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States, including Idaho, sue AI giant OpenAI, saying its popular chatbot is hurting children and deceiving adults
US agents to pull back in Portland but will stay on standby
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says federal agents who have been guarding the U.S. courthouse during violent protests in downtown Portland, Oregon, will begin withdraw…
Bloomsday goes virtual
Spokane, WA — Unless runners defer entry, all current Bloomsday 2020 registrants are now signed up for Virtual Bloomsday.
Montana announces 2 more COVID-19 deaths
Montana has announced two more deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths related to the respiratory virus in the state to 54
Idaho inmate becomes 2nd in US to receive gender surgery
An Idaho inmate has become the second incarcerated person in the nation to undergo gender confirmation surgery while in prison following a legal dispute that went to the U.S. Supreme Court
Montana man hospitalized after being mauled by grizzly bear
A Montana man is hospitalized after being mauled by a grizzly bear in an abandoned barn
Oregon police say man with COVID-19 coughed, spit on police
Tigard, Oregon, police say a DUI suspect purposefully coughed on and spit at an officer after he was found passed out in a car
Montana announces 5 more COVID-19 deaths
Montana has announced five more deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths due to the respiratory virus to 52
Washington kills 1 member of wolf pack preying on cattle
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has killed one of the three members of an endangered wolf pack in the northeastern corner of the state, hoping that deters the pack from attacking more livestock
Montana has more than 350 COVID cases, 1 death over weekend
Montana testing confirmed more than 350 cases of COVID-19 over the weekend while the state reported its 47th death due to the respiratory virus
Several hundred calves reported stolen from Idaho ranch
Law enforcement agencies are investigating after several hundred calves were reported stolen from a cattle feeding operation in southern Idaho
FROM THE AP: New Idaho GOP chairman seeks unity among party, outreach
BOISE (AP) — Republicans in Idaho have an opportunity to unite by focusing more on what they have in common and less on their differences, new state GOP Chairman Tom Luna said.
Montana care home sees 15th death; more virus tests pending
A senior home in Montana pummeled by a coronavirus outbreak that infected nearly every resident has seen another death
Kootenai County mask mandate — read the full order
Panhandle Health District’s Board of Health approved on Thursday a face covering mandate for Kootenai County.
Critical habitat proposed for rare southwestern Idaho plant
Environmental groups are reacting with mixed responses to a Trump administration plan to create critical habitat for a small, flowering plant found only in southwestern Idaho that was listed as threatened under the…
Three arrested after woman reports being held hostage and tortured
IDAHO FALLS – On Wednesday, June 22, Idaho Falls Police Dispatch received a call from a person who stated that a woman had stopped them on the street and asked them to call 911. The woman appeared to have been seve…