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A couple who wants to go into the business of installing small wind turbines is worried their company will lose customers because Ada County has no renewable energy ordinance that allows such structures. A renewable energy ordinance that was proposed ...

The red needles of a tree killed in a mountain pine beetle attack can ignite up to three times faster than the green needles of a healthy tree, new research into the pine beetle epidemic has found. The findings by ...

The Idaho-based U.S. Silver Corp. ended 2010 with a 270 percent increase in operating cash flow, largely the result of a worldwide increase in silver prices. U.S. Silver owns and operates the Galena Mine and Mill in northern Idaho’s Coeur ...

Average or above-average snowpack and ample rain and cool spring temperatures have reduced the risk or delayed the onset of the wildfire season from Washington and Idaho to North Dakota. National wildfire experts are predicting a busy and costly fire ...

The Emerald Forest Products sawmill, opened in Emmett in May 2010, is shutting down temporarily, displacing 45 workers. Emerald Forest Products Inc. said the mill has not been able to reach targeted production levels, though operational improvements have been made ...

Late-season snowfall has given Brundage Mountain ski resort in McCall a chance to hold its latest season ever this year, with weekend skiing planned through May 15. Starting the weekend of April 30, Brundage will be the only resort open ...

Wood products company Boise Cascade is making changes in its beam business. The Boise-based company on April 21 announced it will curtail operations indefinitely at its laminated-beam plant in Emmett by the end of June, displacing about 40 employees. The ...

In more than 40 years of observing Idaho mining, geologist Earl Bennett has seen activity rise and fall sharply three times. The first (for Bennett) was in 1979 and 1980, when high gold and silver prices drew dozens of new ...

A wind energy industry lobbyist pushing to extend Idaho’s sales tax rebate for alternative power developers made it clear: If the extension died, Roy Eiguren told lawmakers on April 7, so would hundreds of millions worth of his company’s projects. ...

The portion of Idaho Power customer rates that reflects recent and anticipated costs will decrease. The company on April 15 filed with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for a 4.78 percent average rate decrease, starting June 1, in its annual ...