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Eked-out win teaches Idaho Democrat a lesson
May 22, 2012 on Page A1 BOISE – A Democratic candidate for Congress in Idaho says he’s learned a lesson, after he didn’t actively campaign during his primary race and ended up with only a 5 … 1
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Candidate who kept campaign quiet nearly lost
May 21, 2012 A Democratic candidate for Congress in Idaho says he’s learned a lesson, after he didn’t actively campaign during his primary race and ended up with only a five percentage point … 5
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Huckleberries: Kootenai Republicans’ civil war not letting up
May 20, 2012 on Page B2 The battle between the conservative Reagan Republicans and the uberconservative United Conservatives of North Idaho for control of the Kootenai County Republican Party won’t end soon. Huckleberries hears that the … 1
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Idaho forest sites face cuts
May 20, 2012 on Page B3 LEWISTON – The U.S. Forest Service is starting an inventory and ranking of recreational facilities in two Idaho national forests, with the possibility of closing sites due to lack of … 3
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Eye on Boise: Twin Falls GOP committee hopeful draws party’s ire
May 20, 2012 on Page B3 BOISE – Good grief – it’s happened again. It turns out that it’s not only up north that one warring GOP faction has tried to hijack another one’s name, as … 2
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Sandpoint to fight milfoil by hand
May 20, 2012 on Page B3 SANDPOINT – City officials in Sandpoint are declining an offer from the Idaho Department of Agriculture to apply herbicide in Lake Pend Oreille near city beaches to eradicate Eurasian milfoil. …
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Dozens of donors funded woman’s college education
May 20, 2012 on Page B7 BOISE – Never underestimate the power of a thank-you card. That’s a lesson Jozey Mitcham, who recently received her diploma from Boise State University, learned early on. 1
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Pollutants found in remote lakes, rivers
May 19, 2012 on Page A1 Scientists consider Sullivan Lake’s waters relatively pristine. The 1,300-acre mountain lake in northeast Washington is home to a thriving kokanee salmon run. Along with confirmed sightings of grizzlies, wolves and … 7
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Duncan alters course on sentence appeal
May 19, 2012 on Page A1 BOISE – Notorious murderer Joseph Duncan has changed his mind about waiving his right to appeal, saying he owes it to his mother to try getting off death row for … 14
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Idaho jobless rate drops for 9th straight month
May 18, 2012 Idaho employers maintained hiring at seasonal levels in April, while the state’s labor force remained unchanged, driving the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate down for the ninth straight month to 7.7 … 12
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Mild weekend to bring sun and clouds by Sunday
May 18, 2012 Mild spring weather is going to take hold over the Inland Northwest through Sunday with highs in the middle to upper 60s across the region.
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Idaho judge sets Leavitt execution for June 12
May 17, 2012 BOISE — A 7th District Judge has signed a death warrant for condemned inmate Richard Albert Leavitt, ordering that he be executed by lethal injection. 3
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Farmers’ hopes grow for profitable wheat harvest
May 17, 2012 on Page A1 COLFAX – A wet spring has led to optimal conditions for the region’s new crop of winter wheat. And if prices hold, farmers are poised for another good year. 3
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Primary voters oust Hart
May 17, 2012 on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s legislative career appears done. Hart was defeated in a four-way Republican primary Tuesday, according to unofficial results, edged out by Ed Morse, … 1
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Silver Valley lead levels dropped dramatically
May 17, 2012 on Page A12 Much has changed in Idaho’s Silver Valley since the 1970s, when children living near the Bunker Hill Smelter complex averaged 65 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. The rates …
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Alison Krauss, Barenaked Ladies on tap for Festival at Sandpoint
May 16, 2012 A swanky cocktail lounge. A dance with Mr. Jones. A trip into the danger zone. All this and more are on tap this summer as the Festival as Sandpoint celebrates … 2
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Idaho voters spurn tax-protesting lawmaker
May 16, 2012 Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s legislative career will end this year, Idaho voters decided on Tuesday. 5
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Region’s rivers rise; cooler weather ends week
May 16, 2012 Hot weather through the first part of the week has triggered snow melt at higher elevations of the Cascades and southeast British Columbia causing at least nine Inland Northwest rivers …
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Idaho primary emotions eclipse low turnout
May 16, 2012 on Page A1 Idaho’s inaugural closed primary election Tuesday turned into a nasty internal squabble for the state’s dominant Republican Party, as GOP leaders, factions and interest groups turned on each other in …
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Silver Valley decontamination begins
May 16, 2012 on Page A5 The first big dollars are starting to flow out of a $460 million trust fund established to pay for cleanup of mining pollution in Idaho’s Silver Valley. About $8.5 million …
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Bomb scares disrupt voting
May 16, 2012 on Page A12 Two bomb scares disrupted voting Tuesday in Idaho. In Coeur d’Alene, voting was temporarily delayed at Woodland Middle School, the polling place for two Idaho precincts in Tuesday’s primary election, …
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Keough, Eskridge surge ahead
May 15, 2012 Two longtime North Idaho legislators are leading their tea party backed challengers in early returns. 1
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Second bomb scare disrupts voting in N. Idaho
May 15, 2012 A bomb scare at Woodland Middle School in Coeur d’Alene - the polling place for two Idaho precincts in Tuesday’s primary election - temporarily delayed voting on Tuesday. 1
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Sandpoint man sentenced to life for hammer attack
May 15, 2012 A Sandpoint man was sentenced today to serve life in prison for a hammer attack that killed one person and injured three others in December 2010. 7
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Accuracy watch
May 15, 2012 on Page A2 For 05-15-2012
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Today’s vote a first for Idaho
May 15, 2012 on Page A5 Idaho voters go to the polls today for the first election under the state’s new closed-primary system. That means for the first time, Idaho voters must register by party. And …
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Hanford Reach plants at risk
May 15, 2012 on Page A6 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday proposed endangered species protection for two plants, the Umtanum desert buckwheat and White Bluffs bladderpod, found only in Washington’s Hanford Reach National …
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Idaho voters head to the polls Tuesday
May 14, 2012 Idaho voters go to the polls Tuesday - they’re open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. - for the first election under the state’s new closed-primary system. 2
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Warm weather to trigger higher stream flows
May 14, 2012 Warm weather over the next few days is going to cause the region’s rivers and lakes to rise once again as melting snow makes its way down Inland Northwest streams.
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Nobel winner tells students to keep dreaming
May 14, 2012 on Page A1 Archbishop Desmond Tutu brought his message of social justice and equality to Gonzaga University’s graduation ceremony Sunday, urging students to dream dreams that could change the world. Tutu, a central … 12
