Endangered northern leopard frogs hop from Oregon Zoo back into the wild
More than 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo are hopping back into the wild this month, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one…
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Court: Idaho governor can deny clemency for condemned man
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court says the governor has the authority to reject a parole board’s…
Continue ReadingIdaho special session aims for tax cut, education spending
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called a special session of the Legislature starting next…
Continue ReadingMan shot by Oregon police Friday in critical condition
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — The family of a man accused of attacking a Hillsboro police officer Friday says he was in critical condition Monday after…
Continue ReadingHiker who died in fall at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls ID’d
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The woman who fell and did while hiking near Multnomah Falls east of Portland, Oregon, on Friday afternoon has been…
Continue ReadingCop shoots, kills man outside Olympia, Washington, Starbucks
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Olympia, Washington, police said.…
Continue ReadingDeputies believe possible mass shooting was stopped at Gorge
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state believes its deputies stopped a man from carrying out a mass shooting…
Continue ReadingIdaho abortion ban scrutinized by federal judge for sparse protections for doctors providing emergency care
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge suggested Monday that Idaho’s abortion ban may run afoul of federal law to the extent that it would open…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in connection with murder of couple in Olalla
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The man wanted in connection with the killing of an Olalla couple was arrested Sunday night in Tacoma, according to the Kitsap…
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Independence man, 78, killed, wife seriously injured in crash of single-engine plane east of Scio
A 78-year-old Independence man was killed and his wife was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in the crash of a single-engine plane east of Scio,…
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Ocean rip currents prompt three rescues in 2 hours off Seaside, Cannon Beach; one victim dies
There were three rescue efforts for six people from dangerous ocean currents on the north Oregon coast Saturday afternoon, but a man in his 50s who…
Continue ReadingDorli Rainey, symbol of Occupy movement, dies at 95
SEATTLE (AP) — Dorli Rainey, a self-described “old lady in combat boots” who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was…
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Crews on 6,500-acre Cedar Creek Fire will hike into Waldo Creek Wilderness in effort to stop its spread
After three weeks of work in rugged terrain and no official containment, firefighters on the nearly 6,500-acre Cedar Creek Fire have begun using…
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Oregon senators seek answers over prison inmate retaliation
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s two U.S. Senators are asking the new director of the federal Bureau of Prisons about recent allegations that…
Continue ReadingPublic health emergency declared over monkeypox in WA county
SEATTLE (AP) — King County, which includes Seattle, on Friday officially declared the local monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as…
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Authorities warn potent ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’ is spreading on the West Coast after bag seized in Portland
PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Authorities are warning that a more potent form of fentanyl is making its way along the West Coast after a bag of the drug…
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State agency creates student loan ombuds position to help borrowers, monitor servicers
A new position has been created with the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services to help people who have student loans and to make sure…
Continue ReadingWashington state school shooter sentenced to 40 years
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Caleb Sharpe, who shot one classmate to death and wounded three others five years ago in a Washington state high school,…
Continue ReadingPortland mayor bans homeless camps on school walking routes
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler announced Friday that the emergency declaration banning homeless camps near high-crash corridors…
Continue Reading16 more states hope to weigh in on Idaho abortion lawsuit
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Sixteen more states are asking to weigh in on the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit…
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