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PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Nampa Christian leaning on experience with new man under center
Nampa Christian won all four games in the 2A Western Idaho Conference last season, but were bested by conference rivals Melba in the playoffs, ending the season with a sour taste in their mouth. Fast forward to this season, they have every reason to believe they can reach the state quarterfinals again — and surpass it. With 16 starters back and a number of players splitting time between JV and...
Boise’s Kellen Moore Prepares For Super Bowl Run
It's not easy to be a coach or a player in the NFL. For every fan favorite who becomes an iconic member of a franchise, there are others who must travel from town to town, team to team, hoping to find the right spot. Boise's Kellen Moore has come a...
Local men create video of cybertrucks performing synchronized light show
IDAHO FALLS — A local man shared a unique video on an Idaho Falls Facebook page last week that quickly became a hot topic. Jake Heaton, an Idaho Falls local and third-generation owner of Romaine’s Mattress King, posted a video of his and his friend Robbie Wood’s Tesla Cybertrucks doing a light show in unison. They recorded the video for fun late one evening last week.
Canyon Ridge junior Sean Hall earns All-American status at national wrestling tournament
FARGO, North Dakota (KMVT/KSVT) — A rising Canyon Ridge junior wrestler left his mark recently, earning some impressive honors. Sean Hall is now a 2X All-American wrestler. He earned the status at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior & 16U Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota, competing in the 16U Grego-Roman 132-pound bracket.
As Spokane inches toward a new shelter system, unhoused people take to parks to beat the heat
There's relief in the shade. It's noon on Friday, July 19. About 30 people, apparently unhoused, are seeking shelter from the sun under trees in Cowley Park, a 2-acre park nestled in the South Hill medical area a few blocks south of the freeway. People are scattered across the grassy field in groups of three to 10, sitting next to tarps and piles of belongings.
Films from 1999 at the Garland, Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino expands; plus, new music!
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVIE LIKE IT'S... Among film nerds there's an ever-going debate about the greatest year in movies of all time. And when the topic comes up, 1999 is always part of the discussion. Find out why by checking out the Garland Theater's "Party Like It's 1999" film series highlighting just a small sample of the best from that lauded year. After kicking off earlier this month with screenings of The Matrix and Fight Club, the upcoming slate features Office Space (July 26-28), 10 Things I Hate About You (Aug. 2-4), The Sixth Sense (Aug. 9-11), The Mummy (Aug. 16-18), and Life (Aug. 30-Sept 1). That's loads of summer popcorn munching goodness without the fear of Y2K destroying society! (SETH SOMMERFELD)
Washington leaders unveil innovative fish passage to revive Yakima River Basin salmon
CLE ELUM, Wash. — State, local and tribal leaders gathered Wednesday at the Cle Elum Dam to celebrate the reintroduction of sockeye salmon to the Yakima River Basin and mark the completion of a unique juvenile fish passage facility aimed at solving a longstanding ecological issue.
Senate Republican ‘blindsided’ by removal and ordered return of Green Hill School inmates
The lead Republican on the state Senate committee that oversees Washington’s correctional system says he felt “blindsided” by the removal — and ordered return — of 43 inmates from Green Hill School in Chehalis. The statement by state Sen. Matt Boehnke, R-Kennewick, comes after the...
Rantz: After crime crisis cost him his insurance, business owner vows to stop paying taxes in protest
A local small business owner is losing his insurance policy after three years of “unfavorable loss” due to claims made after tens of thousands of dollars in damages due to the crime crisis. In protest, he exclusively told “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH that he won’t collect taxes for Washington unless he’s able to find an insurance company willing to cover his business.
Thick wildfire smoke to hit Moses Lake, Wenatchee on Friday
CHELAN - Grant County Fire District 13 says incoming smoke from fires in Yakima, Chelan, Ferry, Lincoln and Okanogan counties is sending in a blanketing layer of smoke this week. Smoke from fires could be seen advancing into north central Washington on Wednesday, but a reprieve from it will last...
'Everything you could ever have could be gone': Rancher loses 300 cattle in Durkee Fire burning in Oregon
BOISE, Idaho — The Durkee Fire continues to burn in Eastern Oregon. As of July 24, it had burned over 244,000 acres. The people of Huntington and the Rye Valley area have been asked to evacuate several days in a row, leaving their belongings and even cattle behind. "I...
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