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Hiring events in Washington and Oregon for NOAA research ship jobs
This month, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold two hiring events in Oregon and one hiring event in Washington to recruit professional mariners to work aboard NOAA’s ocean research ships. NOAA operates a fleet of 15 hydrographic survey, oceanographic research and fisheries survey vessels. NOAA ships operate in...
Spokane and Coeur d'Alene forecast
Clouds to sun and hazy today with 87 forecasted. Hazy again Tuesday and cooler with 82. Wednesday less haze and mid 80s. Showers end of the week and cooler for the weekend. COPYRIGHT 2024 BY KXLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.
Another BIG Change is Coming to Costco and Idahoans Are NOT Happy
We’re less than a month away from Costco hiking their membership fees for the first time in seven years. Now the warehouse is making another change that not everyone is excited about. Back in January, news leaked that the membership warehouse was testing a new way to crack down...
Yellowstone Comes To Caldwell This Week Only
The weather this week will be in the high nineties which is a big break from the excessive triple digit temperatures we've experienced all summer. The end of the summer means one of the great western events will be coming to Caldwell this week. Is there any hope that the...
ZAP! U of I students roll out robotic weeder for USDA nurseries
Seedling nurseries run by the U.S. Forest Service may soon get some robotic help when it comes to weeding. The three-foot wide robot rolls along rows of seedlings. Its camera analyzes each speck of green poking out of the ground until it finds a weed. “Then we start to do...
North Idaho Man Dies After Crash and car Submerged in the Coeur d'Alene River
COEUR D' ALENE - Idaho State Police are investigating a crash that occurred at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday on State Highway 3 at milepost 113.2, five miles south of Interstate 90 in Kootenai County. According to police, a 20-year-old man from Cataldo was driving a green 2008 Honda CR-V lost...
Idaho’s Winter Forecast This Year & The Highest Chance For Snow
Winter is coming, and if you're in Idaho or the Pacific Northwest, you might be curious about what to expect. Let's break down the Farmers' Almanac winter forecast in a way that's easy to digest. First, Idaho and the Pacific Northwest, including Washington and Oregon, are in for some mixed...
Armed man taken into custody after standoff in Medical Lake
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash — Law enforcement took an armed man into custody Sunday night after he barricaded himself inside a home in Medical Lake. According to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office (SCSO), deputies responded around 6:30 p.m. to the 1000 block of North Olson Hill Court for reports of an armed man inside a home. That suspect was believed to be alone inside the house and to have fired several shots.
FIRE REPORT: Kittitas County has a multi-fire outbreak
Aug. 12—KITTITAS COUNTY — On Friday and Saturday, Kittitas County saw an outbreak of eight fires, six of them being 10 acres. The fires include from largest to smallest: Thomas Mountain Fire, 10 acres; Stave Creek Fire, 10 acres; Davis Peak Fire, 1 acre; Anna Bell Drive Fire,1 acre; Waptus Fire, 0.5 acre; Bear Creek Fire, 0.5 acres and Skeeter Creek Fire, 0.1 acre. According to Kittitas County ...
Chip Seal Work on SR 26 to Cause Traffic Delays in Grant and Adams Counties
ROYAL CITY – Travelers using State Route 26 (SR 26) in Grant and Adams counties should prepare for traffic delays as chip seal work is set to begin on two significant stretches of the highway. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has announced that the first stretch of...
Man who shot towards SWAT team in hours-long standoff arrested for assault
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. - A man was arrested for six counts of first-degree assault and one count of reckless endangerment after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Medical Lake, Sunday night.
Red Flag Warning in place for Cascades, Okanogan area for abundant lightning
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the central and northern east slopes of the Cascades, Methow Valley, Okanogan Valley and Highlands until 11 p.m. Monday for abundant lightning risking new fire starts. Lightning activity scattered across the region this weekend and is expected to pick...
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