Northwest

Organization sings praises of potatoes

March 19, 2024, 6:00am Food

Potatoes can and should be part of initiatives toward healthy eating, according to Bonnie Johnson, director of nutrition and industry relations for Potatoes USA. Read story

FILE - The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. The Idaho Senate is expected to take a final vote on Monday, March 18, 2024, on a bill that would prohibit transgender and nonbinary Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid, or state employees enrolled in the state's insurance plan, from obtaining gender-affirming care.

Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care

March 18, 2024, 6:41pm Northwest

Idaho lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a bill that would ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid. Read story

2 men presumed drowned after falling in river at Eagle Falls

March 18, 2024, 6:02pm Northwest

The dangerous waters at Eagle Falls likely claimed the lives of two men who fell into the water and did not resurface on Saturday, said Snohomish County sheriff’s Lt. Glenn DeWitt. Read story

Dozens gathered at Nadaka Nature Park in Gresham, Ore., Saturday to plant trees in memory of those who died during the heatwave of 2021.

Oregon county plants trees to honor victims of killer 2021 heat wave

March 18, 2024, 5:38pm Northwest

Family members of some of the people killed by record-breaking heat in the Portland area three years ago gathered over the weekend to plant trees across Multnomah County in honor of its 72 victims. Read story

Environmental concerns grow over Drax air quality permit for Longview plant

March 18, 2024, 8:23am Business

Environmental and public health concerns over the proposed Drax wood pellet factory are prompting the Southwest Clean Air Agency to hold a public hearing before approving the company’s air discharge permit. Read story

After 2014 Oso landslide, what did we learn about preventing disaster?

This satellite image captured on April 1, 2014, shows the area of the Oso landslide, which happened on March 22, 2014.

March 18, 2024, 7:50am Latest News

In the decade since the Oso landslide, technicians have meticulously mapped the state of Washington, scanning thousands of square miles of terrain, precise nearly to the inch, part of efforts to forestall another tragedy like the one that killed 43 people when the hillside above Steelhead Haven collapsed 10 years… Read story

Northwest

Organization sings praises of potatoes

Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care

2 men presumed drowned after falling in river at Eagle Falls

Oregon county plants trees to honor victims of killer 2021 heat wave

Environmental concerns grow over Drax air quality permit for Longview plant

Former Idaho trooper on trial for wife’s murder arrested Friday night at Spokane airport

Blobby creatures washed up on West Coast beaches during marine warming, sucking up energy

Feds plan for 14,000-acre ‘clean energy’ park in Eastern WA called shortsighted

Active-duty Navy sailor charged with murder in Seattle shooting

After 2014 Oso landslide, what did we learn about preventing disaster?