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Look but don’t touch… A federal judge has declared invalid the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a gold mining company’s plan to reopen a 4-mile road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out if two of its claims are profitable enough to be mined.   U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn […]

Disclosure of a $400 million cash payment from the U.S. to Tehran at the time four Americans were released in January has reignited a political furor over the Iran nuclear deal, potentially complicating White House efforts to fortify it. Critics of the Iran deal said Wednesday that the delivery amounted to paying ransom for the

A constituent wearing a “Promise Keepers” shirt questioned Rep. Raul Labrador today about allowing Muslim refugees into the United States, saying he read the Koran after the 9/11 attacks, and then quoting extensively from it, including, “Slay the idolaters wherever you find them.” Labrador had this response: “I’m not going to judge every Christian on

Dozens of departments protect homes; state crews mobilize.  A roaring wildfire ignited in the Snake River’s Wawawai Canyon at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, and by 9 p.m. the fire – fueled by dry grass, brush and wind from a Red Flag fire warning day – had reached 11,000 acres and showed no signs of stopping.

Some photos of last night’s turnout for the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) / variance vote for Logos School’s new campus.  There were about 200 people in the conference room (standing room only; people sitting on the floors) as well as overflow of 75-100 people in the hall.  To see the live blogging post, look here:

UPDATE The CUP and Variance passed Moscow Progressives: you should be very proud of Linda Pall. She did everything in her power to torpedo this event at every turn and every motion. However, none of the board members fell for it, not even allowing her to add criteria that no one could meet (seizing private

Due to regional wildfire smoke, the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued an Air Quality Forecast and Caution with a mandatory burn ban to notify residents of Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis and Nez Perce counties of degraded air quality. Air quality was listed in the Moderate category Monday and was expected to remain in that

Moscow staff to work with fairground facility’s board on conditions for $1 million pledge.  They are using private funds (though controlled by the government).  Every seat in the council chambers at City Hall was filled with Palouse Ice Rink supporters, some of them sporting Palouse Youth Hockey Association jerseys at Monday night’s Moscow City Council

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office has a new body-camera policy following the shooting death of a rancher by two deputies that went unrecorded though both deputies wore the devices. Deputies are now required to activate the cameras for all public interactions while on duty, Sheriff Ryan Zollman said. “If they’re assisting someone walking across the

Why should taxpayers be funding this? Tony Mangini, vice president of the Palouse Ice Rink board, will try to turn 10 years of talk about a new facility into action when he goes before the Moscow City Council tonight and asks the city to pledge $1 million. Mangini said Palouse Ice Rink has $200,000 in

The Washington Times reports The computers of the House Democratic campaign committee have been hacked in an intrusion that investigators say resembles the recent cyber breach of the Democratic National Committee, a spokeswoman for the committee said Friday. The incident added another layer of mystery to the hacking of Democratic Party information that has been