WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration ascertained Monday that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, clearing the way for the start of the transi… Read more
The Latest
Friday, November 13, 2020
WASHINGTON — The most powerful Republicans in Washington stood firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupport…
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
A panel of election experts suggested President Donald Trump’s mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic, combined with…
One week after Election Day, the Whitman County District 2 commissioner race between Pullman businessman Tom Handy an…
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Pullman businessman Tom Handy was back on top and beginning to pull away Monday in his back-and-forth battle with inc…
Sunday, November 08, 2020
Asked how she felt about President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump, Lisa O’Leary threw her arms…
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden just won the presidency. That may turn out to be the easy part.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, who defied political gravity with his extraordinary rise from reality star and businessman…
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to the women, particularly Black women, whose shoulders s…
Chanting “This isn’t over!” and “Stop the steal,” supporters of President Donald Trump protested at state capitols ac…
Saturday, November 07, 2020
WASHINGTON — Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation entering today a…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United Stat…
Friday, November 06, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is testing how far he can go in using the trappings of presidential power to unde…
NEW YORK — Presidential elections can be revealing moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next …
With an estimated 3,500 ballots left to count, incumbent Whitman County Commissioner Dean Kinzer has taken a slim lea…
Thursday, November 05, 2020
WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House…
Doug Havens prepares to load one of his signs into the back of his pickup truck as he takes them down Wednesday on Snake River Avenue near the Southway Bridge.
Way too close for comfort.
BOISE — Idaho Supreme Court Justice G. Richard Bevan has been selected as the next chief justice; he’ll take over fro…
Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, including uns…
OLYMPIA — Republicans have lost one of the two statewide elected positions they held in Washington state.
SEATTLE — Fresh off losing the Washington gubernatorial race, GOP candidate Loren Culp says he also recently lost his…
Wednesday, November 04, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump carried Florida, the nation’s most prized battleground state, and then he and Dem…
Volunteers offering masks and hand sanitizer direct people to find their respective voting precincts on a map on the wall at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds Pavilion on Tuesday morning in the Lewiston Orchards.
Both incumbent Republican Nez Perce County commissioners retained their seats in Tuesday’s election, with Don Beck of…
There’s a new sheriff in town as independent challenger Bryce Scrimsher defeated two-term incumbent Republican Sherif…
Idaho’s 5th Legislative District was trying to maintain its reputation as the toughest district in the state for incu…
ASOTIN — It was smooth sailing for the incumbents in Asotin County on Tuesday night with voters reelecting Commission…
Whitman County Commissioner Dean Kinzer was in an all-out battle Tuesday in his bid for a third term as the commissio…
MOSCOW — A late update to the vote count that came after midnight completely flipped the results in the District 2 La…
Garfield County voters elected Jim Nelson and Larry Ledgerwood to the county commission Tuesday night.
SEATTLE — Washington state voters approved a sex education referendum, allowing Democrats’ wide-ranging mandate for p…
OLYMPIA — Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has become the first incumbent elected to a third term in Washington state in mo…
BOISE — Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson on Tuesday retained his seat in Congress.
All three incumbents in Washington’s 9th Legislative District essentially wrapped up their reelection campaigns Tuesd…
GRANGEVILLE — Republicans Ted Lindsley, of Grangeville, and Doug Ulmer, of Kooskia, won their respective races Tuesda…
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
What many are describing as the “most important election” of their lifetime will take place today, with a hotly conte…
WARREN, Mich. — She could have dropped her ballot at the post office, but she wasn’t sure if she should trust the mai…
PITTSBURGH — In the closing hours of a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump char…
Sunday, November 01, 2020
BILLINGS, Mont. — As Republican leaders fearful of losing the majority in the U.S. Senate parade through Montana to r…
OLYMPIA — A record number of voters in Washington have already returned their ballots in an election where they’ll we…
Thursday, October 29, 2020
A new legal opinion from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office could be good news for political apparel retailers acros…
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
The local Fraternal Order of Police membership is calling for Nez Perce County Sheriff Joe Rodriguez to resign immediately.
BOISE — Idaho officials at the federal, state and local level are asking Idahoans to get election information from tr…
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
SEATTLE—As tension builds toward Election Day, law enforcement officials in Washington and elsewhere are preparing fo…
Monday, October 26, 2020
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — The coronavirus has reached the upper echelons of the White House again, with an outbreak among a…
LUMMI NATION — Freddie Lane gathered up T-shirts, posters and signs at the tribal administration building, getting re…
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Voting rights advocates and state officials are on high alert over fears that U.S. polling stations could attract the…
Friday, October 23, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden fought over how to tame the raging coro…
Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman is seeking an independent prosecutor to investigate complaints against Com…
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Come on in, the water’s fine.
