Most everyone from or around the Palouse has at least heard of Cougar Gold Cheese made by the WSU Creamery. Well now, it's even made it's way on to a prestigious food magazine called Bon Appétit. 

BOISE – Kristopher Allen Wrede, 30, of Boise, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to
one year in federal prison for making a telephonic bomb threat, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis
announced today. Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Wrede serve three years
of supervised release following his prison sentence. Wrede pleaded guilty to the charge on
October 13, 2020.

On January13th, 2021 at 7:57 am, the Idaho State Police responded to SH97 at milepost 93, east of Coeur d'Alene, 4 miles south of I90, to a single vehicle fatality crash. 

OLYMPIA – Jan. 13, 2021 – Washington State Parks invites the public to enjoy guided snowshoe hikes this winter at Lake Easton State Park.

For the first time in U.S. history, a U.S. president has been impeached for the second time. The House of Representatives began voting Wednesday afternoon to make President Trump, the only president in U.S. History to be impeached twice, and the motion ended up passing easily in the Democrat-controlled House. 

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed the completion of 450 miles of border wall completed long the U.S.-Mexican border and praised the men and women of te U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “When I took office, we inherited a broken, dysfunctional, and open border," he said. “We reformed our immigration system and achieved the most secure southern border in U.S. history. It is at a level that it’s never been before.

On Monday, January 11th, the Twitter account for AR15.com, a website claiming to be "the world's largest firearm community," announced that their site was down due to being "booted from GoDaddy." 

KANSAS CITY, Missouri – The Lewis-Clark State College Men’s Basketball team marked its 18^th consecutive week in the top 10 of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll, on Wednesday with a jump to No. 4. The Warriors (10-1) moved up three spots after defeating then-No. 5 Arizona Christian and sweeping NCAA DIII No. 19 Whitworth.

Any Indiana Jones fans out there? Well, hold onto your hats. MachineGames and Bethesda are partnering with Lucasfilm Games to produce a standalone Indiana Jones video game.

Olympia, WA - Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today extending actions the state has taken to ensure the safety and security of Washingtonians, legislators, state employees and the buildings of the Capitol Campus.

Last night, (1/12/21) Lewiston Police Detectives arrested 42 year old Clyde Kenneth Ewing IV and his 16 year old son, for the first degree murder of Samuel R. Johns. Both suspects were found in Clarkston. Clyde K. Ewing was booked into the Asotin County Jail, and his 16 year old son was booked into the juvenile detention center, in Lewiston. Lewiston Police Detectives were assisted by Clarkston Police and the Quad City Drug Task Force. 

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic have hit local restaurants and bars particularly hard. A number of current license holders in Lewiston have expressed concern with making renewal payments by the normal deadline of January 31st and have asked for additional time. 

The Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office has concluded their investigation into a fire that took place at 858 Main Street in Lewiston, Idaho on December 9, 2019. The cause of this fire has been listed as undetermined based upon the examination conducted, the evidence and information collected, and the analysis of that information.

On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the nation of Haiti, killing an estimated 316,000 people, and destroying over 280,000 structures.The nation's history of national debt, prejudicial trade policies by other countries, and foreign intervention into national affairs, contributed to the existing poverty and poor housing conditions that increased the death toll from the disaster.

OLYMPIA, Wash. – As the elected insurance commissioner for Washington state for two decades, Mike Kreidler has continued to call out the unfairness of insurers’ use of credit scoring and has requested a ban twice, first in 2001 and later in 2010 during the economic recession.