BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released on Tuesday, April 6, that concludes the situation is worsening.
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University welcomes Ben Dorfman, an American professor living in Germany and teaching at Aalborg University in Denmark, to discuss his research on history, contempor…
SALEM — With COVID-19 infection rates rising rapidly in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown said on Wednesday, Nov. 25, that at least 21 counties will stay in a modified version of the two-week “freeze” t…
Umatilla County Public Health department hosts a flu vaccine clinic, 3:30-6 p.m., Monday at Smith Frozen Foods, 101 Depot St. in Weston.
Wildfire risk will be above average in much of the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center's new forecast.
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing is now available in Kennewick and Pasco.
WALLA WALLA — A national civil rights organization says it will file a suit against the city of Walla Walla if a local police officer’s double lightning bolt “SS” tattoo isn’t removed or alter…
Washington officials said Thursday they believe they have recovered about half of the hundreds of millions in unemployment benefits paid to criminals who used stolen identities to file claims …
Washington Fish and Wildlife said Friday it won't shoot wolves in a pack that has attacked three calves in approximately one week in Stevens County.
LAS VEGAS — Governors and legislative leaders from five western states that are coordinating their response to the coronavirus outbreak asked Congress on Monday to send $1 trillion to state an…
WALLULA, Wash. — Tyson Fresh Meats in Wallula is temporarily shutting down.
PASCO, Wash. — The Franklin County commissioners can’t legally allow businesses to open their doors, according to the Washington state governor’s office.
PASCO, Wash. — The sheriff of a county in Eastern Washington state is telling residents that he will not enforce Gov. Jay Inslee's stay-at-home orders or any guidelines "that infringe on your …
RICHLAND, Wash. — Protesters in boats and on shore Saturday demanded that restrictions on recreational fishing and shellfish harvesting in Washington because of the coronavirus be lifted.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Washington state Department of Agriculture started hunting for Asian giant hornets after two confirmed sightings of the predator.
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho has issued more than 60,000 unemployment payments totaling nearly $18 million to some 30,000 workers who have lost jobs due to the coronavirus, officials said Monday.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s governor announced Monday the state would loan 500 ventilators to the national stockpile for use by New York and other states experiencing a crush of coronavi…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finalized a plan to construct up to 11,000 miles of fuel breaks to control wildfire on federal land in six Western states, including Oregon.
BOISE, Idaho — An earthquake struck north of Boise on Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting shaking.
RICHLAND, Wash. — A small tornado appeared to touch down near north Richland on Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
SEATTLE — Rights groups in Washington state filed a complaint on Monday with federal health officials claiming plans developed by the state health department and University of Washington Medic…
SEATTLE — Funerals are now on the list of prohibited social gatherings under the state's "social-distancing" order intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho House ended its legislative session on Friday after balancing fears of spreading the coronavirus with potential vetoes of several bills representatives will now be pow…
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state health officials reported 13 new deaths from the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the state tally of fatalities to 67 — the highest in the country.
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A recall was issued for frozen berries manufactured at a farm near Lynden, Washington, amid potential exposure to Norovirus, federal food regulators said.
SALEM — The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is threatening to worsen labor shortages experienced by Pacific Northwest farms and food processors.
OLYMPIA — Washington Senate Democrats voted Thursday to make the state carbon-neutral by 2050, following the state House in embracing the aspiration of the Green New Deal.
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho was the nation’s fastest-growing state last year, with close to 37,000 new residents boosting its population to nearly 1.8 million.
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Rep. Dan Newhouse wants Oregon’s Gov. Kate Brown to take a first-hand look at the world-class fish passage technology on Ice Harbor Dam near the Tri-Cities after she lent he…
The Clark County Republican Party has apparently tapped Rep. Matt Shea, a Washington state Republican accused of domestic terrorism, to emcee an upcoming event.
SALEM — Oregon public workers who expected to contribute more to their savings in July to make up for cuts to retirement benefits will have to wait until September.
Tribal-treaty rights make salmon akin to a fourth branch of government in Washington, and fish recovery should guide farming near water, and rural and economic development, according to a bill…
Tri-Cities residents in Washington share their thoughts on the four dams in the Lower Snake River for a study from Gov. Jay Inslee's office.
SALEM — A new Trump administration plan to scale back a bedrock environmental law could affect all kinds of projects in the Northwest, including timber sales, hydroelectric dams, and large ene…
A new study finds that the costs to farmers and the region’s economy if the four dams on the lower Snake River were removed would average roughly $76 million a year.
RICHLAND, Wash. — Thousands of blowing tumbleweeds trapped cars driving on State Route 240 northwest of Richland on New Year’s Eve.
Eastern Washington farmers doubt that public subsidies would offset higher transportation and irrigation costs caused by breaching four Lower Snake River dams, according to a preliminary study…
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington state lawmaker took part in “domestic terrorism” against the United States during a 2016 standoff at a wildlife refuge in Oregon and traveled throughout the West …
The Pacific Northwest will see slightly above normal temperatures and normal precipitation throughout the winter, a well-known weatherman predicts.
Stakeholders need to begin talking about the possible impacts to Northwest communities if four dams on the Snake River are removed, says the leader of a group that advocates their removal.
Below Lower Granite Dam, hordes of spiders do circus trapeze acts over a fish ladder.
A Walla Walla woman sobbed as she was sentenced this morning in Walla Walla County Superior Court to more than 25 years in prison with chemical-dependency treatment for a high-speed chase and …
Climate change imperils orcas in Puget Sound and to save them Washington should restructure its economy and eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, according to a task force report finalized Nov. …
A Seattle attorney believes his Whooshh salmon cannon can move salmon upriver over dams far faster, cheaper and with less mortality than fish ladders or trucking. It could restore migration pa…
PORTLAND — Student test scores fell in Oregon and Washington on the assessment known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” a trend that mirrors national declines over the last two years.
CORVALLIS, Ore. –The first responders to wildfires in the remote areas of the Great Basin of Oregon and Idaho are increasingly volunteer groups of private landowners that have been authorized …
DAYTON — Forging a new path is not an easy task, and residents from here and Waitsburg were reminded of that at a meeting this weekend.
HANFORD, Wash. — You’ve heard the grim numbers about the Hanford nuclear site — the millions of gallons of radioactive waste and the growing price tag for cleanup.
PORTLAND — Three years ago, Lindsey Topping-Schuetz became a first-time mother when her son Owen was born. He was six weeks early and went immediately to the neonatal intensive care unit, wher…
BAKER CITY — When Daniel Koopman arrived in Baker City in August 2015 to become the Baker County director of Blue Mountain Community College, smoke darkened the sky and hung over the town.
RICHLAND, Wash. — Not enough is known to decide on the best and most economical way to treat much of the low-activity radioactive waste in Hanford’s underground tanks, said a committee of the …
CORVALLIS — Ancient human artifacts found in a remote corner of northwestern Idaho could deliver a major blow to a long-held theory that North America’s first humans arrived by crossing a land…
SPOKANE — All members of a wolf pack that had been preying on cattle in northeastern Washington state have been killed.
The U.S. wheat industry is reacting with disappointment after President Donald Trump said that Japan, their No. 1 customer, doesn't really want to buy their grain.
