Regional News
What's happening in the region? Here's a roundup of news from Spokane, Montana and other regional areas.
Missing dog safe after spending winter in woods north of Whitefish
rom the moment she got the call about Baldone, DaBolt knew the shelter would not be a long-term home for the big d…
Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison, alleging utility's equipment sparked wildfire
Edison was reviewing the lawsuit and “will address it through the appropriate legal process,” utility spokesperson Kathleen Dunleavy said Wednesday.
Avalanche buries at least 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska officials say
Guides from the heli-skiing company attempted to locate the trapped skiers using avalanche beacons and identified a probable area where they were buried, at a …
More endangered Mexican gray wolves are roaming the southwestern US, annual survey shows
The smallest subspecies of gray wolf in North America, Mexican wolves were listed as endangered in 1976, and a binational captive breeding program was started …
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare
There are ways to ease the adjustment, including getting more sunshine to help reset your circadian rhythm for healthful sleep.
Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?
“Donald Trump promised to lower food prices on ‘Day One’, but with egg prices skyrocketing out of control, he fired the workers charged with containing bird fl…
Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon gets 4 years probation for threatening ex-Speaker McCarthy
Richard Rogers, 45, of Billings, was convicted by a federal jury last year on charges of threatening a member of Congress and making harassing phone calls to the FBI and congressional staff. He routinely made vulga…
Nvidia sales surge in the fourth quarter on demand for AI chips
Wednesday's earnings report topped Wall Street expectations. Analysts had been expecting adjusted earnings of 85 cents a share on revenue of $38.1 billion, acc…
Thieves nab pricey bulldogs from a Colorado pet store after faking a seizure, sheriff says
They got into a gold Cadillac Escalade with tinted windows and no license plates that pulled up outside the store, the sheriff's office said.
Nurses at Providence hospitals in Oregon approve new contracts, ending over 6 weeks of strike
The hospital doctors at Providence St. Vincent in Portland and providers at the women's health clinics ratified their new contracts earlier this month.
Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including a weekend death in Colorado
Saturday's avalanche death is the third in Colorado this winter and the second fatality in less than a week in that state, according to the Colorado Avalanche …
How LA wildfires are making an already tough rental market even worse
It's hard to quantify exactly how the wildfires are affecting the rental market, but LA rents rose faster than prices nationwide in January compared to the pre…
Native American activist released from prison will be welcomed to North Dakota home
FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed, and while Peltier acknowledged firing shots during the confrontation, he denied being the person whose s…
2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday it responded overnight to an area known as Happy Valley, which is west of the city of Bend and northeast of Mt. Bachelor Ski Resort
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
Much of the Midwest including Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska also is gripped by low temperatures double digits below zero.