Voting-related lawsuits pepper US before Election Day

Hundreds of lawsuits about voting have been filed before the Nov. 3 election. The cases concern the fundamentals of the American democratic process, including how ballots are cast and counted. A look at some of the top lawsuits in battleground states:

Bear attack survivor shares tips for recreating in grizzly country

As he was dangling from the mouth of a record-size brown bear in Alaska, several thoughts surged through Brent Hudson’s badly bleeding head.

Bear attack survivor shares tips for Griz country

As he was dangling from the mouth of a record-size brown bear in Alaska, several thoughts surged through Brent Hudson’s badly bleeding head.

RVers trade the comforts of home for life on the road

Valery and Danny Howard have spent the last three years in a home on wheels.

The Latest: Sally weakens to depression; still dumping rain

Here are the latest developments on tropical weather:

The Latest: Sally weakens to depression; still dumping rain

Here are the latest developments on tropical weather:

LT teams with toy drives to help underprivileged children

Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has teamed with DonateAToy.org for his own charity, Fore Life, Inc., a Florida-based not-for-profit organization that uses the game of golf and its character-building skills to empower vulnerable youth to help them survive and succeed.

Moses Lake council approves variance for coffee shop

Concern over procedures and code enforcement voiced during Tuesday meeting.

MOSES LAKE — A downtown coffee house seeking to expand to allow drive-through customers cleared the first hurdle with the Moses Lake City Council during a hearing on Tuesday. Derek and Daphne Martinez, the owners of The Favored Farmhouse at 415 S. Alder St. near the corner of Alder Street and Fifth Avenue on the south edge of downtown, applied for a deviation from city code. The variance would allow them to put in a driveway with access to Alder Street with the intention of eventually putting in a drive-through window on the coffee house’s south side. Council members voted 5-0 to approve the deviation, with Council Member David Eck absent and Council Member Deanna Martinez recusing herself from the vote because of a series of email exchanges she had with the Martinezes, to whom she said she is not related.

Creative thinking: Moses Lake launches downtown revitalization

The idea to transition downtown Moses Lake into a Creative District came last year, said Dollie Boyd, Moses Lake Museum & Art Center manager.

Locals ketchup with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

When the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile rolled into the Kalispell Super 1 Foods parking lot Friday morning, Val Heisler could hardly contain her excitement. She had her phone at the ready halfway down the parking lot as she half-walked, half-jogged toward the iconic hot dog-shaped vehicle. The Wienermobile stopped at Super 1 stores in Kalispell and Evergreen on Friday and will visit grocers in Kalispell, Whitefish and Columbia Falls over the weekend, before heading to Spokane. The hot dog on wheels that visited the Flathead Valley is one of six vehicles traveling the country spreading joy, hot dog samples and puns wherever they go.

Living through the aftershocks

CFHS grad in Tokyo experiences earthquake's aftermath

Living through the aftershocks

CFHS grad in Tokyo experiences earthquake's aftermath

Living through the aftershocks

CFHS grad in Tokyo experiences earthquake's aftermath

Keeping shoppers safe

Bomb-sniffing dogs, guards at the post-9/11 mall

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A janitor spots an abandoned diaper bag lying on a table in the sprawling food court at the Mall of America. A bomb-sniffing dog and a security officer are there within minutes, examining the package while nearby shoppers are held a safe distance away.

The state of local real estate

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The Latest: Swiss quarantine 2 hotels over new virus variant

BERLIN (AP) —

The Latest: Pence visits Florida to discuss COVID-19 vaccine

MIAMI — Vice President Mike Pence visited Florida on Monday to hold a round table with University of Miami researchers to speak about the final-stage testing of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine.

Columbia Falls visitor center gets a facelift

Norwegian scientists share ideas on climate studies