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June 16, 2021 at 3:05 am

Camper shoots Idaho family’s dog after mistaking her for a wolf

The bullets missed the dog's brain and spinal cord. The dog lost part of her left ear and suffered cracked vertebrae from one of the...

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In this photo from March 6, 2021, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin speaks during a mask burning event at the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. McGeachin is running for governor. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images/TNS)

May 28, 2021 at 9:03 am

With Idaho governor gone, lieutenant governor bans mask mandates in state

Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, acting as governor on Thursday in Gov. Brad Little's absence, issued an executive order banning the mask mandates that remain...

November 9, 2019 at 12:30 am

Walk along strange oolite rocks on this Idaho hike

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It takes an hour by car through the desert east of Boise and another half-mile on foot through a sea of...

October 19, 2019 at 12:30 am

Some Idaho trails fade, others disappear as funds fall

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When John McCarthy joined a seasonal Forest Service trail crew in the late 1970s, some of the trails forged through the...

September 7, 2019 at 12:06 am

Popular Idaho campsites grow increasingly harder to book

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After years of trying and failing to book sites at Idaho's more popular campgrounds, some people have just given up. The...

July 28, 2019 at 12:10 am

Chefs go super-local by foraging for wild plants

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Randy King has never been a stranger to filling his table with ingredients from the land. An avid hunter and angler,...

July 11, 2019 at 11:38 am

Women’s hunting groups growing in Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — At the turnoff toward Forest Service road 377, a fluorescent pink sign trimmed in zebra-print tape announced "Women Only Weekend" in...

June 29, 2019 at 12:01 am

Boise man makes 20th trip to Everest’s summit

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In recent weeks, crowds of climbers attempting to conquer Mount Everest have made international headlines as several people died in "traffic...

May 11, 2019 at 12:05 am

Springtime in Idaho means morel season has begun

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It's the perfect time of year for morel mushrooms to start springing up in Idaho as soil temperatures warm, and already...

February 16, 2019 at 12:05 am

Here’s how one Boise woman makes use of Idaho roadkill

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When Jessica Mundall sees an animal on the side of the road, there's a decent chance it will end up inside...