June 18, 2013 in Idaho BOISE – Idaho has some of the nation’s lowest crime rates, but its prison population is growing quickly at a time when most states are seeing declines. In response, the … 3

June 18, 2013 in News An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday it doesn’t plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States. 18

June 18, 2013 in Idaho Idaho will auction off three new undeveloped cabin sites on Priest Lake this year, partly to get a sense of the true bare-land values as the state moves toward divesting … 8

June 18, 2013 in City, Idaho A new round of thunderstorms is possible across the region after 2 p.m. today as a large Pacific storm moves through the Inland Northwest.

June 18, 2013 in City OLYMPIA — Washington’s economic outlook is improving, in part because of better home sales, and the state could have an extra $231 million over the next two years for its … 8

June 18, 2013 in City Investigators are looking for a connection between two fires that occurred this week and said at least one of them was intentionally set.

June 18, 2013 in City Two people were injured in a head-on collision this morning on state Highway 195 when a motorist reportedly was driving the wrong way. 10

June 18, 2013 in Idaho, Outdoors LEWISTON, Idaho — An administrative judge has rejected plans by hobbyist miners to set up suction dredging operations along a prized cutthroat trout stream in North Idaho. 5

June 18, 2013 in City SPOKANE VALLEY — A woman walking her dog early Tuesday in Spokane Valley says she was stabbed in the arm by a man who came up behind her. 22

June 18, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal elections provide proof of U.S. citizenship. In the latest round … 2

June 18, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland – Deep differences over Syria’s fierce civil war clouded a summit of world leaders Monday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin defiantly rejecting calls from the U.S., Britain … 2

June 18, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia’s famed Angkor Wat temples complex. The discovery …

June 18, 2013 in Health, Nation/World on Page A2 ATLANTA – Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says. Last year, about 18 percent of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers. 1

June 18, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview broadcast Monday, and called them transparent – even though they are … 6

June 18, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is threatening to veto a measure being considered by House Republicans that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 …