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 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'
US tribes get bison as they seek to restore bond with animal
The herd will be expanded over time, to reestablish a spiritual and physical bond broken two centuries ago
Flooding, landslides as atmospheric river departs California
More than 187,000 utility customers statewide remained without power early Wednesday, according to PowerOutage.us
Saudi Arabia places order for up to 121 planes from Boeing
Last month, Air India announced it had agreed to buy 220 planes from Boeing and 250 from Airbus
Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists
Allowing the drilling plan to go forward would be a major breach of Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on federal lands, they say
Atmospheric rivers flood California with more rain, snow
The atmospheric river is known as a “Pineapple Express” because it brought warm subtropical moisture across the Pacific from near Hawaii