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• Flooding, avalanches, outages all effects of Northwest storm

  January 19, 2012 11:40 PM

  SEATTLE, WA - While snow and ice continued to fall in parts of the northwest, others in the region struggled with the aftermath of the same winter storm -- including floods, slick roads, power outages and avalanche warnings. The system itself remained a threat, with winter storm warnings from... more »

• Man, 26, charged in plot to bomb Pentagon using model airplane

  September 29, 2011 1:07 AM

  WASHINGTON, DC - A 26-year-old Massachusetts man with a physics degree was arrested and charged Wednesday with plotting an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with a remote-controlled model aircraft, authorities said. Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen from Ashland, Massachusetts, planned to use model aircraft filled with... more »

• Solyndra executives won't testify before Congress

  September 22, 2011 12:57 AM

  NEW YORK - Top Solyndra executives are not going to testify before Congress about the federal government's backing of the failed solar power company. Solyndra Chief Executive Brian Harrison and Chief Financial Officer Bill Stover will exercise their Fifth Amendment rights at an upcoming hearing before the House Energy... more »

• Washington governor meets with striking teachers, school officials

  September 22, 2011 12:16 AM

  TACOMA, WA - Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is wading into the feud between the Tacoma school district and striking teachers that has kept thousands of students from classrooms for seven days. Gregoire called the two sides to her office and said she would take over mediating negotiations if a... more »

• Officials confirm 'credible but unconfirmed' 9/11 threat

  September 9, 2011 12:30 AM

  WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. officials said Thursday evening they have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "We have received credible information very recently about a possible plot directed at the homeland... more »

• Smith River search continues for Washington woman

  May 18, 2011 8:37 PM

  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - The search continues on the Smith River in Meagher County for a 68 year old Washington state woman who's been missing since Monday afternoon, when the boat she and her husband were in hit a log and overturned. The 62-year old man was able to... more »

• $166 million settlement in Jesuits abuse case

  March 25, 2011 3:43 PM

  UPDATE: In one of the largest settlements in the Catholic church's sweeping sex abuse scandal, an order of priests agreed Friday to pay $166.1 million to hundreds of Native Americans and Alaska Natives who were abused at the order's schools around the Pacific Northwest. The settlement between more than 450... more »

• FDA issues recall for Costco cantaloupes

  March 23, 2011 9:33 PM

  CORAL GABLES, FL -- If you recently bought a cantaloupe from Costco, you may want to return it. The Food and Drug Administration issued a voluntary recall of cantaloupes sold at Costco stores in Montana and through warehouse clubs across the West because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.... more »

• U.S. solider pleads guilty to Afghan murders

  March 23, 2011 6:31 PM

  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA - A 22-year-old U.S. soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians in a war crimes probe that implicates a dozen members of his platoon and has raised some of the most serious criminal allegations to come from the war in Afghanistan.... more »

• Report: Shipping times hurt MT online shopping

  March 17, 2011 5:17 PM

  KALISPELL - A new study by an online shopping website says Montana's lack of sales tax is definite plus for ordering products on the Internet. But long shipping times and costs hurt Montana's overall ranking of states for a good online shopping experience. The study by Extrabux.com analyzes shipping... more »

• Company to resubmit permit for coal-shipping port

  March 16, 2011 1:15 AM

  LONGVIEW, WA - A company that wants to build a coal-shipping port on the Columbia River plans to withdraw a controversial permit currently under appeal, three weeks before the case was set to go to trial. Millennium Bulk Terminals said Tuesday that reapplying for a permit would allow it... more »

• Highlights of proposals in House GOP spending bill

  February 19, 2011 12:07 PM

  WASHINGTON - The House Republicans' $1.2 trillion bill for financing federal programs through Sept. 30, when the current budget year ends, includes many spending cuts and prohibitions that make a showdown with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats inevitable. Among the biggest flashpoints are provisions that would: -Cut about $60... more »

• Police: 2 dead, 2 cops hurt in shooting at Washington state Walmart

  January 24, 2011 1:31 AM

  (CNN) -- Two people were shot dead and two sheriff's deputies were wounded late Sunday afternoon outside a Walmart store in western Washington state, a Kitsap County Sheriff's spokesman said. Three sheriff's deputies responded to the scene around 3:45 p.m. Sunday after getting a call about a suspicious person... more »

• Montana environmental group sues over Washington fire lookout

  January 15, 2011 2:01 PM

  DARRINGTON, WA - A Montana environmental group is suing the U.S. Forest Service over the construction of a new fire lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area northeast of Seattle. The group, Wilderness Watch, claims in the federal lawsuit that the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act when... more »

• Montana, Washington governors discuss coal exports

  January 6, 2011 12:28 AM

  GEORGE TIBBITS Associated Press SEATTLE - Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he thinks Washington state will give fair treatment to a proposal to build a major shipping terminal on the lower Columbia River to send Montana coal to China and other Asian countries. Schweitzer and fellow Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire... more »

• Tier 2 sex offender believed hiding in Montana

  January 5, 2011 4:14 PM

  GREAT FALLS - The Great Falls Police Department received notification from Washington state authorities that John Robert Stephenson, a Tier 2 Sex Offender, may be in the Great Falls Area. Stephenson is a white male, 34 years old, 5'8", 180 pounds. If you see Stephenson or have any... more »

• Governors to meet about coal port project

  January 5, 2011 1:05 AM

  OLYMPIA, Wash. - Montana's governor is heading to Washington state to discuss a new Columbia River coal port being challenged by environmentalists over greenhouse-gas concerns. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is planning to meet with Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire Wednesday afternoon to discuss the project. Conservation groups are challenging... more »

• Carroll volleyball signs two standouts

  December 16, 2010 8:12 PM

  HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Carroll College head volleyball coach Moe Boyle says high school standouts from Washington and Oregon have committed to play for the Saints. Boyle says Mount Rainier High School's Kathleen Mulligan and Mountain View High School's Sarah Roshak will play for Carroll next fall. Mulligan was a... more »

• Lolo man charged for hitting, killing pedestrian

  November 11, 2010 3:36 PM

  MISSOULA - The Lolo man who's accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian on Brooks Street in Missoula Tuesday night is facing a charge of vehicular homicide while under the influence. Brian Holm is accused of killing Brian Beaver, 24, of Aberdeen, Wash. Beaver, his brother and their friend... more »

• Virginia man charged in fake bomb plot against DC subway

  October 28, 2010 1:10 AM

  WASHINGTON, DC - A Pakistani-born Virginia man who appeared in federal court today on terrorism charges says he can't afford to hire a lawyer. Farooque Ahmed did not enter a plea and has been ordered held without bond. Ahmed is accused of casing Washington, D.C. area subway stations... more »

• Man arrested in D.C. subway bomb plot

  October 27, 2010 7:46 PM

  WASHINGTON- A Pakistani-born man was arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to help people posing as al Qaeda operatives plot to bomb Washington-area subway stations. The bombing plot was a ruse over the past six months, the FBI said, but 34-year-old Farooque Ahmed readily handed over video of northern... more »

• McNabb traded to division-rival Redskins

  April 4, 2010 10:25 PM

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Donovan McNabb is changing uniforms and staying in the NFC East. The Philadelphia Eagles traded McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a pair of draft picks on Sunday night. The Eagles will receive a second-round pick (37th overall) in this month's NFL draft and either a third-... more »

• Governors brace for more economic turmoil

  February 20, 2010 7:12 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - On the recession's front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth. "The worst probably is yet to come," warned Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vt., chairman of the National Governors... more »

• Soldier charged with waterboarding daughter, 4

  February 16, 2010 11:32 PM

  TACOMA, Wash. - Twenty-seven year-old Iraq war veteran Joshua Tabor is accused of waterboarding his 4-year-old daughter because she would not recite the alphabet. Tabor pleaded not guilty to those charges on Tuesday. KOMO-TV reports that Tabor was released from custody on $10,000 bail after his arraignment for assault in... more »

• Man accused of murdering common law wife held on $1 million bond

  February 10, 2010 4:37 PM

  BUTTE - A Montana man is being held on $1 million bond in Butte, accused of killing his common-law wife last July on Interstate 82 in Washington. Stephen Harwood, 34, of Thompson Falls appeared Tuesday afternoon before in Judge Brad Newman, where Harwood was charged with first degree murder. ... more »

• Man arrested in Butte for shooting of common-law wife

  February 9, 2010 4:05 PM

  BUTTE - A Montana man has been arrested in Butte for the fatal shooting of his common-law wife on Interstate 82 last July in Washington. Butte Police Captain George Skuletich said Stephen Harwood, 34, was arrested Monday at the Montana Chemical Dependency Center on Continental Drive where he was... more »

• USDA drops Animal ID system, announces new plan

  February 5, 2010 11:49 PM

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it has abandoned a program that was intended to trace the movement of farm animals around the country but garnered little support from farmers. Instead, the department announced plans for a new, more flexible program to be administered by... more »