In COVID-slammed Idaho, schools risk buckling hospitals
BOISE, Idaho — When Idaho public health officials announced this week that northern hospitals were so crowded with coronavirus patients that they would be...
Judge halts protests near schools in Vancouver, Washington
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A judge in southwest Washington state has granted an injunction prohibiting protests, rallies or other gatherings that “disrupt educational services” near...
Portland mayor: Keeping police away from protest a mistake
PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly three weeks after armed far-right and far-left protesters violently clashed in the streets of a diverse neighborhood in Portland, Oregon,...
Portland vote on banning city business with Texas delayed
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland, Oregon, City Council vote on a draft emergency resolution that would ban the purchase of goods and services from...
Officials: Health care rationing could spread across Idaho
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho's move to “crisis standards of care” is allowing some hospitals to ration health care as they struggle with an onslaught...
Treasured US West trout streams wither amid heat, drought
SARATOGA, Wyo. — The North Platte River in southern Wyoming has been so low in places lately that a toddler could easily wade across...
Wildfires, smoke snuff out outdoor adventures across US
LOS ANGELES — Andy Farquhar’s plans for an outdoor adventure have gone up in smoke twice this summer.
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US to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires burn year-round
BOISE, Idaho — U.S. wildfire managers have started shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire...
Idaho hospitals nearly buckling in relentless COVID surge
BOISE, Idaho — The intensive care rooms at St. Luke's Boise Medical Center are full, each a blinking jungle of tubes, wires and mechanical...
Backers of Seattle homelessness plan appeal ballot rejection
SEATTLE — Backers of a measure that would change Seattle’s approach to homelessness are appealing a judge’s decision that blocked it from the November...