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Regional News
What's happening in the region? Here's a roundup of news from Spokane, Montana and other regional areas.
A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
In the wake of the fentanyl crisis, the rejection of drug liberalization measures in Oregon and states across the …
What do you get when you cross rodeo with skiing? The wild and wacky skijoring
Every winter, thousands of people converge on the old mining town of Leadville, Colorado, high in the Rocky Mountains
Orchard expansion in Canada's wine country stirs fears a key wildlife corridor will be harmed
Terbasket and other experts worry man-made barriers are already hurting the corridor's habitat connectivity, further threatening at-risk species and jeopardizi…
Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness last year to its highest reported level, a federal report found
More mountain snow expected even as powerful blizzard moves out of Northern California
More than 7 feet of snow fell in some locations and fierce winds lashed the Sierra over the weekend.
Key Northern California highway closed as snow continues to fall in the blizzard-hit Sierra Nevada
The multiday storm closed I-80 and other highways, shut down ski resorts and left thousands of homes and businesses without power.
Parts of the Sierra Nevada likely to get 10 feet of snow from powerful storm by weekend
Meteorologists predict as much as 10 feet of snow is possible in the mountains around Lake Tahoe by the weekend,
Blizzard warning of up to 10 feet of snow in the Sierra could make travel 'dangerous to impossible'
“Do not take this storm lightly,” the weather service in Reno warned.
Should schools ban cell phones?
Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules.
Small, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD
NORAD, a joint military command tasked with defending the airspace over the U.S. and Canada, has not said where the balloon came from or why it was flying over…
Native American tribes gain new authority to stop unwanted hydropower projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently rejected seven proposals for projects on the Navajo Nation, which stretches 27,000 square miles (69,000 squar…
A Colorado man died after a Gila monster bite. Opinions and laws on keeping the lizard as a pet vary
Ward's girlfriend told animal control they bought Winston at a reptile exhibition in Denver in October and another Gila monster named Potato from a breeder in …
Court lifts federal coal sales moratorium in a setback for Dems and environmentalists
More than 260 million tons of coal, or almost half of the nation’s total, was mined by private companies from leases on federal land in 2022
To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle
The goal of the agency's “ cetacean desk ” is to keep the marine mammals safe from boat strikes and reduce noise in the highly transited inland seawaters.
Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies
It also will give Discover's payment network a major credit card partner in a way that could make the payment network a major competitor once again.
California braces for flooding again as another wet winter storm hits
Thunderstorms in valleys around the state capital on Monday could bring “brief tornadoes, large amounts of small hail, heavy rain, lightning, and gusty winds,”…