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One final look at how the former WSU Cougs, Idaho Vandals and one Moscow Bear fared in the NFL preseason and the players’ outlooks for 2026 Ahead of Week 1 of the 2026 NFL season, Washington State, Idaho and Moscow High have a combined 18 former players on official rosters or practice squads. The NFL kicks off today when the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at Lumen Field in Seattle.

The Idaho Vandals’ defense needs a rewiring of sorts. Over the past two weeks of gameplay, it is clear and easy to say that defense is the side of the ball that has struggled the most. The defense gave up 38 points to a Cal Poly team that scored a touchdown on fourth-and-8 from the 34-yard line with nine seconds left in the contest Week 1. Cal Poly also gained 516 yards — 319 through the air and 197 on the ground.

Initiative supporters with Idahoans United for Women and Families object to new language: One justice dissents The Idaho Supreme Court ruled Sunday that revised explanations of the effects of voting for or against a proposed abortion rights initiative may appear on the November general election ballot.

It came down to just 22 seconds, but Jeremy Edwardsen, driving in the boat "Maniac," held off Blake Mellom in "Danger Zone" to win the EVO class on Sunday at the Thunder on the Snake River race. Edwardsen won the EVO class with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 12 seconds. The annual high-speed jet boat marathon featured 16 teams, each featuring a driver and a navigator, racing over Labor Day weekend, driving from Hells Gate Marina upriver to Bear Bar and back, with winners crowned in four classes.

PRO PICKS Sam Darnold and the Seattle Seahawks will see their championship banner raised before hosting Drake Maye and the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch to kick off the NFL season on Wednesday night. Are you ready for some football? The 2026 season begins in Seattle one day before the 49ers and Rams meet in Melbourne, Australia, in the first of nine international games.

Thomas Edward “Tom” Polek, 86, of Lewiston, died suddenly Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026, in Lewiston. Born to Paul and Marie Polek on July 23, 1940, in Milwaukee. He married Margaret Mary McCann on Jan. 16, 1966. Together with their five children, the couple moved from Wauwatosa, Wis., to the Lewiston Orchards in 1978. From an early age, Tom understood the value of work.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge in Missouri on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state from using its old congressional districts in the November election, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in the twisting and confusing legal battle. The decisions highlight the bewildering nature of Missouri’s redistricting battle, which has spanned more than a year and leaves Missouri voters in some parts of the state uncertain which district they will be in on Election Day.

AREA ROUNDUP MOSCOW — Addison Vieux assisted Hazel Stevens on the Moscow Bears’ first goal and scored their last one with the help of Abby Prestimonico in a 3-2 Class 5A Inland Empire League girls soccer win over the visiting Lewiston Bengals at the Moscow Community Playfields. Edie Sumner connected with help from Hannah Lowry to earn the second goal of the day for Moscow (2-1-1, 2-0), which dominated possession and outshot the Bengals 25-4, but struggled to consistently find the back of the net.

Commentary by Stephen Pearce "Thank you for your service." Whether an honest recognition or just a platitude, this has become a part of our vernacular. The subtext, of course, is: thank you for risking your life for our country. My own father wore the uniform for 29 years, and I saw him as a hero throughout our lives together. Many people don't know the toll that military service takes on the families of those who choose to serve.