Pacific NW

The University of Idaho wants to train more in-state physicians in collaboration with the University of Utah.

A suite of legislation working through the Idaho Senate hopes to make housing easier to come by — and cheaper to pay for — statewide. The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee on Tuesday advanced four bills from Sen. Ben Toews, R-Couer d’Alene, aimed at cutting regulations to open more land for housing and to curb climbing costs — particularly for those just entering the housing ...

A new state law could delay refunds for Idaho taxpayers by weeks. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 559 into law on Wednesday to encourage the state to quickly adopt new federal tax cuts and credits. As One, Big, Beautiful Bill provisions take effect, taxpayers can take advantage of a range of new deductions, the Internal Revenue Service said in a Jan. 8 news release. These include ...

The Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station, was manually shut down early Thursday morning due to a mechanical problem. Energy Northwest workers shut the plant down at 2:49 a.m. after both of its recirculation pumps shut down. If they did not shut down the plant, it would have automatically shut down, according to Energy Northwest. There is no estimated ...

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on Thursday moved to ban immigration enforcement agents from all nonpublic county-owned property, part of a suite of executive actions meant to support immigrants and refugees amid unprecedented federal action.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be present at the summer FIFA 2026 Men’s World Cup games, including those held in Seattle.

SEATAC, Wash. – King County Executive Girmay Zahilay on Thursday moved to ban immigration enforcement agents from all nonpublic county-owned property, part of a suite of executive actions meant to support immigrants and refugees amid unprecedented federal action.

The Federal Way City Council has replaced its council president after he wrote a Facebook post expressing support for local students who were organizing walkouts to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The city of Seattle will pay $29 million to settle a negligence lawsuit filed by the family of a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was struck and killed by a speeding police officer in 2023.

Oregon officials seized hundreds of goats from a Nyssa farm co-owned by a Meridian man after tips from an animal rights group prompted an animal neglect investigation. Malheur County Sheriff Travis Johnson said in a news release that law enforcement seized 239 goats from Grand Barr Dairy on Feb. 4. The sheriff said three goats were humanely euthanized “due to the severity of their conditions,” ...

Feb. 12—KENNEWICK — By definition, freight is something — goods of whatever kind, from fresh produce to sound system components — that is moved in bulk on trains, trucks, ships or aircraft. Teri Zimmerman, vice president for sales and marketing at Tri-City Intermodal in Kennewick, said the company's role in the freight business is connecting different methods of transportation to move freight. ...

Idaho Republican lawmakers have put up a united front in their opposition to illegal immigration. On Wednesday, members of the Senate State Affairs Committee agreed that the federal government had failed to secure the border and was wrongly leaving immigration enforcement up to the states. What the states should do about that, however, was not so clear-cut. Sen. Mark Harris, R-Soda Springs, ...

A Tacoma man has been charged in the drive-by shooting of a rival gang member last week in Lakewood. Prosecutors charged Kendrick Bernard Smith, 20, on Feb. 6 with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault for the Feb. 5 drive-by shooting, court records show. A bench warrant was issued for Smith’s arrest, court records show. He was arrested Tuesday morning and booked into Pierce ...