Drought haves, have-nots test how to share water in the West
MADRAS, Ore. — Phil Fine stands in a parched field and watches a harvester gnaw through his carrot seed crop, spitting clouds of dust...
US: Wolves may need protections after states expand hunting
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration said Wednesday that federal protections may need to be restored for gray wolves in the western U.S. after...
After humble beginnings, Oregon’s Dutch Bros launches IPO
SALEM, Ore. — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation decades ago in an Oregon town and growing into a company with hundreds of...
Portland scraps boycott, changes response to abortion ban
PORTLAND, Ore. — The city of Portland, Oregon has walked back a proposed Texas boycott and travel ban in response to the state’s dramatic...
School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback
Fearing his parents wouldn’t approve of his decision to get a COVID-19 vaccine but needing their signature, Andrew signed up for the appointment in...
Northern Idaho’s anti-government streak hampers COVID fight
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of anti-government activism that has confounded attempts to battle a COVID-19 outbreak...
Family of man killed during Portland protests sues city
PORTLAND, Ore. — The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city,...
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,...