ARTICLES BY KEITH RIDLER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idaho nuclear scientists say fuel rods can be safely studied
IDAHO FALLS - An eastern Idaho nuclear facility can safely handle two shipments of 25 spent fuel rods for research and it's not the start of turning the state into a nuclear waste dump, officials at the site say.
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$4M in U.S. projects aim to protect sage grouse habitat
BOISE - Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday announced more than $4 million in projects in four states as part of a wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.
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Idaho creates new oil, gas laws
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Grassland-nesting shorebird to be studied
BOISE - A large shorebird that nests in grasslands and uses its extra-long bill to pluck crustaceans from mudflats and wolf spiders from animal burrows will be the subject of an intense study this summer in three states.
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Feds reopen comment period for mountain caribou protections
BOISE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened for comment a proposed plan to change the protected status of a herd of caribou in northern Idaho and northeastern Washington from endangered to threatened.
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Sheriff gives all-clear following triple killing
BOISE - There is no ongoing threat to the community following the arrest of a 22-year-old man connected to a triple killing, an Idaho sheriff said.
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Firefighting plan aims to protect Western habitat
BOISE - U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has released the initial plan for a new wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species.
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Earthquake rattles Lucky Friday Mine
A small earthquake in North Idaho near the Lucky Friday Mine temporarily slowed production Friday morning. But work resumed after an inspection determined the mine remained safe.
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House panel OKs changes to Idaho oil and gas rules
BOISE - Idaho lawmakers on a House committee advanced four bills to the full House to make alterations to oil and natural gas rules as it becomes more apparent the industry is moving ahead on the belief the state has profitable reserves.
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Solar power heating up in Idaho
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Former governors blast Otter's nuclear waste deal
BOISE - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is turning the state into nuclear waste repository, former Idaho Govs. Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus say.
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ISU cancels rifle order
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Company seeks to mine gold in central Idaho wilderness
BOISE - The U.S. Forest Service is taking public comments on its approval of a gold mining company's plan to reopen a 4-mile road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out if two of its claims are profitable enough to be mined.
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