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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 …
Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs
It's a stunning turnaround of water availability in the nation's most populous state
Paying for paradise? Hawaii mulls fees for ecotourism crush
Hawaii lawmakers are considering legislation that would require tourists to pay for a yearlong license or pass to visit state parks and trails
Hard cleanup: Montana train derailment spills beer and clay
Seven cars are believed derailed in the narrow tunnel where it will be hard to extricate them
Community colleges are reeling. 'The reckoning is here.’
Though most intend to move on to get bachelor’s degrees, only a small fraction succeed; fewer than half earn any kind of credential. Even if they do, many empl…
52 years after capture, orca Lolita may return to Pacific
Lolita, also known as Tokitae, was about 4 years old when she was captured in Puget Sound in summer 1970
Judge orders US to resume oil lease sales in North Dakota
The state is one of the nation's largest oil producers, behind Texas and New Mexico
Hawaii authorities say 33 swimmers were harassing dolphins
Aerial footage shot by drone shows snorkelers following dolphins as they swim away
Seattle, feds seek to end most oversight of city's police
Federal civil rights investigations are also underway involving police agencies in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Lousiana and New York.
Biden's moves on Alaska drilling, TikTok test young voters
Western governments are growing increasingly worried that TikTok’s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, might give browsing history or other data about users to Chi…
Much of West Coast faces ban to fish salmon amid low stocks
Already California's spring-run Chinook are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
New Hawaii law expands abortion access, protects providers
The measure expands abortion access by allowing physician assistants to perform medical and surgical abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy
Los Angeles strike highlights paltry US school worker pay
School support staffers earn, on average, about $25,000 a year in Los Angeles
The big problem for endangered orcas? Inbreeding
In the 1960s and 1970s, dozens of Pacific Northwest whales were caught for display in marine theme parks
2 skiers killed in large late-winter avalanches in Colorado
The avalanche was two to three feet deep where it began and up to 500 feet wide
Feds want justices to end Navajo fight for Colo. River water
'Every drop really matters'