The Justice Department has objected to a $3.8 million legal bill submitted by a Los Angeles law firm overseeing the liquidation of the bankrupt Easterday ranches and farms in the Columbia Basin.
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Members of the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife commissions will hold a virtual meeting from 2-5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 28, to discuss policy for the shared waters of the Columbia River.
BAKER CITY — A 24-year-old Baker City man was sentenced to almost nine years in prison Thursday, July 15, after pleading guilty to first-degree robbery and to spraying bear spray in the face o…
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LEWISTON, Idaho — Last week, on what Steve Carlson called a horrible day for fire danger, firefighters were able to use a drip torch to light a blaze along the 42 Road on the Umatilla National…
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SPOKANE — The record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest prompted fishing and conservation groups to ask a federal court Friday, July 16, to order more spill from dams on the lower S…
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BOISE, Idaho — Airport officials, including those in Northeast Oregon, facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during …
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Forecasters are predicting that the odds favor a La Nina forming next fall, a climate phenomenon linked to large snowpacks and good irrigation seasons in most Northwest basins.
An Ontario man has been arrested on sex crime and kidnapping charges in Grant County.
LA GRANDE — The Oregon Trail Fire near the Oregon Trail Interpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, about 12 miles west of La Grande, continues to burn, according to the Blue Mountain Interag…
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PORTLAND — As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across the United States.
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PORTLAND — A Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed nearly 100 people in Oregon alone, a number that state’s governor called “absolutely unacceptable.”
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Jul. 3—Water and salmon managers opted Friday to halt normal summer spill operations at two dams on the Lower Snake in a desperate attempt to keep water temperatures from rising to dangerous l…
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SPOKANE — A bipartisan group of 21 Northwest lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to prioritize a long-running effort to renegotiate a 60-year-old treaty that governs how the United States …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is set to temporarily raise pay for federal firefighters to ensure that no one fighting wildland fires is making less than $15 per hour, according to a senior …
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SPOKANE — Record-high heat is forecast in the normally mild-weathered Pacific Northwest this weekend, raising concerns about wildfires and the health of people in a region where many people do…
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Farmland Reserve Inc., the real estate company of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, submitted the high bid of $209 million for the Easterday ranch properties in Eastern Washing…
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Leaders of national and regional farm organizations rallied around efforts to protect the four lower Snake River dams June 16, taking part in a day-long briefing on the role the structures pla…
WALLOWA COUNTY — People with mobility issues soon will have a much easier time getting to and from sidewalks in Eastern Oregon, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation press release.
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ENTERPRISE — Before the state had the opportunity to declare fire season in Northeastern Oregon, two fires erupted late last week in the remote canyons of Wallowa County.
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PORTLAND — Some Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest are criticizing the suggestion they have competing opinions on how best to save endangered salmon runs, saying tribes are united…
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PORTLAND — U.S. highways will be far busier over Memorial Day weekend than last year, but traffic still won’t reach pre-pandemic levels, according to a forecast by the AAA auto club.
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SALEM — In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s …
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Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and representatives of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown spoke for months about removing dams on the Snake River, sparking criticism from other members of Congress from the region.
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The Idaho House on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors and expand methods to kill wolves roaming Idaho — a measure that could cut the wolf population by 90%.
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RICHLAND, Wash. — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid into the ground, the U.S. Department of Ene…
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Daniel A. Rhoads, 31, appeared in Walla Walla County Superior Court on Friday, April 23, to enter his plea of guilty to one count of stolen mail possession, a Class C felony.
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The climate for the Northwest and most of the contiguous U.S. has become slightly warmer in the past decade, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Tuesday.
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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 gov…
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…
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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.
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Wildfire risk will be above average in much of the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center's new forecast.
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KENNEWICK, Wash. — Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing is now available in Kennewick and Pasco.
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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…
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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 …
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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.
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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…
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WALLULA, Wash. — Tyson Fresh Meats in Wallula is temporarily shutting down.
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PASCO, Wash. — The Franklin County commissioners can’t legally allow businesses to open their doors, according to the Washington state governor’s office.
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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 …
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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.
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MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — The Washington state Department of Agriculture started hunting for Asian giant hornets after two confirmed sightings of the predator.
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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…
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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.
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BOISE, Idaho — An earthquake struck north of Boise on Tuesday evening, with people across a large area reporting shaking.
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RICHLAND, Wash. — A small tornado appeared to touch down near north Richland on Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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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.
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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.
