POTLATCH - The Palouse Ranger District on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests will begin implementing some prescribed burning operations on the Greenhorn Stewardship Units starting tomorrow Thursday, April 18. This project is located north of Laird Park near Potlatch, Idaho. Smoke and flames may be visible from State Highway 6...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho, along with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution aimed at overturning the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) new climate disclosure rule today. They argue that the rule imposes excessive bureaucratic requirements on public companies, increases consumer costs, and hinders economic growth.

STEPTOE - An 18-year-old has been arrested for allegedly leading local Washington State Patrol Troopers on a dangerous high speed car chase in a stolen pickup. The incident started on U.S. Highway 195 near Steptoe when a trooper tried to stop the driver of a pickup for reportedly going 107 MPH. The driver failed to stop and the trooper had to discontinue the chase because it didn’t qualify as a legal pursuit under Washington law. Another trooper tried to pullover over the same driver a few minutes later North of Pullman on State Route 27. The driving was reportedly speeding at 120 MPH during the second short chase which was also discontinued.

(The Center Square) – On Wednesday afternoon, Commissioner of the Washington Supreme Court Michael Johnson will consider a temporary hold issued by him on Cowlitz County Superior Court Judge Gary Bashor's ruling last week saying the state's high-capacity magazine ban was unconstitutional. Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued Gator's Custom...

PULLMAN - The Washington State University Athletics budget is being cut significantly following the collapse of the Pac-12. The WSU Regents will discuss the Cougar Athletics budget during its meeting this week in Spokane. According to documents to the regents the next fiscal year athletics budget which starts July 1st will be cut by 13% compared to the current spending plan. The department’s 2025 fiscal year budget is drafted at 74 million dollars which is an 11.2 million dollar cut from this year’s budget. The biggest spending cut is a nearly 20% decrease in compensation equating to a 5 million dollar expense reduction. The largest hit on the revenue side for the next fiscal year is an expected 27 million dollar drop in media rights revenue. WSU and Oregon State University are still seeking a media rights deal as the remaining “Pac-2” schools.

MOSCOW - The 44-year-old Moscow man convicted of taking part in last fall’s rash of car burglaries in Moscow and Pullman has been sentenced. Matthew Neeley was sentenced to diversionary drug court by Latah County Second District Court Judge John Judge on Tuesday. If he fails the intensive program then he faces between two and seven years in prison. Judge Judge also placed Neeley on probation for three years. He spent 120 days in jail since his arrest.

LUCILLE - From May 5-8, there will be scheduled road maintenance at Pittsburg Landing, impacting access and facilities in the area near the U.S. Forest Service - Wallowa Whitman National Forest. On May 5, the campground will close after 5 pm, and the boat launch will be reduced to one...

A Texas man has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and extortion of foreign farmworkers working in Idaho. Ernesto Garibay Garza, 62, was a supervisor and foreman of farmworkers at F.D.C., an agricultural services company that operates in Idaho farms, including Glenns Ferry, according to a Monday press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Alaska Airlines flights have resumed after they were grounded for an hour Wednesday morning, the company said in a statement. All flights by Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, which is owned by Alaska, were grounded from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. "out of an abundance of caution," the company said.

Idaho’s water supply is sufficient, with parts of North Idaho being the exception, according to state water experts. In an Idaho Water Supply Committee meeting Friday, water experts discussed Idaho’s water supply levels, highlighting that while most parts of Idaho started out the winter with weak snowfall and rain, snow in March and early April across southern Idaho brought many basins closer to normal snowpack conditions.

LEWISTON – For the fourth straight year, Lewis-Clark State College has been recognized as a Tree Campus Higher Education institution by the Arbor Day Foundation. The award is a recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation of LC State’s commitment to effective urban forest management. LC State’s campus is known for its unique beauty and is home to more than 1,000 trees.

MYRTLE - At approximately 7:12 a.m. on Tuesday, Idaho State Police responded to a two-vehicle head-on collision eastbound on US12 near milepost 17 in Nez Perce County, Idaho. A white Dodge Ram 2500 was traveling eastbound on US12 when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a Kenworth semi-truck. The driver of the Dodge was transported to the hospital via air ambulance and the driver of the Kenworth was transported via ground ambulance.

LEWISTON – The Lewis-Clark State College Student Counseling Center & Health Services office is holding a Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Wednesday, April 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the college’s library parking lot, near the campus entrance at 7th Avenue and 5th Street. The event is free...

Idaho school and library officials over the next couple months will grapple with a complex question: What content does their community consider “harmful” to children?. The recently enacted House Bill 710 — which seeks to restrict library material accessible to children — relies on an existing state law that defines obscene books, magazines, movies and other content as “harmful.” While the law historically has deterred shopkeepers from selling copies of “Playboy” to curious teenagers, it now applies to librarians, as well.

MOSCOW — A University of Idaho student has received the Professional Achievement Award from the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and the U of I collegiate chapter of NAfME received the Chapter of Excellence Award for Service in April. Alexis Gist of Veradale, Washington, is a senior at...

LEWISTON - Today, the City of Lewiston announced that the completion of the 36-inch sewer main bypass under the railroad requires the installation of a large structure beneath Main Street near the Bargain Hunter Mall. As a result, the eastbound lane of Main Street, stretching from 9th Street to 13th Street, is closed and will remain so for an additional two weeks, until April 30th.

MOSCOW PULLMAN – As the end of the semester approaches, the Whitman County Humane Society in Pullman, and the Humane Society of the Palouse in Moscow are gearing up for an anticipated surge in surrendered pets and the onset of kitten season. Each year, as students prepare to leave for the summer, a concerning number of pets are left behind. With shelters already at capacity, urgent action is needed to ensure the welfare of these animals.

VIRGINIA - Today, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is unveiling “No Escape Room,” a new interactive experience that plunges parents and caregivers into the reality of financial sextortion, coinciding with the release of new data on child sexual exploitation. Based on dozens of real-life...

LEWISTON - A Lewiston man allegedly told police he was on meth when he attempted to steal a pickup from a parking lot in the Lewiston Orchards last Friday. At around noon last Friday, Lewiston police responded to a report of an attempted grand theft in the parking lot of the the O'Reilly Auto Parts store on Thain Road. A man, later identified as 40-year-old David R. Johnson, had allegedly been found attempting to start a 2004 Dodge Ram 3500 that did not belong to him.

OLYMPIA - Those foam clamshell containers long used by restaurants for takeout food will soon be illegal statewide in Washington. Coffee cups, plates, trays, and other food and drink carriers made from the same material – known as expanded polystyrene – will also be outlawed. Single-use foam coolers, too. The prohibition on the sale and distribution of these products will take effect June 1 under a law the Legislature approved in 2021.