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Idaho lawmakers are lending their support to a federal plan to significantly expand cleanup efforts in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. But they also say point out the state is no position to help finance the added work. The Joint Finance ...

Idaho is on the list of states that could face grasshopper infestations nearing epic proportions this summer. A federal survey of adult grasshoppers last fall indicated that parts of Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Wyoming could face ...

The U.S. Senate has temporarily blocked an attempt by the Federal Aviation Administration to move part of the Boise Airport’s air traffic control system to Salt Lake City. The Senate approved on March 22 a bill reauthorizing continuing operations for ...

Glacier Bancorp Inc., with headquarters in Kalispell, Mont., reported Monday it has completed its sale of about 10.3 million shares at $14.75 a share. The bank holding company said it expects the offering to bring in about $145.6 million, which ...

Idaho lawmakers advanced measures to expand state land officials’ options for managing state-owned land that benefits public schools. The Senate State Affairs Committee approved an amendment to the state’s Constitution that would let the Department of Lands sell more than ...

Les Schwab Tire Centers, one of the largest automotive businesses in the West, has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it refused to hire qualified women who applied for jobs changing tires. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ...

A federal judge has agreed to declare Tamarack Resort bankrupt, clearing the way for a trustee to begin liquidating the failed ski resort’s assets to pay back creditors. In a ruling filed Wednesday, U.S. District Bankruptcy Judge Terry Meyers agreed ...

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter on March 17 became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force residents to buy insurance. Similar legislation is pending ...

Quit talking about repealing tax exemptions. Bring a bill to do it. That’s the message Rep. Dennis Lake, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee chairman, sent the Senate by shelving without a hearing its measure calling for an annual review ...

A power company in northern Idaho plans to tap a Kootenai County landfill for methane gas to produce electricity. The Hayden-based Kootenai Electric Cooperative says it will burn methane from the Fighting Creek landfill 13 miles south of Coeur d’Alene ...