With a sharp increase of the Latino population around the Northwest comes growing influence. But will this growing population turn out to elect a president this November? Anna King hit the streets with a Democratic team trying to get out

Field burning season begins Tuesday on non-tribal lands in Idaho. Burning is the traditional way for grass and wheat farmers to clear their fields. Dozens of farmers have bought permits. They're waiting for permission from the state's new smoke management

A study of Olympic National Park suggests the elimination of wolves 70 years ago has dramatically altered the park ecosystem. Larger elk herds triggered landscape transformation. The Oregon State University researchers take no position on whether wolves should be reintroduced

Idaho will soon be the first state in the nation with an approved plan to protect roadless forest areas within its borders. Federal and State officials last week released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Idaho Roadless Rule. Don

Fisheries biologists are celebrating unusually high salmon returns in many of the region's spawning runs. The chinook and sockeye numbers are especially strong. That's one reason why Idaho Governor Butch Otter will lead a sockeye celebration on Tuesday. Doug Nadvornick

A new chapter in the long history of Oregon's troubled State Hospital starts this week. Officials will break ground Wednesday on a massive upgrade to the 120-year-old mental health facility. Chris Lehman reports.

More Northwesterners are switching from four wheels to two. But whether they ride scooters or hogs, they need a motorcycle-specific license. Anna King reports.

Hundreds of Northwest Republicans are in St. Paul, Minnesota this week for the Republican National Convention. But two notable party luminaries are not: Oregon Senator Gordon Smith and Washington gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi. Austin Jenkins explains why they're not at