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Idaho Sen. Jim Risch introduces bill to fully delist grizzly bears in lower 48
In this file photo, a grizzly bear walks in Yellowstone National Park in 2017. (Jacob W. Frank/ Yellowstone National Park)U.S. Sen. Jim Risch has introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would fully...
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Almost three-fourths of fires Idaho state officials tracked in 2023 were...
The Idaho Department of Lands managed the Tyson Fire, which firefighters responded to in Benewah County in July 2023. (Courtesy of Idaho Department of Lands)This article was first published by the...
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Idaho has obtained lethal injection chemicals. But state law protects where...
Seven of Idaho's eight death row inmates are Incarcerated at Idaho Maximum Security Institution located south of Boise. (Courtesy of Idaho Department of Correction)After being unable to do so for...
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New bill in Idaho Legislature seeks to prevent government mask mandates
(Getty Images)Nearly four years after the start of COVID-19 pandemic – but less than four months before this year’s Republican primary election – a Republican Idaho legislator is pushing a new bill...
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New Idaho bill would create $420 mandatory minimum fine for marijuana possession
A portion of marijuana is seen under a magnifying glass at Abundant Healing store April 19, 2010, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado was among the first of 21 states to legalize recreational...
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Idaho House passes bill blocking cities and counties from regulating knives
Idaho Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’ Alene, listens to proceedings on the House floor at the State Capitol building in Boise on Jan. 8, 2024. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)The...
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Idaho farmers say water curtailment order will dry up land, push them out of...
The wheat harvest takes place on the Youngs’ farm in Bingham County Idaho. Farmer Adam Young said he is subject to a water curtailment order issued by the Idaho Department of Water Resources on May...
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So far, Idaho officials have not discovered more invasive quagga mussels
Watercraft inspectors Ron Lang, left, and Fabian Rendon, clean and dry a kayak at Centennial Waterfront Park in Twin Falls on Aug. 8, 2024. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun)State officials have not...
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250 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord join Idaho wildfire-fighting effort
U.S. Army soldiers with the 14th Brigade Engineer Battalion walk a grid pattern fighting the Boulder Fire in Idaho’s Boise National Forest on Aug. 22, 2024. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun)BOULDER...
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Idaho governor says human safety is top priority as large wildfires spread
Idaho Gov. Brad Little and state officials hold a press conference on Aug. 23, 2024, to roll out a new report that recommends the 10 priorities to reduce the impacts of wildfire in 2024 and 2025....
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After 30 days on Idaho fire line, Army soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord...
Firefighters walk near fire hoses set up to protect homes and cabins threatened by the Lava Fire near Lake Cascade on Sept. 11. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun)LAVA FIRE, BOISE NATIONAL FOREST – One...
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More invasive quagga mussels detected in Idaho’s Snake River
The quagga mussel, first discovered in the United States in 1989, is an invasive species that alters the food web by filtering water and removing plankton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey....
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Idaho will again attempt to kill invasive mussels in Snake River with...
Quagga mussels from Lake Mead, in Nevada. (Dave Britton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)State officials and contractors will begin using a copper-based chemical in the Snake River near Twin Falls on...
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Idaho officials are finding fewer invasive quagga mussels – and dead fish –...
The quagga mussel, first discovered in the United States in 1989, is an invasive species that alters the food web by filtering water and removing plankton, according to the U.S. Geological Survey....
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