Plus, Coeur d'Alene to swear in new mayor Dan Gookin and appoint a City Council replacement. And driver's ed goes Spanish thanks to Latinos en Spokane.

Plus, WA officials react to the Trump administration's strike on Venezuela, and new laws take effect in WA, ID on minimum wage, worker protections, closed captioning and more.

We'll learn about how rural hospitals might spend their share of money from a new federal initiative. The definition of "co-responder" is changing in Washington when it comes to emergency calls. Spokane's Haitian community celebrates New Year's with a message.

Washington transportation officials are working to determine when they can reopen formerly-flooded state highways. Washington is changing its high school graduation requirement. And it turns out Northwest residents like a bit of the bubbly.

Plus, Washington reopens a small stretch of highway near Stevens Pass recently covered by floodwaters. Sandpoint tries to regulate vacation rentals. New labor laws take effect in Washington later this week.

Plus, Gov. Ferguson says he supports taxing millionaires' earnings, and RVs may be booted off Sandpoint's City Beach to make way for a luxury hotel.

Plus, WA's Ecology Department wants to help firefighters ditch PFAS-laden foam, and WSU wins its first Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Plus, Idaho's DOGE taskforce recommends cutting Medicaid expansion, and Gov. Ferguson unveils his transportation spending priorities.

Plus, Idaho lawmakers debate the future of Medicaid expansion, and Spokane's 911 call center debate is coming to a close.

Plus, repairs continue from wind damage, and Rep. Dan Newhouse announces his retirement.