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  Longtime environmental activist receives award

  February 3, 2012 on Page A1 Long before most Americans knew about global warming, Julian Powers was sounding the alarm. In lectures on college campuses, at Earth Day fairs and through letters to the editor, the … 40

• Higher speed limit won’t advance

  February 3, 2012 on Page A6 BOISE – On a 5-4 vote, an Idaho Senate committee Thursday killed legislation to allow big trucks to drive 75 mph on the state’s freeways, just like cars. Senate Transportation …

• Panel rejects expanded college boards

  February 3, 2012 on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho’s three community colleges strongly oppose legislation that would expand their boards of directors and impose new residency rules on the additional members. After hearing from representatives of …

• Hammond says he won’t run for Senate re-election

  February 3, 2012 on Page A7 BOISE – Sen. Jim Hammond won’t seek a fourth term in the Idaho state Senate and instead will apply for the upcoming opening for president at North Idaho College, along …

• Idaho decides not to let trucks drive 75 mph

  February 2, 2012 On a 5-4 vote, an Idaho Senate committee has killed legislation to allow big trucks to drive 75 mph on the state’s freeways, just like cars. 5

• CdA Sen. Hammond won’t seek fourth term

  February 2, 2012 Sen. Jim Hammond won’t seek a fourth term in the state Senate, and instead will apply for the upcoming opening for president at North Idaho College, along with looking at … 1

• Idaho kills NIC board-expansion bill

  February 2, 2012 All three of Idaho’s community colleges strongly opposed legislation designed to expand their boards and impose new residency rules on the additional members, and after hearing from them Thursday, the … 2

• Air stagnation advisory posted in parts of region

  February 2, 2012 An air stagnation advisory was posted today for a wide area of Washington east of the Cascades, but the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas are not included in the advisory. 1

• Idaho House OKs e-cig ban for kids

  February 2, 2012 The Idaho House has voted unanimously, 68-0, in favor of HB 405, to ban the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to minors, but only after much debate and strong opposition from … 1

• N. Idaho senator pushes 2/3 approval for tax hikes

  February 2, 2012 North Idaho Sen. Steve Vick wants Idaho to enact a constitutional amendment to require two-thirds votes in both the House and Senate to pass any tax or fee increase. 4

• Post Falls mobile home residents face eviction

  February 2, 2012 POST FALLS — Dozens of inhabitants of a mobile home park in Post Falls are facing eviction because the new owners have deemed the property and its infrastructure unsuitable. 3

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  Idaho Rep. Henderson, 89, pushes economic development

  February 2, 2012 on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho Rep. Frank Henderson, who at 89 is the oldest member of the Idaho Legislature, is pushing legislation this year he says will directly create dozens of jobs … 1

• Rain, snow to subside later this afternoon

  February 1, 2012 As moderate rain falls across Spokane and Coeur d’Alene today, weather conditions are distinctly more winterlike to the north.

• Idaho senators to amend anti-Occupy bill

  February 1, 2012 A key Idaho Senate committee has voted to amend the bill to evict the Occupy Boise encampment from state-owned property across from the Idaho Capitol, with likely amendments including removing … 11

• Getting lost can cost – and taxpayers get hit

  February 1, 2012 on Page A1 The first call came from snowmobilers near the old mining town of Murray, Idaho. Dusk had set in, and the caller was worried about a man who had gotten separated … 11

• Otter enlists adviser with Democratic roots

  February 1, 2012 on Page A6 BOISE – Republican Gov. Butch Otter has enlisted a former Democratic political operative to help develop his strategy for fighting to preserve new education laws that weaken teacher negotiating power … 1

• Caribou comment period extended

  February 1, 2012 on Page A7 Members of the public will have an additional 60 days to comment on a controversial plan to designate 375,000 acres in the Selkirk Mountains as critical habitat for endangered caribou. …

• Potlatch Corp. Timber real estate investment trust

  February 1, 2012 on Page A8 For 02-01-2012

• Jury convicts man in 2nd road rage murder trial

  January 31, 2012 A jury today convicted a North Idaho man of second-degree murder for fatally running over a woman during a 2006 road rage incident with her husband and two daughters.

• North Idaho senator pushes ‘simple’ texting ban

  January 31, 2012 At the urging of its chairman, Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Coeur d’Alene, the Senate Transportation Committee today voted unanimously to introduce legislation to ban texting while driving, making it an infraction. 6

• Warrant issued for N. Idaho developer

  January 31, 2012 POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A bench warrant for has been issued for the developer of a multi-use project planned along the Spokane River in downtown Post Falls. 3

• Idaho House votes to ask for third federal judge

  January 31, 2012 on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho’s House of Representatives agreed Monday to ask Congress for a long-needed third federal judge, but only after some Republican members said they wouldn’t support asking a Democratic …

• Idaho bill would ban e-cigarettes for kids

  January 30, 2012 Current Idaho law bans tobacco products from being sold to children, but doesn’t cover a new product called “e-cigarettes,” electronic cigarettes that contain no tobacco, but instead allow users to … 9

• Idaho GOPers don’t want Obama appointing new fed judge

  January 30, 2012 The Idaho House has passed HJM 4, a non-binding memorial calling on Congress to add a third federal judge in Idaho, but only by a 47-21 vote and after objections … 22

• Coeur d’Alene business set on fire, burglarized

  January 30, 2012 A Coeur d’Alene business was set on fire and burglarized sometime late Sunday or early Monday, a news release from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said.

• Tussock moth infestation hits Inland Northwest

  January 30, 2012 Tussock moths chewed their way across 68,000 acres of the Idaho Panhandle last summer, leaving behind red-topped trees. 6

• Rain, heavy snow slow traffic

  January 30, 2012 Heavy rain and snow on Sunday has blocked at least one highway in Washington and left other highways in North Idaho with standing water.

• Live hand grenade disposed of in Silver Valley

  January 30, 2012 An explosives disposal team disposed Sunday evening of a live hand grenade a Wallace resident found while going through the property of a relative who had recently died. 3

• Gas drillers, Idaho counties reach agreement

  January 29, 2012 BOISE, Idaho — A group representing Idaho counties and a group representing companies interested in tapping natural gas in Idaho announced on Sunday an agreement on legislation they plan to … 3

• Father saves child from burning home

  January 29, 2012 A father broke out a window in his burning mobile home early Sunday morning to rescue his 4-year-old daughter from the flames. The girl was unharmed after her rescue. The …

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