Benito Baeza

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is demanding that states give back $17.9 million in federal subsidies, saying the taxpayer cash is subject to automatic spending cuts called "sequestration." But Republicans and Democrats from Capitol Hill to the nation's governor's offices are saying no

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet. The Senate voted 69 to 27 Monday to pass a bill that empowers states to collect sales taxes from Internet purchases

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KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say they have recovered more explosive devices from a resort property in Sun Valley. Sun Valley police announced Thursday that five more homemade bottle bomb-style devices were found floating in a pond in Elkhorn Village, a complex east of Ketchum.

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SEATTLE (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration says nearly 17 tons of expired or unwanted prescription drugs were collected on last Saturday's national Drug Take-Back Day in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska

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BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in south-central Idaho say a drug-sniffing dog found $27,000 worth of Marijuana on a passenger bus at a stop in Burley. The Cassia County Sheriff's Office tells The Times-News that Kuma found the nearly six pounds of marijuana in luggage on Wednesday

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - The East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park is set to open Friday after a public-private effort to get the park's roads plowed despite federal budget cuts.

The budget cuts took effect March 1 and threatened to delay the opening of park entrances by two weeks while the National Park Service postponed spring plowing to save money

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 53-year-old Idaho inmate was doing more behind bars than paying his debt to society. U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson said Wednesday Mark Anthony Brown was arraigned on 12 counts of mail fraud for allegedly running a class-action scheme from his cell

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POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho yellow Lab named Dakota is being credited with rescuing a 7-pound Yorkshire terrier named Cory from a hawk. Steve Groves says Dakota on Tuesday barked and bolted from his home south of Post Falls and out of sight into the woods.

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ELKO, Nev. (AP) — County commissioners in rural northeast Nevada say they'd rather kill coyotes than study them. The Elko Daily Free Press reports  the state Department of Wildlife wants to use part of a $3 fee on hunting tags to fund a $100,000 study on coyotes as part of efforts to try to keep the sage grouse off the federal list of endangered species in Nevada, Utah and much of the West

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife commissioners may extend the hunting season for wolves and the number of predators that can be killed by a hunter or trapper. Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing a rifle season from Sept

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BUHL, Idaho (AP) — A south-central Idaho man who police say nearly caused a head-on collision with a police vehicle has been charged with drunk driving. The Times-News reports that 24-year-old Moises Rivera Rosales of Buhl was charged Tuesday in 5th District Court with driving under the influence and having an invalid driver's license.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials have reopened a popular launch site for hang gliders near Boise after a three-year closure. The Idaho Statesman reports that a special-use permit issued by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game allowed hang gliders on Wednesday to return to the top of Hammer Flat

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