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Cougs best Utah State in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
BOISE — The Washington State University Cougars (7-6) concluded their season with a win over the Utah State Aggies…
In quiet, fast vote, Oregon gave Biden its 7 electoral votes
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Meeting on the Senate floor in the Oregon State Capitol, Oregon's electors on Monday gave their seven votes to Joe Biden.
West Virginia governor among 1st to get vaccine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice became one of the first top elected officials in the country to be vaccinated Monday, even though the state’s rollout is supposed to prioritize giving the hig…
Man sentenced in fatal light rail stabbings plans to appeal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man sentenced to life in prison for killing two men and injuring another during a racist rant on a crowded Portland light-rail train is appealing his conviction.
Washington's 12 electors cast votes for Biden, Harris
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington's 12 electors on Monday unanimously cast their votes for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who won 58% of the state's vote last month.
West Virginia governor to be among 1st to get vaccine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he would get a coronavirus shot on Monday, even though the state's rollout is supposed to prioritize giving the highly sought-after vaccines to health ca…
Vaccine comes too late for the 300,000 US dead
When Brittany Palomo was hired as a nurse in March, her parents tried to talk her out of it, fearful of the fast-spreading coronavirus. All the more reason, she told them, to start the career that had been her long…
Deschutes County files complaint over marijuana tax revenue
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A county in Central Oregon has filed a complaint against the state over marijuana tax revenue the county believes it should be paid, despite its moratorium on marijuana processing and growing faci…
US, states crack down on scams bilking desperate Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal and state authorities say they are cracking down on a wave of illegal schemes that have proliferated during the pandemic and prey upon the desperation of people who have lost jobs in the o…
'Healing is coming': US health workers start getting vaccine
Health care workers around the country rolled up their sleeves for the first COVID-19 shots Monday as hope that an all-out vaccination effort can defeat the coronavirus smacked up against the heartbreaking reality …
COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — The COVID-19 vaccine has begun arriving in Washington state and authorities are getting shots ready for people in high-risk categories who will be eligible to receive it in the first distribution pha…
Conservationists sue feds over lack of wolverine protections
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Conservation groups filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to withhold Endangered Species Act protection from wolverines in the lower 48 states, where…
Idaho’s 4 electors cast votes for Trump and Pence
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — All four of Idaho’s Republican electors on Monday cast their ballots for President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
First COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The first shipment of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Oregon.
Idaho man arrested in Spokane Valley on sex crimes charges
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. (AP) — A 37-year-old Athol man was arrested by the U.S. Marshalls Greater Idaho Fugitive Task Force on Friday night and charged with multiple sex crimes against minors.
'Relieved': US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as t…