Out West

A bill that critics say violates students’ constitutional rights by forcing them to recite the Pledge of Allegiance has continued to make its way toward becoming law.

According to 2023 report, Idaho has 38 affordable rental homes for every 100 households with extremely low incomes — a decrease from 42 units in 2022.

The study found that atmospheric aridity, or dry air, was far more determinantal to the health of Douglas firs than a lack of rainfall.

Rich donors and unlimited super PAC spending are giving two contenders a clear advantage over the rest of the crowded field.

The Northern California tribe has been fighting the Bureau of Reclamation over a change in the timing of water releases to restore the river.

Under the agreement, Oregon’s Department of Forestry will expand buffers around habitable waterways throughout the Tillamook and Clatsop state forests.

Residents who oppose the project, which advertises $2.5 million units, say it is not affordable, and they contend an ancillary 1,000 square foot office does not qualify it as a mixed-use development.

Seven inmates injured while mopping up a wildfire near Laughlin, Nevada, in 2021 sued the state for injuries sustained in the effort, claiming they were forced to keep working even after reporting they were hurt.

Tier 1 cities in and around Denver and other large metro areas would be barred from prohibiting duplexes, townhomes and accessory dwelling units in any residential area.

Decades of overfishing, dam building, water diversion, and other human actions have set the Lahontan cutthroat trout up for unrelenting population decline.