Regional News
What's happening in the region? Here's a roundup of news from Spokane, Montana and other regional areas.
Flash-flood risk lingers across the Southwest after Rachel’s remnants swamped Nevada
Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis
Since the 2000s, drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacy chains and consultants have agreed to pay more than $50 billion to state and local governments to settle cla…
Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union head says
Layoffs and buyouts have hit a wide swath of the news industry over the past year. The Washington Post, NPR, CNN and Vox Media are among the many companies hit.
With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law
Democratic legislators who championed it as a way to treat addiction as a public health matter, not a crime, are now contending with one of the nation's larges…
Federal officials recommend that airlines inspect door plugs on some older Boeing jets as well
The FAA said that 737-900ERs have logged 3.9 million flights without any known issues involving the door plugs.
A baby lived because an Oregon teen couldn't stand by after she saw 3 people get electrocuted
Portland Fire and Rescue spokesman Rick Graves praised Washington for her heroism but confessed he didn’t understand how she and the baby weren’t also electroc…
Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
Near Portland, Oregon, ice slowly began to melt in areas south of the city as warmer temperatures and rain arrived Thursday.
Stay off the roads, Pacific Northwest residents are told as ice storm coats roads and trees
By midmorning, the warning area was reduced to parts of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon, including Portland, a metro area of over 2 million.
Trump notches a commanding win in the Iowa caucuses as DeSantis edges Haley for second place
Trump offered a message of unity in his victory speech
Washington's DeBoer informs team he's leaving to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, AP source says
DeBoer signed an extension after going 11-2 in 2022, raising his salary to $4.2 million with incremental increases to $4.8 million in the last year of the cont…
US is investigating if Boeing made sure a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards
Earlier this week, Boeing CEO David Calhoun called the incident “a quality escape.”
1 dead, 1 injured following avalanche at California ski resort as storm moves in, official says
The avalanche occurred around 9:30 a.m. today at Palisades Tahoe, the resort said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
Alaska Airlines cancels flights on certain Boeing planes through Saturday for mandatory inspections
he Seattle-based airline said Wednesday that it would cancel 110 to 150 flights a day while the Max 9 planes remain grounded
Arrest warrant issued for Montana man accused of killing thousands of birds, including eagles
Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto issued a warrant for Simon Paul, 42, of St. Ignatius, Montana, after he failed to appear at his scheduled arraignment Monda…
Emergency at 3 miles high: Alaska Airlines pilots, passengers kept calm after fuselage blowout
A 2-foot-by-4-foot piece of fuselage covering an unoperational emergency exit behind the left wing blew out
Boeing jetliner that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern over warning light
A plug covering an unused exit door blew off the Boeing 737 Max 9 as it cruised about three miles over Oregon