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Governor asks Idaho residents for help preventing wildfires
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents and visitors need to help prevent wildfires in what could be a challenging season with continued high temperatures and most of the state in drought, Gov. Brad Little said. The Republican governor said Tuesday…
Colville Tribes declare state of emergency due to area wildfires
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have declared a state of emergency due to several wildfires burning in the area.
'This is it. This is all I grabbed': Nespelem residents leave behind everything to escape fires
We've been seeing it and saying it for weeks: the fire danger in our region is extremely high. For the town of Nespelem, that danger was at their doorstep. Three fires sparked by lightning spread quickly through the town and surrounding communities Monday night.
Browne's Addition Concert Series returns this August
The Browne's Addition Concert Series is back this August!
National and World News
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US resident, 4 others
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. resident and human rights activist from New York to Iran, authorities said Tuesday.
Biden blasts 'un-American' voting limits; Texas Dems act
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden declared preserving voting rights an urgent national "test of our time” on Tuesday but offered few concrete proposals to meet it. Texas Democrats took their own dramatic action to stymie Republican efforts to tighten ballot restrictions in their state.
The Latest: LA County has 5th straight day of 1,000 cases
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is reporting the fifth straight day of more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases.
Political donor on trial for deadly drugs-for-sex fetish
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The men Ed Buck lured to his apartment for “party and play” found themselves in a situation of life and death, prosecutors said.
FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal regulators are giving state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones, which prison officials have long said represent the greatest security threat behind bars.
Election depicts two Californias: Rising star or catastrophe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom and two leading Republican rivals in the California recall election painted disparate pictures of the nation’s most populous state, with the first-term Democrat describing it Tuesday as an economic powerhouse leading the country’s pandemic recovery and his opponents saying it’s a mismanaged state with an incompetent leader.
Trump's finance chief loses titles, roles after indictment
NEW YORK (AP) — The move by Donald Trump's company to strip its top finance chief from several leadership positions less than two weeks after his criminal indictment suggests it is facing a tricky, new business environment as it seeks to reassure lenders and other business partners.
China slams Yellen's call for US-European 'unified front'
BEIJING (AP) — China on Tuesday denounced an appeal by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for a U.S.-European “unified front” against Chinese “unfair economic practices” and human rights abuses.
