Idaho wants to kill dozens of wolves it blames for eating too many elk in rugged northcentral Idaho.

Attorneys for the only woman on Idaho’s death row say Robin Lee Row’s triple murder conviction should be thrown out because her trial attorneys didn’t develop evidence that Row’s brain had atrophied, hindering her decision-making abilities.

U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson says he hasn’t given up hope on his plan to create a new central Idaho wilderness.

Enough endangered sockeye salmon are returning to central Idaho this year that some will be allowed to swim the final few hundred yards into Redfish Lake under their own power, something that hasn’t happened in two decades due to dismal spawning runs.

An 18-year-old Spirit Lake man died Thursday in a head-on collision.

HELENA – A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the three states where Rocky Mountain wolves roam. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said in his ruling that the entire Rocky Mountain wolf population either must be listed as an endangered species or removed from the list, but the protections for the same population can’t be different for each state.

A federal judge today reinstated Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho, saying the government made a political decision in removing the protections from just two of the three states where Rocky Mountain wolves roam.

Idaho’s energy czar is getting ready to divvy up about $2.75 million in federal stimulus money for state schools.

High school dropouts could earn their diplomas through a proposed boot camp-style program that’s planned for economically depressed northcentral Idaho.

Voters within the Kootenai County Fire and Rescue District on Tuesday shot down a $2 million bond that would have remodeled an aging administration building and provided more training equipment.

As water percolates through old mine workings in the headwaters of the Coeur d’Alene River, it picks up lead, arsenic, zinc and other heavy metals. The metals stunt fish populations in 66 miles of the river and its tributaries, with some stretches too toxic to support aquatic life. They also pose potential health risks for people who swim or float down the river, or recreate along the shore, government officials said.

A Moscow man who admitted killing his wife and unborn daughter received a sentence today of 40 years in prison. Of that sentence, 20 years must be served before he can be considered for parole.

The Bonner County Sheriff’s Office has located the Sagle woman reported missing this morning.

A former Coeur d'Alene High School booster of the year and prominent insurance agent was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison for cocaine.

U.S. House hopeful Raul Labrador’s cash-strapped campaign has moved to downtown Boise to conserve resources, setting up a new headquarters outside the congressional district he wants to represent.

Authorities continue to scour the Palouse region in hopes of discovering what happened to a missing southeastern Washington woman whose estranged husband was jailed on separate weapons charges.

The recession doesn’t appear to have hurt RV camping in Idaho, with private and state-run campgrounds that offer services to motor homes reporting rising bookings and robust business.

Coeur d’Alene police arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of veering his vehicle toward a motorcycle.

A 60-year-old man died early Saturday when he suffered cardiac arrest while participating in the Hayden View Triathlon. Leslie Chariton, of Coeur d’Alene, was swimming in Hayden Lake just after 7:30 a.m. when he was pulled from the water and treated on Honeysuckle Beach, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said. He was transported to Kootenai Medical Center, where it was confirmed he died from cardiac arrest.

St. Maries, IDAHO – Vernon Baker comforted a neighbor who had just lost his father and volunteered his labor to a newcomer the first time they met. He was gracious and humble – a hero not only for his courage under fire, but also for the way he honored 19 soldiers from his platoon who died during a decisive attack on a key German stronghold in April 1945.