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September 20, 2016

Pac-12 predictions for the start of full conference play

The Pac-12 season kicked off last week with No. 7 Stanford's dominating win over Southern California in a rematch of last ...

September 18, 2016

Mining town emerging from Superfund cleanup with optimism

For decades, a creek in the mountains west of Denver sometimes ran yellow from toxic waste gurgling out of abandoned mines ...

September 16, 2016

Daredevil successfully powers rocket over Snake River Canyon

Professional stuntman Eddie Braun successfully jumped over the Snake River Canyon Friday afternoon in an ode to his boyhood ...

September 16, 2016

The Latest: Daredevil successfully jumps rocket over canyon

The latest on professional stuntman Eddie Braun's attempt to jump over the Snake River Canyon in southern Idaho in a custom ...

September 16, 2016

Police recommend 2 more WSU FB players be charged

The Pullman Police Department recommended Friday that assault charges be filed against two more Washington State University ...

September 07, 2016

Teenager pleads not guilty in locker room assault case

An 18-year-old high school student has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a black teammate in an Idaho locker room.

September 06, 2016

Idaho neighborhood says no to camp for kids with cancer

Residents of a small central Idaho town say they don't want a camp for kids with cancer in their neighborhood. Camp Rainbow ...

September 03, 2016

Notifications sent following fishing license data breach

Notices that personal information might have been compromised will be sent to hunting and fishing license holders in Idaho ...

August 26, 2016

Breach in fishing license system exposes data in Northwest

A breach in a vendor's system that processes online sales of hunting and fishing licenses in Idaho, Oregon and Washington ...

August 24, 2016

Crews battling 35 large, uncontained wildfires in the West

Thirty-five large, uncontained wildfires were burning Wednesday in the West, and firefighters were making initial attacks on ...

August 22, 2016

In dry, windy West, crews target flames in several states

Growing wildfires stoked by windy, dry conditions have destroyed buildings and forced evacuations in California, Washington, ...

August 18, 2016

The Latest: Widow: Hunter Thompson regretted taking antlers

The Latest on the return of antlers that Hunter S. Thompson took from Ernest Hemingway's Idaho home (all times local): 4:20 p

August 18, 2016

Hemingway home gets back antlers taken by Hunter S. Thompson

A young Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with ...

August 13, 2016

Family camping in Idaho saves girl from mountain lion

A family camping in eastern Idaho scared off a mountain lion that tried to snatch their 4-year-old daughter away from a ...

August 08, 2016

Idaho man finds mammoth tusk while digging on his property

An Idaho man stumbled upon a rare find while using a backhoe to dig in a gravel pit on his property. "It came to the point ...

August 03, 2016

Several Western states battling raging wildfires

Wildfires are raging in several Western states, with some fueled by wind and dry conditions. The fires have forced ...

August 02, 2016

Idaho posts free ultrasound list for women seeking abortions

Idaho has advanced its anti-abortion stronghold once again by publishing a list of places where pregnant women considering ...

August 02, 2016

The Latest: Washington fire under control, structures lost

The Latest on wildfires burning in the Western U.S. (all times local): 8 p.m. A fast-moving fire in central Washington that ...

August 01, 2016

Wildfires burn in 7 Western states, prompt evacuations

Wildfires are burning in seven Western states, from California's scenic Big Sur region to tribal towns and hamlets near Reno, ...