Regional News
What's happening in the region? Here's a roundup of news from Spokane, Montana and other regional areas.
Washington resident charged with conspiracy in Canada shool shooting is ordered detained
Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
Julia Olson, an attorney representing the youth, released a statement calling the ruling a “huge win for Montana"
Summer camp in California gives Jewish children of color a haven to be different together
Most Black Americans identify as Christian
Montana clinic files for bankruptcy following $6 million judgment over false asbestos claims
A seven-person jury in June found the clinic submitted 337 false claims that made patients eligible for Medicare and other benefits they shouldn’t have received
Power at the gas pump: Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban
That leaves New Jersey as the only state that prohibits motorists from pumping their own gas
Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
No efforts to catch or remove any of the animals because it's believed to have been a defensive attack
Woman's escape from cinder block cell may have spared others from similar nightmare, FBI says
'Police say she beat the door with her hands until they were bloody in order to break free'
Progress made against massive California-Nevada wildfire but flames threaten iconic Joshua trees
The fire started on private lands within the preserve, but the cause remains under investigation
Ex-Washington state newspaper editor pleads not guilty to paying girls for sexually explicit images
The victims, 10-to-14-year-old girls, sent images to an Instagram account and received money through a cash app account. Internet activity of those accounts was traced to Smith’s Spokane home, the documents said
Hawaii could see a big hurricane season, but most homes aren't ready
Hawaii's temperate climate means homes don't need to trap heat, so most don't have an additional wall to contain insulation. Structurally, their foundations ar…
Anchorage homeless face cold and bears
A record eight people died of exposure while living outside last winter and this year promises to be worse after the city closed an arena that housed 500 peopl…
Homeless struggle to stay safe from record high temperatures in blistering Phoenix
The city is seeing its longest run of consecutive days of 110 Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) ever recorded, clocking 28 in a row as of Thursday, even as the first m…
Investigators say poor track conditions caused a 2021 Amtrak derailment in Montana that killed three
Thursday's finding follows what was revealed earlier this year in the agency’s investigative documents
Two grizzlies put down in last week, one in Glacier Park
On Tuesday, June 27, the grizzly was reported moving through the Many Glacier Campground where she obtained unsecured human food from a campsite picnic table
Far-right activist Ammon Bundy loses defamation case and faces millions of dollars in fines
Police said at the time that medical personnel determined the child was malnourished and had lost weigh
Authorities search for grizzly bear that killed woman near Yellowstone National Park
“I tell everybody, ‘Better take bear spray and know how to use it,’" he said. “And the big thing is, don't go alone."