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A 75-year-old lawyer who fought private property rights battles alongside Idaho U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth and her Nevada rancher husband Wayne Hage in the 1990s is still cultivating the Sagebrush Rebellion's roots.
When lightning ignited a wildfire near Idaho's Sun Valley in 2007, environmental regulators used monitoring gear to gauge the health effects for those breathing in the Sawtooth Mountains' smoky, mile-high air.
In a story Oct. 14, The Associated Press reported that Pam Stout is the head of the Bonner County Property Rights Council. Stout's title is Bonner County Property Rights Council Paralegal Program Manager, but the council has a volunteer chairman, Tom Clark. The story also reported the council was attempting to remove taxpayer support from the county extension, the fairgrounds and the historical society. It is looking for ways to replace taxpayer support with user fees.
Animal rights activists said they pumped fuel into an Idaho fur and fireworks retailer before setting the place ablaze early Monday, and federal agents said they were taking the claim seriously.
The NCAA placed Boise State on probation for three years and imposed other sanctions Tuesday for major violations by the football program and other sports.
The parents of the only U.S. soldier held by the Taliban marked the second anniversary of their son's capture on Thursday, saying the wisdom of former POWs from the Vietnam War has helped them endure the uncertainty of the prolonged ordeal.
The fate of ExxonMobil's plan to haul massive shipments of oil refinery equipment along U.S. Highway 12 in north central Idaho is at stake in a hearing that started Monday with objections from residents and business owners along the route.
Executives at a small Idaho company aiming to build a nuclear power plant are disputing claims by federal regulators that they tried to defraud investors.
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Tamarack Resort's bankruptcy case from federal Chapter 11 protection, sending it back to state court where foreclosure proceedings may eventually proceed to a sheriff's sale.
A bankruptcy judge has agreed to let Bank of America Corp. retake possession of the two ski lifts it owns at Tamarack Resort, a move that opens the door for the bank to sell the lifts to a future buyer of the financially troubled ski hill.
Tamarack Resort's owner said Wednesday he has finally chosen a buyer, a move that could kick off additional bidding for the bankrupt development whose fortunes rose and plunged with the real-estate mania of the last decade.
Big utilities want Idaho to tighten regulations they say allow alternative energy producers — especially wind farms — to take advantage of existing rules to accelerate their developments and reap higher electricity prices.
Skiers and snowboarders hoping to hit the slopes at Tamarack Resort can thank a federal bankruptcy court judge who told homeowners Monday they could use lifts and other equipment they would need to start skiing Dec. 20.
The Swiss bank that leads a lender group owed $300 million by Tamarack Resort says liquidating the central Idaho vacation getaway is the best way to recoup a fraction of their investment.
Republican Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has defeated Democrat Keith Allred to extend his nearly 30-year run in elective office in Idaho.
A month after giving birth, Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champ Kristin Armstrong is returning to pro cycling in hopes of joining the U.S. team for the 2012 London Olympics.
Residents usually turn to state government for hunting tags or boat licenses. But to store their RVs, motorcycles or boats?
As Tamarack Resort scrambles to find a buyer, the clock is ticking on the failed Idaho vacation getaway's lease of 1,200 acres of state land where most of its ski lifts are located.
A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday rejected a $2 million loan to prop up Tamarack Resort while it finds a buyer, a blow to hopes of reopening the failed Idaho vacation getaway for skiing this year.
A federal bankruptcy judge kept Tamarack Resort owners and creditors in suspense Wednesday when he didn't immediately decide on a disputed $2 million loan meant to prop up the defunct central Idaho vacation getaway while the search for a buyer continues.
In a display of bankruptcy-court brinksmanship, a lawyer for Tamarack Resort told a judge Tuesday that getting a $2 million loan was the last clear chance for the defunct central Idaho vacation getaway to find a buyer and avoid a fire sale.
They have castrated thousands of calves. They spend free time riding the range on horseback or hunting with shotguns slung over their shoulders. Cowboy hats, oversized belt buckles and scuffed-up boots are standard attire.
Republican Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter takes credit for helping develop Idaho alternative energy projects in new TV campaign ads, prompting Democrat Keith Allred to protest the governor is greenwashing his record.
Without their usual diet of berries and nuts as hibernation approaches, mama, papa and baby bears in the West are turning to cars and cabins and finding the leftovers are juuuust right.
In north-central Washington, black bears have emerged from the hills to gorge on Wenatchee's famous apples.
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