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Bureau of Indian Affairs keeps mum after fatal police shootings on Duck Valley, Fort McDermitt reservations
Cousins Cody Whiterock, who died in 2024, and Kirby Paradise, who died four years prior, were shot by BIA police on remote Idaho-Nevada reservations. Years later, their families are still seeking answers.

Immigration
Idaho’s Owyhee County joins ICE agreement to enforce immigration law
ICE agreements ended under the Obama administration following abuses like racial profiling of Latinos are back under Trump. This county on the Oregon-Idaho border has signed on.

These 2 media figures spark a press freedom debate in Washington state Legislature
Jonathan Choe and Brandi Kruse challenged Washington’s press credentialing system, reshaping access rules and highlighting tensions also seen in Oregon and Idaho as traditional media gatekeeping faces growing pressure.

Northwest advocates, immigrants on edge following flurry of contradictory, confusing executive orders
Attorneys for unaccompanied minors ordered to stop work without explanation, followed by sudden reversal.

Think Out Loud
Women tell stories of their abortions for Idaho’s Pro-Voice Project
We talk with PVP founder Jen Jackson Quintano and another woman who has told her story publicly, Desi Ballis.

Idaho bills could bring Bible reading, Ten Commandments to public schools
New legislation could require the Bible to be read every morning in public school classrooms across Idaho. One of the bill’s goals is for schools to read the Bible in its entirety over 10 school years.

Education
Idaho kids wouldn’t need any schooling under proposed constitutional amendment
Lawmakers in the House State Affairs Committee introduced a resolution Thursday to remove language in the Idaho constitution that gives the state power to enforce mandatory education for children.

Politics
Even some Pacific Northwest defendants are unsure what Jan. 6 pardons will mean
The Pacific Northwest became fertile ground for groups bent on political violence during the first Trump administration. A return to that era could hinge on the scope of presidential pardons.

Greyhound cancels intercity bus service in northeastern Oregon
This ends bus service between Baker City, Ontario, La Grande and Pendleton on Jan. 16.

‘It’s a crisis’: How the shortage of mental health counselors is affecting the rural Northwest
Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns in the Pacific Northwest.