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Vegetable oil new Hanford cleanup tool
YAKIMA, Wash -- Researchers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site last year injected 5,000 gallons of molasses into the soil to try to clean up toxic groundwater near the Pacific Northwest's largest waterway.
Views: 1585 | Wednesday, August 20, 2008Idaho killer's jury hears voice of abducted girl
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Jurors in the gruesome death penalty hearing for Joseph Edward Duncan III on Thursday heard the voice of a little girl who endured weeks of torture and despair but survived the 2005 attack that decimated her family.
Fuel costs weigh heavy on Idaho schools
BOISE, Idaho -- The state shelled out nearly $70 million to reimburse Idaho schools in transportation costs from last year -- $11 million more than in 2004 -- but fuel is gobbling up more of the money than in past years and districts are struggling as more students ride the bus.
High hay costs pose problems for horse rescue
The Associated PressIDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- An organization in eastern Idaho that takes in horses from people who can't afford to feed them has had to turn some horses away for the same reason.
Preble's mouse still threatened in Colo., not Wyo.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that it will remove the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from the threatened species list in Wyoming, but keep the mouse on the list in Colorado.
Cruise Ship grounds near Glacier Bay
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Passengers aboard a cruise ship hoping to see whales and other marine mammals were left high and dry Monday after the vessel went aground near Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.
Search continues for missing plane over Big Island
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii -- The Coast Guard detected a brief and faint signal early Wednesday believed to be from a tour plane that disappeared over the Big Island.
New plan to balance NW salmon and dams challenged
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The Bush administration's latest plan for balancing the lives of endangered salmon against operation of hydroelectric dams in the Columbia Basin has been challenged by conservation and fishing groups.
Food shortage fears spur LDS members to stock up
MESA, Ariz. -- Come what may, Donna and Aaron Bradshaw expect their spacious food pantry and emergency plan will carry them through.
Project to make use of beetle-infested trees in Colorado
VAIL, Colo. -- The U.S. Forest Service has approved a project in the Vail area to help stem the spread of bark beetles and make use of trees killed by the bugs.
107-year-old WWI veteran renews Canadian citizenship
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The last known surviving Canadian veteran of World War I is a Canadian citizen once again.
Initial probe blames overheating for Oregon sea lion deaths
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The deaths of federally protected sea lions found in traps at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River may be due to overheating.
Exam shows Columbia River sea lions weren't shot to death
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Federal officials did an about-face Wednesday in an investigation of the deaths of six sea lions at Bonneville Dam, saying their initial assumption that the animals had been shot to death was wrong.
Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. -- There's "protected" on paper and there's "protected" on the river. Under a 1972 federal law, certain species of sea lion cannot be harmed. But the Columbia River region is big enough, and parts of it are wild and isolated enough, to hide many sins.That was clear over the weekend, when six protected sea lions were found shot to death with a high-powered rifle near the Bonneville Dam.
Scientist getting Nevada award challenges governor
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- An internationally known scientist getting the annual Nevada Medal for his work on climate change has challenged Gov. Jim Gibbons on his support for new coal-fired power plants in the state.
Group offers ranchers compensation for wolves in Wyoming
LANDER, Wyo. -- A conservation group is hoping to entice more Wyoming stockgrowers to participate in its compensation program for livestock killed by wolves if stockgrowers undertake measures to help prevent conflicts between the two animals.
Eli Lilly pays $15 million to settle Alaska lawsuit
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Eli Lilly and Co. and Alaska announced a $15 million settlement Wednesday in the state's lawsuit over the use of the drug Zyprexa in its Medicaid program.
Park County asks CBI to join probe into bison slayings
FAIRPLAY, Colo. -- Park County authorities have asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to join the investigation into the slaying of 32 bison from a private ranch south of here.
Court requires feds to remove buried waste at INL
The Associated PressTWIN FALLS, Idaho -- A federal appeals court has upheld an earlier federal district court decision that requires the U.S. Department of Energy to clean up buried nuclear waste at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Senate committee backs plan to change Idaho's open primary
BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho voters could face a new form of primary election in 2010 under a proposal designed to resolve a battle over restricting Republican primary elections to GOP-registered voters.
Rammell files as independent, says Risch is 'too old' for Senate
BOISE -- Former elk rancher Rex Rammell has shed his Republican ties and will run for the U.S. Senate as an independent because he says his former party has anointed Lt. Gov. Jim Risch as its chosen candidate.
Agency OKs killing some Bonneville Dam sea lions
PORTLAND, Ore. -- State and federal officials say they have done all they can to stop protected California sea lions from munching on threatened salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, using pyrotechnics, beanbag rounds fired from shotguns and traps.
More than 400 battle eastern Sierras blaze; 1,400 acres burned
BISHOP, Calif. -- More than 400 people are battling a wildfire in rural Inyo County.
Committee backs bill to phase out business equipment tax
BOISE, Idaho -- A bill to eliminate as much as $120 million annually in taxes on business equipment cleared a legislative committee Wednesday.
Alaska U.S. Sen. Stevens files for re-election
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, filed for re-election Thursday.
Timber industry loses another round in old growth forest battle
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- The timber industry has lost the latest round in the long-running court fight over the marbled murrelet, one of several threatened species that were targets of political pressure by the Bush administration.
Professors work to keep students from drinking too much
FRESNO, Calif. -- Forty professors at Fresno State have taken a pledge about booze -- not to abstain, but to watch what they say in classrooms about drinking.
Ore. Judge again extends deadline for salmon plan
PORTLAND, Ore. -- U.S. District Judge James Redden has postponed for a second time a deadline for a plan that meets his standards for balancing operations of Columbia Basin dams with threatened or endangered fish runs.
I-90 closed through Snoqualmie Pass by avalanche danger
SPOKANE, Wash. -- High avalanche danger kept the state's main east-west highway closed across the Cascade Range on Thursday even as windblown snow closed more roads and schools in Eastern Washington.
Officials warn of salmon population "collapse"
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The state's largest salmon run is suffering an "unprecedented collapse," part of a broader decline throughout the West that has scientists vexed and will likely trigger severe fishing restrictions, according to federal fishery regulators.
WA bill aimed at stopping school officers from using handcuffs
SEATTLE (AP) -- Could your child be handcuffed for talking back to a school security officer or for acting or looking like a drug user? The answer could be yes, if you live in a school district where security guards are allowed to carry handcuffs and pepper spray or Tasers.
Otter selling private prison plan; skeptics fear loss of control
BOISE, Idaho -- Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter Wednesday began selling a plan to lawmakers to let prison companies own and operate for-profit lockups in Idaho, arguing it's better for corporations to pay upfront costs of housing a growing inmate population than it is for the state to sell bonds for such projects, like it's done in the past.
First BLM cattle seizures for trespassing Nevada since 2002
RENO, Nev. -- Federal agents seized more than 100 cattle and jailed a 66-year-old woman who owns some of them in the first U.S. criminal or civil enforcement action in five years against Nevada ranchers accused of trespassing livestock on public land.
New Idaho Falls police unit serving 100s of outstanding warrants
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- The Idaho Falls Police Department has reinstated its two-person team to locate people with outstanding warrants after disbanding it last summer due to staff shortages.
ID bighorn plan could mean more wild sheep would be killed
BOISE, Idaho -- Trying to keep the management of bighorn sheep and domestic sheep out of federal courts, an Idaho plan to prevent the two species from mingling calls for the killing of both bighorns and domestic sheep that enter "sheep free" zones.
Last full-blooded Eyak and fluent speaker of Native language dies
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Chief Marie Smith Jones, the last full-blooded Eyak and the last person fluent in her Native language, died at her home in Anchorage. She was 89.
Bush, Congressional Leaders, Near Stimulus Deal
WASHINGTON -- President Bush and congressional leaders moved closer to agreeing on a compromise economic rescue package Tuesday, fending off fresh protests from both the right and the left as they rushed to respond to a cascading series of economic troubles and head off a potential recession.
NOAA favors killing some protected sea lions at Bonneville Dam
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A federal agency recommends killing about 30 sea lions a year at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River to keep them from eating salmon and steelhead.
Black bear undergoes facial reconstruction surgery
GARDEN CITY, Idaho -- A 3-year-old male black bear has undergone facial reconstruction surgery to close a gunshot wound, and could be released back into the wild later this year.
La Nina has Idaho water experts hopeful for 2008 water year
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Mountain ranges all across Idaho have received some hefty snowpack down payments in recent weeks to help make up for a water deficit created by years of drought.
After ID bingo scandal, Lottery seeks to tighten reporting rules
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Charities that offer bingo and raffle games could face stricter requirements for tracking their proceeds under legislation proposed by the Idaho Lottery Commission in the wake of a bingo scandal that sent two men to federal prison.
Alaska Gov. rejects ConocoPhillips natural gas pipeline plan
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin has rejected a multibillion proposal by ConocoPhillips to build a natural gas pipeline linking the state's energy rich North Slope to Midwestern states, opting to stick with a plan by pipeline company TransCanada.
Forest Service in Nev. to review grazing plan's impact on birds
RENO, Nev. -- The U.S. Forest Service has agreed to reconsider a new grazing management plan for a large swath of public lands along the Nevada-California line after two environmental groups complained about its impact on certain bird species, officials said Thursday.
Conservationists condemn plans for Chukchi Sea petroleum leases
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The federal government will open up nearly 46,000 square miles off Alaska's northwest coast to petroleum leases next month, a decision condemned by enviromental groups that contend the industrial activity will harm northern marine mammals.
Some don't want funeral home across street from ID senior center
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Opening a funeral home across the street from a senior center would be too close for comfort, some of the town's older residents say.
Ada County ID coroner's Web site looks at tricks of the trade
BOISE, Idaho -- The Ada County coroner's office has created a new section on its Web site that focuses on crime stories, assorted mysteries and the forensic methods used to solve them in an attempt to satisfy public curiosity and show how the office works.
Military contractor pays $2.5 million in racism case
HONOLULU -- The world's largest military contractor will pay $2.5 million to a former avionics electrician who claims he was called the N-word, threatened with death and laid off after he reported racism on the job.
Mail gets through, even to residents of remote Snake River region
HELLS CANYON, Ore. -- Through rain, snow, sleet or gloom of night, the mail must get through, as the saying goes.
Tom Hanks' War: Actor resumes fight over Sun Valley retreat
KETCHUM, Idaho -- A protracted fight between Tom Hanks and a contractor who built the Hollywood actor's sprawling compound north of this Idaho resort has gone to court, with the star of "Charlie Wilson's War" claiming $2.5 million in poor construction and the builder countering Hanks is just out for revenge.
Lawsuit claims political influence in critical habitat decisions
GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- Conservationists want more than promises from the Bush administration to correct the damage caused by political interference in endangered species protections.
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