Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke of Whitefish, who’s facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year’s end.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg toured Glacier National Park earlier this month, but the tour was not without its controversy after it was found out that President Donald Trump’s Interior Department prevented Park superintendent Jeff Mow and U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Daniel Fagre from meeting with him.
NAMPA — A committee of the Idaho Republican Party has proposed six changes to the state GOP platform opposing transgender access to bathrooms in schools, and rejected four others — one of which denounced bigotry, racism and xenophobia.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Hecla Mining Co. has reached a nearly $30 million deal to acquire Mines Management Inc., the owner of the Montanore Mine in northwestern Montana, company officials announced Tuesday.
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Mounting tensions between Idaho lawmakers and the Attorney General's office have revealed a political power struggle over whether the state's elected officials should be able to pursue legal opinions that match their own interests.
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Idaho lawmakers have failed to finalize a proposal to expand Medicaid eligibility that would appease the Republican supermajority in the waning days of the legislative session.
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BOISE — Idaho lawmakers advanced legislation on Monday that would allow state residents 21 years old and older to carry concealed weapons without permits or training.
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BOISE — Abortion opponents in Idaho's Statehouse went on the offensive Wednesday, advancing legislation requiring women be told where they can get free ultrasounds before undergoing abortions.
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BOISE — The Idaho House has approved a revised tax conformity bill after spiking a prior version because it would have removed an unenforceable rule banning joint returns from same-sex couples.
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BOISE — Idaho's Republican lawmakers have sent a tax conformity bill back to the drawing board because it would have removed an unenforceable rule banning joint returns from same-sex couples.
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COEUR d’ALENE — Lawmakers remain torn on what, if any, changes should be made to improve oversight on urban renewal boards that lure major companies to Idaho.
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BOISE - Idaho's highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals after ruling that Gov. Butch Otter's veto of the bill was invalid.
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COEUR d'ALENE - State officials are examining how new federal rules protecting streams, tributaries, wetlands and the drinking water of 117 million Americans may affect Idaho.
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BOISE — The Idaho Senate has spiked a broad tax plan backed by House Republican leadership, claiming the sweeping proposal had insufficient support to survive the chamber.
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BOISE - The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is fighting Idaho's horse racing industry by asking the state to ban lucrative betting machines known as instant horse racing terminals.
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One of the games within the game tonight, when Idaho and Washington State collide at Martin Stadium in Pullman, could be WSU's stout defensive line vs. Idaho's offensive line.
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EUGENE, Ore. - Former Post Falls High standout Ian Waltz placed fifth in the men's discus preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday, recording a 61.30 meter throw in his first attempt. Lance Brooks leads the event with a 64.80, Russ Winger's 62-61 was good enough for second, and …
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Idaho football coach Robb Akey said he was "sick to death with what has happened," after he received the news early Sunday morning that one of his players, receiver Ken McRoyal, had been shot to death at a weekend party in Los Angeles.
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While the ash from Mount St. Helens impacted the lives of North Idahoans and fell on 11 states as far away as Wisconsin, death and destruction were prominent near the volcano in western Washington.
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NORTH IDAHO — The Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on Idaho’s plan for overseeing field burning in northern Idaho, clearing the way for bluegrass farmers to resume the annual ritual as early as September after a one-year hiatus.
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