A La Niña winter just started, but it isn’t expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Paopao comes to Idaho from NCAA Division II Augustana (S.D.) where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the past two seasons, helping lead the Vikings to back-to-back NSIC titles.

All Times Eastern College Basketball Men’s Kennesaw State at New Mexico State — ESPN+, 4 p.m. Texas State at Louisiana — ESPN+, 4 p.m. Hampton at William & Mary — CBS Sports Network, 5 p.m. Maine at UMass-Lowell — ESPN+,

Army at Holy Cross, 6 p.m. Boston U. at Navy, 7 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 7 p.m. Lafayette at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Lehigh at American, 7 p.m. Xavier at St. John's, 7 p.m. Furman at VMI, 6 p.m.

Notre Dame at Boston College, 7 p.m. Siena at Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m. St. Francis (Pa.) at LIU Brooklyn, 7 p.m. St. Peter's at Merrimack, 7 p.m. UCLA at Rutgers, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 6 p.m.

One state senator is taking shots at animal protection groups. Senator Casey Crabtree says Senate Bill 14 protects agricultural production facilities from what he calls “agro-terrorism.” The bill would increase penalties for trespassing or damages on an agriculture production facility.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pushing for cell phones to be banned in the classroom statewide. Hochul proposed on Wednesday to legislatures in hopes of passing the act in time for the upcoming aca

A judge declared a mistrial this week after a jury couldn’t reach a verdict in a case against a Boundary County man accused of killing his wife and setting their

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily stopping the Lava Ridge project, among others.

Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

At least 30 governors ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.