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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new federal report has found that the number of kids who say they’ve been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped across the U.S. But the Bureau of Justice Statistics report released Wednesday found that remarkably high rates of sexual victimization persist in 12 facilities stretching from Oregon to Florida. Nationwide, about 7% of kids reported being sexually victimized in juvenile facilities last year. That compares with about 9.5% in 2012, the last time the federal survey was done. Advocates say there's been progress, but sexual violence remains commonplace. At one facility in Florida, just over 26 percent of youth reported being sexually victimized in the past 12 months.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Officials say landowners in northwest Washington are harvesting elk at a faster pace than last year to reduce damage to farmland. State Fish and Wildlife officials say since July 1, landowners or their hand-picked hunters have shot 22 elk, compared to 15 at this time last year. The Capital Press reports the uptick comes after Fish and Wildlife said it was OK for farmers to charge hunters a fee for coming onto their land to fill a kill permit. Skagit County farmers in have complained for years about elk-damaged fences, pastures and crops. The county assessor has estimated that elk do roughly $1.4 million worth of damage annually.

LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park's archives are home to several million documents that tell the story of America's first national park. They span from the early military administration of Yellowstone to modern records, such as 82 boxes about the park's 2000 winter plan. They include a letter from President Theodore Roosevelt and the first written account of someone traveling through Yellowstone in 1820. The archives are housed near Gardiner, just inside the park boundary in the shadow of the Roosevelt Arch. Archivist Anne Foster cares for the records in what she tells The Livingston Enterprise is her dream job.

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