long been a bit extra in showing…
Continue Reading ‘Watermelon snow’ piques curiosities in Utah after abnormally wet winter
By SAM METZ Associated Press LOGAN, Utah (AP) — High up in the mountains, amid pinyon pine and quaking aspen trees, the remaining remnants of the…
Continue Reading Health clinic in Montana Superfund town faces penalties for false asbestos claims
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos…
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