While officials say they cannot elaborate on border operations, federal data show arrests by the Spokane Border Patrol Sector ...

Our Frugal Traveler tries out the bargain pass at frill-free resorts in Utah, Idaho and Montana. Brundage Mountain ... and studied the Indy Pass map. Clusters of resorts in the East, Midwest ...

Ski mountains. We went to Netflix founder Reed Hastings’s new Powder Mountain to see how private mountains are taking over — ...

A January report from the Federal Railroad Administration recommends restoring Amtrak routes across the West, including ...

Starting your own company can have high starting costs, and not every location is equally ideal for business owners.

The federal wildland firefighting force is currently split between five land management agencies – the Forest Service (under ...

La Niña, the climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean responsible for cooler-than-average temperatures, remains in full force, ...

An NWS forecast map issued on Saturday showed that there ... western and eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana on Sunday. There was a higher—"slight"—chance of 15 to 40 ...

The Northwest’s largest hydropower supplier announced it intends to join a new day-ahead energy market based in Arkansas over ...

The best time to try and see the northern lights is between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., according to NOAA. If you’re hoping to see ...

The proposed change would mean a new slate of customers from as far away as Louisiana would be able to buy power from BPA. Critics say it would cost large investor-owned NW utilities, which would pass ...

Monday’s forecast calls for low-end aurora borealis activity expected to increase significantly by Tuesday night.