Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Bush shale-oil leases probed

  October 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asked the Interior Department’s inspector general Tuesday to investigate a controversial, last-minute move by the Bush administration to lock in favorable royalty rates and …

• Clay mine moving forward

  February 23, 2009 in City on Page A6 BOVILL, Idaho – Plans are nearly complete for building and operating an open-pit clay mine near this Latah County town, a Canadian mining company official said. Lamar Long of i-minerals, …

• Jane Danowitz: Reserve gift of public lands for all

  December 30, 2008 in Opinion on Page A11 The treasures of our public lands should be a gift for all, not the private bank account to be used by a few. Whether it comes to mining around the …

• Americans Did Not Mandate A Sell-Off Of Their Last Frontier

  May 20, 1995 in City on Page B7 A scenic portion of Alaska’s immense but environmentally delicate landscape serves as a backdrop for the picturesque fishing village of Haines. File photo.