Civic boosters in central Montana hoped for some federal money to promote tourism. A disinformation campaign got in the way.
Donald Kirk Hartle, a Republican, had claimed that someone voted in the 2020 election by using the mail-in ballot of his wife, who died in 2017. He now faces two counts of voter fraud.
They expressed concerns over gun mishaps and working conditions just days before the shooting that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
In 1961 he arrived in Seattle with no job, no skills and $80. Over the next 60 years, he built a seafood empire and transformed the industry.
Native Americans’ warnings of environmental catastrophe inspired the landscape of “Dune.” Now their tribal lands are flooding.
The authorities are investigating the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in Santa Fe County. Here’s what we know.
Over four days in Montana, members honored Chief Earl Old Person, who led the tribe and preserved its history for more than 60 years.
Streaming giants like Netflix and NBCUniversal are turning New Mexico into one of the country’s most coveted production hubs.
The Lummi Nation has a long, proud history of contesting ecologically unfriendly projects. Will it succeed against yet another threat?
Ten years after being cleared of a heinous crime, she is still trying to tell her story on her own terms.
Halyna Hutchins, the director of photography for the film “Rust,” was killed when the actor Alec Baldwin discharged a firearm being used as a prop.
La cinematógrafa Halyna Hutchins murió en el rodaje de ‘Rust’, una película de vaqueros, según la oficina de un alguacil en Nuevo México. El director de la película también resultó herido.
House hunters are attracted to the hassle-free living and lack of down payments, but there’s a trade-off: They give up the investment of owning a home.
The actor was told a gun being used as a prop was safe before he fired it on the set of “Rust,” killing the film’s cinematographer and wounding its director, law enforcement officials said.
The message, delivered by a lobbyist close to the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, has already led one Republican firm to cut ties.
The C.D.C. urged consumers to throw away any whole red, white or yellow onions they purchased that do not have a sticker or packaging.
At the Walla Walla Foundry, one of the largest contemporary fine-art foundries in the world, all sorts of artistic behemoths rise. Yet it’s little-known outside of the art world.
Should we decriminalize drugs, or legalize?
The agency said Arizona, South Carolina and Utah had failed to adopt rules protecting workers from the coronavirus.
Mr. McClain died days after he was detained by the police in Aurora in 2019. The terms of the settlement were not made public.
Museums are less interested in adding to the terror than furthering the connection to the planet.
Bateau aims to reinvent the steak restaurant by showing how to sidestep the waste and environmental damage caused by the meat industry.
The Denver Art Museum, responsive, interactive and fashion-conscious, transforms its headquarters into the institution that current-day curators dream of.
Buyers’ letters are controversial — and not necessarily very effective. But when you keep losing bidding wars, it helps to at least name the future you want.
An examination of hundreds of health departments around the country shows that the nation may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one.
A week into the season, the N.H.L.’s newest team is 1-1-1 on the ice, and undefeated in the contest of local public opinion. Nowhere is that more obvious than Seattle’s original hockey bar.
Officers in many departments have been slow to get vaccinated and to report their vaccination status, and city officials are struggling to make them pick up the pace.
Among other things, Adam Laxalt, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada, described his suspicions about a donation to his run for governor in 2018.
A five-day drive around the Kenai Peninsula reveals few crowds, affordable lodging and autumn colors. But your ability to be flexible will almost certainly be tested.
The Arizona senator is, at heart, a Democrat of convenience and expediency. She could well break up with the party — before it breaks up with her.
The Republican state senator, Lora Reinbold, drew widespread attention after video surfaced of her confrontation with Alaska Airlines employees over mask policies.
Mr. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is weighing a run for governor of Oregon, the state where he grew up.
Alaska’s largest city has been forced to ration health care as the state records some of the highest coronavirus caseloads in the U.S.
The Raiders moved to a new, $2 billion stadium in Las Vegas last year, hoping to build a football dynasty. Things haven’t gone as they’d hoped.
Two years ago, the rapper set into motion a plan to turn Cody, Wyo., into a factory town for his company. Now, he may be saying goodbye to all that.
Wildlife officials had been seeking the elk since it was first spotted in 2019. On Saturday, they tranquilized the animal and slid the tire off after removing its antlers.
The 22-year-old’s remains were found last month in a national forest in Wyoming, the F.B.I. said. The police continue to search for her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.
Despite an overall decline in office leasing in the United States, technology companies gobbled up more space in the Seattle area than they had the previous year.
Después de luchar contra el cáncer durante años, a Sam Anthony se le acababa el tiempo. Entonces se armó de valor para enviar una carta que siempre había temido enviar.
Plants that unfurl their petals only in darkness often condense the drama and poetry of their blossoming into one supercharged — and unpredictable — evening.
The runners were participating in a 50-mile race when they were caught in 12 to 18 inches of snow in the Wasatch Mountain range north of Salt Lake City.
After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he had long been afraid to send.
The Arizona senator, who started in politics as an environmentalist, is one of two centrist Democrats who could make or break a spending bill at the center of President Biden’s legislative agenda.
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President Biden is restoring Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah and a marine monument off the New England coast, all severely reduced by former President Donald J. Trump.
Despite some turmoil, a vast majority of students have been in classrooms full-time and mostly uninterrupted this fall. Now, educators debate what’s next.
Connor Fields’s gruesome crash on the Olympic BMX track left him with serious brain trauma, a fractured memory and a lot of questions about the future.
Investigators say they found more than five pounds of marijuana and 50 packages of edibles before one of the suspects opened fire on federal agents in Arizona.
A hospital system said she would be inactivated on the waiting list for “noncompliance” because she had not received a Covid inoculation.
A cottage in Portland, a four-bedroom house in Minneapolis and an Arts and Crafts home in Omaha.
A cottage in Portland, Ore.; a four-bedroom house in Minneapolis; and an Arts and Crafts home in Omaha.
The brown bear was named the winner of the annual contest in which people vote for their favorite chunky bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
The coronavirus pandemic sent a surge of inexperienced hikers into the wilderness. Many ran into trouble. Now states are looking to bill them for costly search and rescue operations.
The Arizona senator has undergone a political metamorphosis.
The Treasury Department warned Gov. Doug Ducey that he was misusing money that was meant to combat the coronavirus.
There’s a difference between being a maverick and being a narcissist.
Alaska’s doctors are forced to ration care.
A suspect was dead and a Tucson officer wounded in the shooting, which erupted during a drug sweep of the train at a stop in Arizona, the police said.
After 18 months of pandemic parenting isolation, one writer knew just where the cure might lie: a minor-league baseball game in eastern Washington.
Amid the nation’s worst Covid-19 outbreak, patients are trapped in remote communities and doctors are prioritizing treatment based on who is most likely to survive.
Hot-air balloons, sandhill cranes, haunted towns and Hatch chiles are just a few signs of fall in New Mexico and Arizona. Here’s where to look.
The tribe has survived for more than a thousand years in the arid mesas. The megadrought gripping the Southwest is testing that resilience.
The Garbo of the Senate leaves Democrats confused and angry.
Don’t fight the urge to solve this Wendy L. Brandes construction.
Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam is bringing high-end skate parks to every city and town in Montana that will have one. “It’s much bigger than skateboarding,” he said.
Administrators face “a delicate balancing act” in a state where hospitals are crowded, workers are scarce and vaccine resistance is widespread.
Donald and Marjorie Varnadoe of Georgia were traveling cross-country when a train derailed in Montana on Saturday. Zach Schneider, a computer scientist from Illinois, also was killed.
The centrist senator is key to President Biden’s agenda in Washington. Her positions have angered some Democrats back home.
The popular celebration of the heftiest bears in Alaska returns Sept. 29 to Oct. 5.
After the widespread coverage of Ms. Petito’s disappearance, search teams found a body fitting the description of Robert Lowery, who went missing last month in the same area.
The independent commissions set up against gerrymandering might be hopeless.
Lani Malmberg viaja con un grupo de cabras que se alimenta de un tipo de vegetación que ha sido combustible de los incendios occidentales y conduce a una mayor propagación cuando estos se desatan.
Five groups invited association members to an undisclosed location on Tuesday afternoon to write checks for between $1,000 and $5,800, payable to Sinema for Arizona.
Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming Republican, is the former president’s choice to take on his leading G.O.P. critic. But five years ago, she tried to overturn his victory in the party’s primary race.
The men could face up to six months in prison after entering a restricted area of Katmai National Park and Preserve in 2018.
Five were still hospitalized on Sunday following the crash in Montana that killed three passengers.
The authorities said at least three people were killed and 50 others were injured in a derailment involving eight cars of an Empire Builder train near Joplin, Mont.
Calls to poison control centers have soared across the country as misinformation spreads touting the anti-parasite drug as a Covid treatment.
The derailment, involving eight cars of the Empire Builder train, happened near Joplin, Mont., on Saturday afternoon.
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Here are moments when readers found bliss outdoors, edited for length, and one memory from me.
Thousands of homes were destroyed last year in the Almeda Fire — Oregon’s most destructive in years. Many residents are still displaced. What keeps them from leaving? Unbreakable bonds.
The Caldor fire is now the second-largest fire actively burning in California, a state that sets new records for wildfires each year.
While vacationing in Oregon, I experienced firsthand how adaptable we need to be while traveling this summer.
As another heat wave builds in the U.S. Northwest, a New York Times analysis has found that recent scorching temperatures in the area may have been more lethal than officially reported.
If you want to bypass the crowds at some of the big names, consider these lesser-known national parks.
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The 400,000-acre fire is still growing. And it is only 38 percent contained.
See the latest on the Beckwourth Complex, Bootleg Fire and other wildfires burning in California, Oregon and elsewhere.
The heat smothering the Pacific Northwest has little precedent in four decades of record-keeping.
See full results and maps from the New Mexico special election.
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A year ago, their rehearsal was one of the first documented superspreader events. But tragedy and isolation couldn’t keep their voices apart.
Data from Idaho, Florida and other states offer a warning on “vaccine deserts.”
The pandemic closed borders, halted air travel and emptied destinations of tourists. As its first anniversary nears, we look at how six places dependent on the industry have adapted to the disruption.
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A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Crisscrossing the tundra, digging dens, chasing prey: a rare look at the elusive wolverine in a rapidly changing region.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The more than 500,000 people we lost to the pandemic so far form a portrait of America. For this series of short films, we asked five people to celebrate the life of someone close to them.
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See full results and maps from the Utah election.
See full results and maps from the Utah election.
How different groups voted
See full results and maps for the 2020 presidential election in Idaho.
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Every four years, as Election Day draws near, we embrace America’s oddball geographic nicknames.
Here are 20 counties in battleground states that are crucial for a White House victory.
Over $21 million in highly unusual payments from the Las Vegas hotel Donald Trump owns with Phil Ruffin were routed through other Trump companies, then directed to Mr. Trump.
An unusual confluence of weather conditions sent nearly 14,000 bolts of lightning into the dry, hot forests of Northern California in August. But that was only the beginning.
One after another, major fires exploded across Washington, Oregon and California earlier this month. They have added up to the worst fire season on record.
A summer romp in the Tetons with Jimmy Chin and his pals.
Maps showing the major fires are burning in the western states.
Can you identify the cities where these abstract architectural photographs were taken?
Night after night, calm gave way to chaos. See how the clashes between federal agents and protesters unfolded.
Our reporter spent another night in downtown Portland witnessing the protests in response to police violence and the presence of federal authorities.
Our reporter spent the night in Downtown Portland, witnessing the growing protests in response to the presence of federal troops.
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Get the latest primary results from Colorado, Oklahoma and Utah.
As a former police officer, I’ve handled large protests. What I saw in Seattle disturbed me.
Get the latest primary results from Georgia, West Virginia, Nevada and more.
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Detailed results from the Hawaii presidential primary election.
Detailed results and maps from the Oregon presidential primary election.
Detailed results and maps from the Oregon primary election.
With billions of people staying home, the world is reinventing the weekend.
Results from the Alaska presidential primary election.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.