A small, flowering plant found only in southwest Idaho will again be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced the listing of slickspot peppergrass to take effect Sept. 16. The plant was originally listed in 2009...
When you head to the polls in November to vote for president, don’t expect to see a line for the Green Party on the Idaho ballot. Idaho has just four recognized political parties with ballot status: Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Constitution Party. But that doesn’t mean Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s nominee, won’t be on the Idaho...
With wildfire smoke blanketing the valley outside the National Interagency Fire Center today, a bipartisan group of three U.S. senators said they see a “sweet spot” for passing their long-sought change to how the nation funds firefighting. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo, both Idaho...
The state Department of Lands will auction off 30 state-owned cabin sites at Payette Lake this Friday in Boise, 25 of them with cabins already on them owned by people who’ve been leasing the lots, and five without. If someone other than the current lessee…
Former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus has won a round in his FOIA lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy, in which he’s seeking disclosure of documents about proposed nuclear waste shipments to Idaho. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill, in a 29-page ruling last week,…
Here’s a roundup of some of last week’s news developments while I was gone: HEALTH GAP: The Idaho Legislature’s interim working group on the state’s health insurance coverage gap met on Thursday, and heard from an array of presenters, including Idaho doctors, health officials and...
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