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A northern Idaho paper mill faces $14,000 in fines after a federal inspection into an industrial accident that killed a 35-year-old worker. John A. Bergen III died in June while working on a paperboard machine at Clearwater Paper Corp. in ...

The state Board of Land Commissioners has agreed to a 1-year extension of current leases for hundreds of homes on state-owned land in northern Idaho. The move was forced by an Idaho judge, who last week granted Attorney General Lawrence ...

New census data shows that Idaho’s population grew by more than 21 percent over the last decade, a slower rate compared to the last census. U.S. Census data released Dec. 21 put the state’s population at 1,567,582. That’s a 21.1 ...

The number of home foreclosures in Idaho dropped last month, but the state still has one of the highest rates in the nation. RealtyTrac, which monitors the national foreclosure market, says foreclosure notices, auction dates and bank repossessions were filed ...

When a French developer tried to build a destination ski resort in the central Idaho mountains and it failed, 36-year-old Wolfe Ashcraft was among the casualties. He no longer had a job as a ski instructor at Tamarack Resort. He ...

Two executives have taken a leave of absence from Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. while a court considers allegations of investor fraud against the company trying to build a $10 billion nuclear power plant. CEO Don Gillispie and Vice President Jennifer ...

The legislative committee that writes Idaho’s annual budget has agreed to hold public hearings for the first time – at least on some of its spending bills. The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has scheduled public hearings in January as it prepares ...

The developer of a proposed treatment center for troubled teens in rural western Idaho has won a $4 million judgment against Boise County after officials scuttled the project. A federal jury sided with the Boise-based development firm Oaas-Laney in a ...

Idaho Tax Commission employees say commission Chairman Royce Chigbrow intervened on behalf of his son’s accounting firm over objections from agency workers, according to e-mails and other documents obtained by the Associated Press. The heavily redacted documents were among those ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has temporarily suspended trading of securities of Alternative Energy Holdings, Inc., an Idaho company that wants to build a nuclear reactor. The federal securities regulator took the steps in part due to questions it has ...