A cold, but rewarding trip

Boy! What a winter! Thank goodness March is here and spring is only about two weeks away.

Those devoted to bullfighting in Mexico feel recent bans harm a sacred tradition

While matadors there are still allowed to fight bulls, piercing their muscles with laces or running a sword through their body is prohibited under that ban. Animal rights advocates celebrated the ruling and Environment Secretary Julia Álvarez said the lawmakers made history. But matadors like Silveti, as well as fans and cattle breeders, contend this long-time Spanish tradition bears a profound significance that would be undermined if bulls can't be killed in the arena.

Bucks gone wild give woman a fright

Whitefish Police Department received a call from a woman on Second Street who thought she saw someone in the window, so her husband ran outside but there was no one there. She reportedly also heard someone banging or throwing things at their door. Turns out, it may have been two bucks fighting in the yard causing the suspicious occurrences.

ConocoPhillips buying Concho in $9.7B all-stock deal

NEW YORK (AP) — ConocoPhillips is buying shale producer Concho Resources in an all-stock deal valued at $9.7 billion making it a major presence in the Permian Basin, the top-producing oil field in the U.S.

River Dogs take third at Wood Bat Classic

SPOKANE – After going 4-0 in pool games and winning the first game of bracket play, the 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs fell 10-5 to the 18U Webber Wildcats in the semifinals of the Spokane Wood Bat Classic, placing third in the tournament.

Ginger Rae Arthurs Seely, 85

Ginger Rae Arthurs Seely, 85, passed away April 1, 2022, in Rathdrum, Idaho.

Priest and abstract-expressionist painter Bill Moore dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Father Bill Moore, a Catholic priest and prominent abstract expressionist who spent decades spreading spiritualism through his paintings, has died at age 71.

Community closet keeper: Creston woman leads church clothing ministry

There is a hidden world beneath Evergreen’s Calvary Lutheran Church.

Rochester police chief out in fallout over Prude death

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director Monday in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.

14 counties approved to next phase of reopening

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington officials announced Friday that seven counties have been approved to move to the third phase of the state’s four-stage reopening plan that eases COVID-19 restrictions and allows businesses to start to reopen, and that six more counties have been approved to move to the second phase.

14 counties to approved to next phase of reopening

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington officials announced Friday that seven counties have been approved to move to the third phase of the state’s four-stage reopening plan that eases COVID-19 restrictions and allows businesses to start to reopen, and that six more counties have been approved to move to the second phase.

Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta sped toward storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path, threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland and batter homes and businesses with fierce winds in a Gulf Coast region already hit by multiple storms during a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season.

AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.

Greenpoint announces new jet interior completion at Moses Lake facility

MOSES LAKE – According to a Monday statement, business jet interior completion center Greenpoint Technologies has announced the induction of a Boeing Business Jet 787-9 for a full VVIP interior completion at its Moses Lake hangar facility.

Legals for October, 25 2022

Yesterdays: Last Chance Theater fire

Firemen were able to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings and also attended to three other fires — a vehicle, a wall and a chimney fire — within 20 hours, leaving some Columbia Falls firefighters with over 30 hours without sleep.

UK lays out tough child data privacy rules

LONDON (AP) — Social media sites, games and other online services won’t be allowed to “nudge” British kids into revealing personal details or lowering their privacy settings, under tough new rules drawn up by the country’s privacy regulator.

Varner powers UT Rio Grande Valley past Grand Canyon, 88-80

PHOENIX (AP) — Lesley Varner II had 32 points as Texas Rio Grande Valley topped Grand Canyon 88-80 on Saturday night.

Lizzo talks diversity, self-confidence and femininity

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fresh from winning three Grammys, singer Lizzo visited Mexico City for a private concert, surprising her fans with acoustic versions of her hits and a toast with tequila.

World reaches 400,000 virus deaths as pope urges caution

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The confirmed global death toll from the COVID-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities on Sunday, a day after the government of Brazil broke with standard public health protocols by ceasing to publish updates of the number of deaths and infections in the hard-hit South American country.