Oregon Governor Proposes Using $160M From State’s ‘Rainy Day’ Fund For Wildfires

SALEM, OR – Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing
LC State Earns Eight CSC Academic All-District At-Large Honors

GREENWOOD, IN – Eight Lewis-Clark State Warriors earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors, with six doing so for the first time in their careers. Warrior Dance had three student-athletes earn the honor and LC State
WSU Regents Approve $25M for Heald Hall Demolition, New Sciences Building Prep

PULLMAN, WA – Washington State University’s Pullman campus is preparing for a major transformation along its Sciences Corridor. At its June 2025 meeting, the WSU Board of Regents approved $25 million for the demolition of Heald Hall
Wildfire East of Moscow Burns 8 Acres; Spark from Farm Equipment Suspected

MOSCOW, ID – Moscow Rural Fire Department Volunteers extinguished a wildfire that burned some timber East of Moscow Monday afternoon. Units were called to the blaze off Crumarine Loop Road shortly after 12:00. Chief Brian Nickerson says
SEL to Build Hangar at Lewiston Airport to Avoid Washington State Tax

LEWISTON, ID – In a joint meeting between the Lewiston City Council and Nez Perce County Commissioners on Monday, Airport Director Mike Isaacs said Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is planning to build a hangar at the Lewiston Airport
Nicaraguan, Mexicans, Californians Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents in California

LOS ANGELES, CA – As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to be assaulted when arresting foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally with lawful immigration orders, U.S. attorneys in California are prosecuting the offenders. In northern
Oregon Lawmakers Designate T-Bone as new State Steak

SALEM, OR – The Beaver State has officially added a piece of meat to its list of state symbols. The T-bone, a cut of beef taken from a cow’s short loin section near the spine, is officially
Lawsuit Payouts in Washington State top $500 Million in one Year

OLYMPIA, WA – For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them while they lived there.
Terminated AmeriCorps Grants by Trump and DOGE Total $1.9 Million in Idaho

BOISE, ID – Tom Alvarez had been working with AmeriCorps for about two years in Idaho when he got the email in April. Effective immediately, he was pulled off of his assignment and told not to have
Shot Fired During Confrontation at Park in Post Falls, One Arrested

POST FALLS, ID – A confrontation at a Post Falls park on Monday morning led to a gunshot being fired and the arrest of a local man, according to the Post Falls Police Department. At approximately 11:30