Saturday, November 16, 2024

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors

DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors

DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors

DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Canada reopens its border for vaccinated US visitors

DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) — Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit on Monday while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Canada begins allowing vaccinated US citizens to visit again

Canada on Monday is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Canada begins allowing vaccinated US citizens to visit again

Canada on Monday is lifting its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit, but the United States is keeping similar restrictions in place for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from COVID-19 travel bans.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee alters criteria for COVID-19 reopening phases

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday altered the criteria used to determine whether a county moves from one COVID-19 reopening phase to another, making it easier for counties to remain in their current phase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee alters criteria for COVID-19 reopening phases

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday altered the criteria used to determine whether a county moves from one COVID-19 reopening phase to another, making it easier for counties to remain in their current phase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee alters criteria for COVID-19 reopening phases

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday altered the criteria used to determine whether a county moves from one COVID-19 reopening phase to another, making it easier for counties to remain in their current phase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee alters criteria for COVID-19 reopening phases

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday altered the criteria used to determine whether a county moves from one COVID-19 reopening phase to another, making it easier for counties to remain in their current phase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee alters criteria for COVID-19 reopening phases

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday altered the criteria used to determine whether a county moves from one COVID-19 reopening phase to another, making it easier for counties to remain in their current phase.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Derailed oil train cars removed north of Bellingham

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Crews on Tuesday removed the train cars carrying crude oil that derailed north of Bellingham and near the Canadian border last week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Derailed oil train cars removed north of Bellingham

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Crews on Tuesday removed the train cars carrying crude oil that derailed north of Bellingham and near the Canadian border last week.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Federal and local authorities were investigating a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle near where two people were arrested last month and accused of attempting a terrorist attack on train tracks to disrupt plans for a natural gas pipeline.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Federal and local authorities were investigating a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle near where two people were arrested last month and accused of attempting a terrorist attack on train tracks to disrupt plans for a natural gas pipeline.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Federal and local authorities were investigating a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle near where two people were arrested last month and accused of attempting a terrorist attack on train tracks to disrupt plans for a natural gas pipeline.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Federal officials investigate fiery oil train derailment

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Federal and local authorities were investigating a fiery oil car train derailment north of Seattle near where two people were arrested last month and accused of attempting a terrorist attack on train tracks to disrupt plans for a natural gas pipeline.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee issues travel restrictions over new virus strain

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced new travel restrictions for people arriving from the United Kingdom and South Africa where a new and seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus is circulating.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire, sending a large black plume of smoke into the sky north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Train carrying crude oil derails, burns north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A train carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee issues travel restrictions over new virus strain

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced new travel restrictions for people arriving from the United Kingdom and South Africa where a new and seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus is circulating.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Gov. Inslee issues travel restrictions over new virus strain

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced new travel restrictions for people arriving from the United Kingdom and South Africa where a new and seemingly more contagious strain of the coronavirus is circulating.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

State: Rapid rise of virus cases 'alarming' in Washington

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials reported 2,147 additional COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in Washington on Friday, setting a new record for daily reported cases in a trend officials described as alarming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

State: Rapid rise of virus cases 'alarming' in Washington

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials reported 2,147 additional COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in Washington on Friday, setting a new record for daily reported cases in a trend officials described as alarming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

State: Rapid rise of virus cases 'alarming' in Washington

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials reported 2,147 additional COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths in Washington on Friday, setting a new record for daily reported cases in a trend officials described as alarming.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Seattle City Council OKs cuts to police positions, budget

The City Council also cut Police Chief Carmen Best’s roughly $285,000 annual salary
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Inslee shuts indoor service at bars, restricts indoor dining

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says he is tightening restrictions throughout the state in restaurants and bars, for weddings and funerals, and at gyms in a further effort to stem a surge in COVID-19 cases
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Seattle police forcibly clear 'lawless' protest zone

Police on Wednesday forcibly cleared out Seattle’s “occupied” protest zone after about two weeks in a situation that had attracted the complaints of local business owners and the ire of President Donald Trump during a number of Twitter posts
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Seattle cops clear 'occupied' zone, more than 20 arrested

Police in Seattle have cleared out protesters and torn down their camping sites in the city's so-called occupied protest zone after the mayor ordered it cleared
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Shooting in Seattle protest zone leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

SEATTLE — A pre-dawn shooting in a park in Seattle’s protest zone killed a 19-year-old man and critically injured another person, authorities said Saturday.
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People gather, shops shut to back Black Lives Matter strike

Hundreds are gathering and marching in the rain and some businesses have temporarily closed in response to Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County’s call for a statewide general strike on Friday
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Seattle Seahawks field to host military hospital amid virus

SEATTLE (AP) — A military field hospital for people with medical issues that are not related to the coronavirus outbreak is under construction at CenturyLink Field Event Center, which is home to the Seattle Seahawks football team.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Seattle Seahawks field to host military hospital amid virus

SEATTLE (AP) — A military field hospital for people with medical issues that are not related to the coronavirus outbreak is under construction at CenturyLink Field Event Center, which is home to the Seattle Seahawks football team.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Seattle Seahawks field to host military hospital amid virus

SEATTLE (AP) — A military field hospital for people with medical issues that are not related to the coronavirus outbreak is under construction at CenturyLink Field Event Center, which is home to the Seattle Seahawks football team.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Three hundred soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital at Fort Carson, Colorado, have deployed to Seattle to staff the hospital

SEATTLE — A military field hospital for people with medical issues that are not related to the coronavirus outbreak is under construction at CenturyLink Field Event Center, which is home to the Seattle Seahawks football team.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

State ballot proposal would legalize recreational pot

HELENA — A Glendive man proposed a ballot measure this week to legalize recreational marijuana for adults over 21 in Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Compact

Sen. Chas Vincent, R-Libby, presents a bill Saturday, April 11, 2015, that would ratify a negotiation between tribes and the state and federal governments regarding water rights in northwestern Montana at the Capitol in Helena, Mont. Hundreds testified for and against measure that has been years in the making.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Republican unveils new bill to expand Medicaid

HELENA — With the governor’s Medicaid expansion proposal defeated, a Great Falls lawmaker unveiled another health coverage plan Tuesday that seeks to reduce the number of people in poverty and, over time, reduce the number of people who qualify for Medicaid.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Budget panel rejects preschool proposal

HELENA — A GOP-led budget panel on Tuesday evening rejected Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s $37 million proposal for public preschool programs in Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Medicaid bill: 'Do not pass'

HELENA — A Republican-led committee voted to send a “do not pass” recommendation to the full House on the governor’s Medicaid expansion proposal known as the “Healthy Montana Plan.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell lawmaker wants to ban abortions by telemedicine

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

What's alive, what's dead at session's midpoint

HELENA — A bill signed by Gov. Steve Bullock that increases basic entitlement funding for schools by $54 million highlights progress made by the Montana Legislature at the halfway mark of its 90-day session.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

House endorses bill to ban bullying in schools

HELENA — Montana has moved one step closer to joining every other state in the country in making anti-bullying policy law under a bill endorsed by the House on Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Cities could ban public drunkenness under bill

HELENA — Montana cities could adopt ordinances banning public drunkenness and allowing police to take intoxicated people to jail under a bill that passed through a Senate committee Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bills aim to lower high suicide rates

HELENA — Two bills aiming to lower Montana’s extremely high suicide rate advanced in the Legislature Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Group pursuing 'personhood' amendment

HELENA — Members of an anti-abortion group gathered Wednesday at the Montana Capitol in support of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define human life as beginning at conception.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New bill would replace 'offensive' place names

HELENA — The words “half-breed” and “breed” are offensive, and it’s the government’s duty to remove them from the names of creeks and other places in Montana, a state lawmaker says.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Preschool supportersrally at Capitol hearing weigh preschool plan

HELENA — About 50 supporters told a legislative panel on Friday that Gov. Steve Bullock’s $37 million plan for public preschool is a worthy investment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Lawmakers hear Build Montana proposal

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Slain student's parents testify

MISSOULA — The parents of a German exchange student who was shot to death by a Montana man while trespassing in his garage told a judge Thursday their dreams are broken.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Man found guilty of murder

MISSOULA — A Missoula man who shot and killed a German exchange student caught trespassing in his garage was convicted of deliberate homicide Wednesday despite arguing that a state “castle doctrine” law allowed him to use deadly force to protect his home and family.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Defense disputes Missoula officer

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Missoula gunman says he panicked

MISSOULA — A Missoula man on trial in the shooting death of a German exchange student said in a telephone call after the incident that he didn’t know if the person he shot inside his garage was armed and that he panicked.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Teens testify in student shooting trial

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge rules against state marriage law

HELENA — A federal judge on Wednesday overturned the state gay marriage ban in Montana, one of the last states to continue defending its ban despite rulings in favor of same-sex marriage from appeals courts that oversee them.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Two competing for PSC position

HELENA (AP) — The race for Public Service Commission Chairman Bill Gallagher’s seat on Nov. 4 pits a former secretary of state against a four-term state legislator.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

Zinke says lesson learned in travel expense audit

HELENA — Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke of Whitefish said Tuesday that he learned a lesson after being cited for lapses of judgment in a Navy evaluation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

U.S. House candidates meet in final debate

GREAT FALLS — Republican Ryan Zinke and Democrat John Lewis sparred Tuesday over the nation’s health-care overhaul in the final debate before voters decide who will become Montana’s lone U.S. House representative in the Nov. 4 election.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS AGO

House candidate Zinke wants locals to OK federal land plans

HELENA — Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke of Whitefish proposed Wednesday that federal land-management decisions must be approved by local government officials.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Montana's gay marriage decision could come sooner

HELENA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of five states’ appeals against gay marriage is a good sign for those challenging marriage bans in other states, such as Montana, according to an official with the Montana ACLU.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Montana wildfire season winding down

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation officials say the wildfire season is winding down in Montana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Committee approves federal land report

HELENA — A legislative panel approved a report on federal land management problems in Montana on Wednesday after removing language that mentions the transfer of federal lands to the state.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Regulators OK $900 million dam deal purchase

HELENA — The Montana Public Service Commission approved NorthWestern Energy’s $900 million plan Thursday to buy 11 hydroelectric dams and charge the cost to its electricity customers.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Experts: Water compact based on sound science

HELENA — A legislative working group came to its final meeting Tuesday armed with a 100-page report that says the scientific modeling used in the state’s water-rights compact with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes is reasonable.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Walsh drops out of Montana Senate race amid plagiarism probe

HELENA — U.S. Sen. John Walsh of Montana is dropping his campaign for office amid allegations that he plagiarized large portions of a 2007 research project he wrote for a master’s degree, a Democrat close to the former National Guard commander’s campaign said Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Montana attorney general asks court to uphold gay marriage ban

HELENA — Montana’s attorney general asked a federal court Thursday to uphold the state’s constitutional same-sex marriage ban in response to a lawsuit that seeks to overturn it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Democrats want Zinke Navy records

HELENA (AP) — Montana Democrats released a letter Wednesday asking for Republican U.S. House candidate Ryan Zinke’s military records under the Freedom of Information Act.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Montana regulators hold hearing on $900 million dam deal

HELENA — Montana utility regulators will determine whether electricity customers will have stable rates in the future or if they’ll be subject to the whims of a volatile power-supply market, an attorney for NorthWestern Energy said Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Data breach affects 1.3 million of computer hacking

HELENA — Montana officials said Tuesday they are notifying 1.3 million people that their personal information could have been accessed by hackers who broke into a state health department computer server.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

A community 'changed forevermore' by deadly slide

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO