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Police: Officers shoot man during standoff at home

Authorities in northwestern Washington state say police shot a 36-year-old man who pointed a handgun at officers surrounding a house during a standoff

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Police: Man suffers leg injury in accidental shooting

Police in eastern Idaho say a man accidentally shot himself in the leg while parked in a truck on a busy street

Surplus hatchery salmon released into northern Idaho creek

More than 100 spring chinook salmon not needed at a northern Idaho hatchery have been released into a creek to spawn naturally

Police: Stolen RV recovered with about 10 dogs still inside

Police in Washington state say they've recovered a stolen motor home and reunited its owner with about 10 dogs that were inside

Washington State University eyes composting human remains

Washington State University wants to start a pilot program to test methods of decomposing human bodies that could offer an alternative to burial or cremation

Central Oregon emergency center kitchen had rodent droppings

Central Oregon authorities say rodent droppings on food packaging are among the violations found at a regional emergency center set up during the solar eclipse in August

New plant to process Montana's booming pulse crop harvest

An Oregon-based company is building a large crop processing plant in northeast Montana that it says will double the amount of peas and lentils it takes from 150 farmers

Wildfires delay efforts to return fishers to North Cascades

A state-led effort to return the weasel-like fishers to Washington's North Cascades has been delayed because of the massive wildfires in British Columbia

Police: Man killed outside home was set up by ex-girlfriend

A 21-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly luring her ex-boyfriend from his West Seattle home Tuesday evening where he was fatally shot by an alleged accomplice

Caretaker accused of setting elderly woman on fire dies

An unlicensed live-in caretaker facing murder and arson charges in the death of an elderly Beaverton woman who was set on fire while lying in her bed has died

Ivory dealer gets prison after aiding smuggler's prosecution

Officials say a 64-year-old ivory dealer from Brinnon was sentenced to six months in federal prison for trafficking narwhal tusks, sperm whale teeth and walrus tusks after helping the Department of Justice prosecute a Canadian smuggler

Friday's Scores

Monarch butterflies might vanish from northwest summers

Children in the Tri-Cities might not see the fluttering orange and black wings of a Monarch butterfly on a summer day a few decades from now

Breaking birding record only beginning for Oregon man

On Dec. 31, 2014, Noah Strycker was celebrating New Year's Eve in style, basking in a cruise ship hot tub with a bottle of champagne in each hand

Officials to decide fate of peninsula mountain goats

Officials are nearing a decision on what to do with an overpopulation of mountain goats _ some of which are aggressive _ in Olympic National Park.

Prineville preteen fills coveted bighorn sheep tag

Jordan Phillips had trekked four days on foot and four-wheeler over challenging terrain in southeastern Oregon

WHL Roundup: Ty Lewis with five points as Wheat Kings down Pats 8-1

BRANDON, Man. - Ty Lewis had two goals and three assists as the Brandon Wheat Kings beat the Regina Pats 8-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League action.

Stelio Mattheos and Cole Reinhardt also scored twice while Rylan Bettens and Connor Gutenberg...