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Hazmat crews from GrayMar from Mead, Wash., are cleaning up hazardous household materials after the Spokane Complex fires.
Lisa Leinberger
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SPR
Regional News
EPA crews halfway through hazardous household material removal in Spokane
Audrey Nelson
Crews arrived in Spokane to clear dangerous materials from wildfire-damaged homes. They have 60 days to do it — and they're making good time.
A photo of Isaac Berger with his cat, Frownie, is propped up in his bedroom near his college diploma and a state math competition trophy. A mathematical formula found by police on his computer seemed to calculate how many pills Isaac could take each day without dying.
Whitney Bryen
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InvestigateWest
Regional News
She brought fentanyl to the hospital to save her son. Idaho treated him as a trafficker.
Whitney Bryen/InvestigateWest
A crew member hoses down vegetation to keep a prescribed fire from spreading outside of a designated parcel. Local leaders in the small town of Roslyn, Washington, have embraced prescribed burns as a way to protect the community.
Alex Brown/Stateline
Regional News
This Washington town is burning. That’s the plan.
Alex Brown/Stateline
A crew member uses a drip torch to ignite a prescribed burn in Southwest Washington. Leaders in Washington and other states want to empower more residents to lead burns like this on private lands.
Alex Brown/Stateline
Regional News
To protect forests, I learned to burn them
Alex Brown/Stateline
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist examines macroinvertebrates at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson Hole, Wyo. The agency has lost 1,900 scientists due to early retirements, buyouts and cuts under the Trump Administration.
Kari Cieszkiewicz/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional News
US Fish and Wildlife staff down more than a third nationwide, 35% in Idaho since Trump 2.0
Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle
Smithsonian Secretary on his retirement and the future of the organization
Matt Ozug, Jeffrey Pierre, Scott Detrow
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Lonnie G. Bunch, III, the Smithsonian Secretary, who announced he is retiring after 38 years of service with the institution. He will step down at the end of the year.
Farmers fear more damage from U.S.-Canada trade fight
Kirk Siegler
A poster calling on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to get out of the community hangs on a door in the Little Village neighborhood on January 22, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.
Scott Olson/Getty Images
New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
Jasmine Garsd
Arts & Culture
  • Coyote vs. Acme and The Dog Stars
    "The Dog Stars" and "Coyote vs. Acme"
    This week, "Movies 101" will be discussing a pair of movies that involve survival. The first is The Dog Stars, a Ridley Scott film based on a best-selling novel. The second is the blend of live action and animation titled Coyote vs. Acme.
  • Nathan Weinbender reviews "Coyote vs. Acme"
    Coyote vs. Acme, which almost didn’t get released because of studio meddling, is finally in theaters. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a bright, entertaining “Roger Rabbit”-style slapstick comedy.
  • Dan Webster reviews "Coyote vs. Acme"
    Coyote vs. Acme is a testament to the world of animated film that Chuck Jones helped create, Dan Webster says.
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