Arizona governor gets good, bad marks for virus response

PHOENIX (AP) — In early August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed

Trump, Biden face off on West Coast wildfire, climate change

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role and renewed his unfounded claim that poor forest management is mostly to blame for historic infernos roaring up and down the West Coast.

Arizona governor gets good, bad marks for virus response

PHOENIX (AP) — In early August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed

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Arizona governor gets good, bad marks for virus response

PHOENIX (AP) — In early August, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey beamed

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.

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Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening

PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona's outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging

Cases spike in Sunbelt, other states back off on reopening

PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona's outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging

German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident

BERLIN (AP) — Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday he was being treated with an antidote and his life was not in immediate danger.

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK (AP) — The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

VP Harris, Jill Biden hit the road to promote relief plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden kicked off the White House's effort to highlight the benefits of his huge COVID relief plan Monday, declaring that “hope is here in real and tangible ways” as his administration began fanning out across the country to promote the new spending.

Columbia Falls church takes part in week of fasting

Fasting and prayer once served as cornerstones of the practice of various reliegions, and though it has taken a back seat in modern culture, one local church has chosen to join those who have kept the custom.

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK (AP) — The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Garden For All

Jill Hoxmeier's face lights up when she talks about food.

NIC leaders look ahead

Expansion, introspection on agenda for 2022

COUER d’ALENE — With a busy year behind them, North Idaho College’s interim president said he is looking forward to serving the college, welcoming new leaders, growing new programs, and seeing the completion of the $8.01 health and science building expansion in 2022.

RoboScout Squad codes a state win, ready for world championship

The Kalispell-based RoboScout Squad motors forward to the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship in Houston after a stellar performance at the state level.