Book-filled van stolen; radiation on highway; college gets tax break
Odd and interesting news from the West.
EASTVALE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Riverside County are searching for a driver who ran away after a car jumped a curb, slammed into a hous…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — State regulators have fined CenturyLink $2.85 million for a statewide 911 outage in April 2014.
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has approved a bill granting a big property tax break for a growing private Christian university in west Phoenix.
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Republicans are backing a measure that would exempt the acquisition of sawed off shotguns, machine guns and silencers fro…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A rare books dealer says his van filled with valuable titles was stolen while he was visiting the Bay Area.
CLOVIS, N.M. — Authorities are investigating the deaths of a Clovis couple who died after their car was parked on railroad tracks and then str…
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A judge has sentenced former Albany County prosecuting attorney Richard Bohling to two to four years in prison for misuse of c…
SEATTLE (AP) — Red light cameras led to nearly 40,000 tickets in Seattle in 2015. Now Washington's largest city is considering adding more.
HELENA, Mont. — A Helena man is charged with using a shotgun to kill his upstairs neighbors at an apartment building.
JACKSON, Wyo. — Wyoming's largest elk herd is estimated to have increased in numbers slightly, according to an annual winter survey.
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says the uncontrolled spread of small amounts of radioactive waste at Hanford after…
LEWISTON, Idaho — A decaying mansion in Lewiston is back in good standing with the city after being declared dangerous a year ago.
BILLINGS, Mont. — The founder of a Montana resort for the ultra-rich will stay in jail for failing to account for the "vanished" money from a …
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Wildlife officials are working to identify new locations to release Mexican gray wolf packs that have been raised in c…
