Angry attacking owls; bear catches ride; deer birth control
Odd and unusual news from the West.
SALEM, Ore. — The year is ending the way it began in Salem, with an aggressive owl.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland woman who was struck by a drunken driver while in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer …
PORTLAND, Ore. — A $12,000 gift from an anonymous donor has made the holidays easier for a Portland family whose father lost a job after a new…
BOISE, Idaho — Officials in northern Idaho say they are considering using contraceptive vaccines to curb a growing deer population that has ca…
RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that several earthquakes shook south Reno. The strongest Tuesday evening quake was a 4.4 …
FRESNO, Calif. — A black mountain bear took a ride of its life about 65 miles on a trash truck to a dump site where it escaped and ran free fo…
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Authorities are investigating after hidden cameras were found in a rental home in rural Colorado.
DENVER — One of Colorado's largest craft brewers is being sold to beer giant Anheuser-Busch.
LOGAN, Utah — Police are looking for two women they say stole thousands of dollars' worth of baby formula from stores in Utah.
RUPERT, Idaho — A window painting of a Nativity scene has been removed from a southeastern Idaho city's post office after a national watchdog …
PHOENIX — The body of a Russian rocket that burned up Tuesday night as it entered the earth's atmosphere set off a wave of excitement on socia…
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials have extended a warning about possible dangers from swimming in the ocean following this wee…
SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California mother's two-year quest to have her brain-dead daughter declared legally alive is moving to federal cour…
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Transportation has launched a new system that allows people to use their smartphones to track the loca…
