The Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant, the Columbia Generating Station, was manually shut down early Thursday morning due to a mechanical problem. Energy Northwest workers shut the plant ...

Guard Hope Hassmann scored a career-high 25 points and Idaho pulled away from the Big Sky Conference's last-place team, which gave the first-place Vandals a fight for much of Thursday's game at Dee ...

No one will face criminal charges after a fight involving a University of Idaho fraternity member last fall left a food delivery driver in a coma.

Lawmakers left Washington on Thursday without a deal on an immigration enforcement overhaul, virtually guaranteeing a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department when current funding runs out ...

PULLMAN – Washington State’s women’s basketball team dominated the first quarter, then promptly lost momentum. Portland bounced back from a rough start and surged past the Cougars 68-61 in a West ...

Two people are presumed dead following a Stevens County house fire Wednesday morning. Stevens County firefighters responded to a fully involved fire about a half-mile outside of Hunters, Washington, ...

Ridgeline senior Madi Crowley has accomplished a lot in her high school career. A four-year starter as a 6-foot post, she was a first-team all-league selection last season and helped the Falcons ...

2A – Deer Park 66, Rogers 13: Emma Bryant scored 32 points, reaching 1,000 points for her career, and the Stags (19-2, 11-1)) defeated the visiting Pirates (3-15, 1-11) in the final GSL 2A regular ...

Nissan Motor Co. said it’s progressing in a push to recover from its worst financial crisis in decades, with the automaker narrowing a full-year loss forecast as a cost-cutting drive ramps up.

Gonzaga-Santa Clara doesn’t approach the annual GU-Saint Mary’s collisions that seemingly determine the West Coast Conference hierarchy. But for sheer drama, individual excellence (hello Steve Nash), ...

A paratransit bus in Spokane Valley flipped on its side after a Jeep T-boned the driver side of the bus in Spokane Valley late Thursday morning.

Considering all that’s been going on around here of late, the chatter about the NBA has understandably taken a few steps back from getting a ton of attention.