WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Montana authorities have identified the person who died when a sport utility vehicle crashed into the snowmobile he was riding as a 60-year-old man from Alabama.
Questions about whether some Cooke City, Mont., residents are baiting wolves has raised the hackles of a few of the remote town’s business owners.
President Donald Trump signed the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act into law Monday. The bill, which is meant to streamline regulatory processes for commercial nuclear power plants, received support from both the public and private nuclear energy sector.
One person died and another was injured Monday after the two ran through a stop sign on a snowmobile in West Yellowstone, hit an SUV and were thrown off.
RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Forest Service has built a new corral for wild horses in Northern California, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter.
The committee charged with proposing rules to ease crowding on the Madison River met for the first time on Monday, marking the beginning of what’s supposed to be a quick process of developing potential regulations for one of the most popular fly-fishing streams in the country.
A report from Eastern Idaho Public Health said the number of women taking part in the region’s Women, Infant and Children’s program has gone down at “an alarming rate.”
Astoria Hot Springs and campground was a recreational mainstay for locals and others traveling through Alpine, Wyo., and Jackson Hole before it disappeared in 1999.
Yellowstone National Park announced Friday that it will start providing some basic services during the partial government shutdown by dipping into recreation fee revenue.
A Wisconsin man was killed in an avalanche Wednesday while snowmobiling near Togwotee Pass in Wyoming.
In September, after nearly eight and a half hours of racing, Spencer Johnson saw the finish line of the Logan To Jackson bike race and poured on the speed. He narrowly beat two others for the win, clocking a personal best time of 8 hours, 18:29 minutes.
The misery index can be a bit higher for ice climbers when compared to other outdoor recreations.
The Jackson, Wyo., Town Council voted unanimously Monday to ban merchants from using single-use plastic bags.
POCATELLO — The city owes its utility customers more than $20 million in damages and interest to repay collections made over several years through fees the Idaho Supreme Court deemed to be illegal, according to an attorney involved in the case.
The Bozeman, Mont., Police Department released the name of the police officer who shot and killed a man early Friday morning at a home on the city’s south side after responding to an assault call.
Idaho National Laboratory’s Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I), a decommissioned nuclear reactor 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, will open to the public for tours on Friday.
As the partial federal government shutdown enters its third week, furloughed federal employees soon will receive unemployment payments.
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington residents who have a single misdemeanor marijuana possession conviction can get a pardon from Gov. Jay Inslee by filling out an online form.
As the sun rose over the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park, Linda Carney bent over a toilet, windshield scraper in hand.
The next time the line is too long at the Old Faithful Visitor Center toilet or the traffic has slowed to a crawl in in the Hayden Valley because of a bison jam, consider the plight of one of Yellowstone National Park’s early tourists, George Cowan.
Bozeman Police Chief Steve Crawford said the actions of Eric David Sauerhagen placed the lives of officers and the man reportedly assaulted by him in jeopardy. Crawford said the officer’s use of force was appropriate.
Area ski resorts saw a busy holiday season, thanks to early snow this season and a lot of it.
The helicopter hovered low over the hills southeast of Kelly Mountain, snow billowing up from the ground, and deer bounded down the slope to flee the noisy monster.
Correction: In a previous version of this article the email address to submit public comment for ITD's Jan. 17 public meeting was misspelled. The correct email address is targheepass@langdongroupinc.com.
How much does a surgery cost? What about a basic scan of your head?
NAMPA — Four months into the job, two 7-month-old Chesapeake-poodle mixes have taken their role seriously in soothing the students at Franklin Roosevelt Elementary in Nampa.
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho biology teacher accused of feeding a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students will go on trial beginning Thursday.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Marijuana could take the next step toward joining pinot noir and craft beer on Oregon’s list of famous exports, under a proposal likely to go before state lawmakers in the new year.
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington on Tuesday joined a handful of other states that ban anyone under 21 from buying a semi-automatic assault rifle after voters passed a sweeping firearms measure in November that has drawn a court challenge from gun-rights advocates.
SEATTLE — Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act that he had long planned.
A female skier triggered an avalanche in the Broken Branch area south of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort on Wednesday and was carried down a chute and buried up to her helmet.
The Teton School District called the Teton County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, Dec. 20 to report a possible fraud. School district officials reported that an employee of the district office had sent $784,833.71 to a fraudulent account accessed through the school district’s email account, ac…
A persistent weak layer in the region’s snowpack has presented dangerous backcountry conditions for skiers and snowmobilers that contributed to a deadly avalanche on Saturday and serious avalanche-caused injury on Monday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Idaho inmate accused of sexually assaulting a woman after he was sent to work at a wildfire base camp in Utah has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual battery.
More than 16,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers in eastern Idaho experienced power outages Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
POCATELLO — A local engineer says she’s devised a preliminary concept that would enable Idaho State University to permanently restore its iconic letter “I” to Red Hill, while avoiding past safety and erosion problems that forced the original symbol’s removal.
BOISE — The lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of voter-passed Proposition 2, the Medicaid expansion initiative, is “meritless,” the Idaho Attorney General’s office contends in arguments filed with the Idaho Supreme Court — and so groundless that the Idaho Freedom Foundation should be…
For some, being born on Christmas is a curse. It means fewer presents and less attention. But, for Evelyn LaRene Smith, of Idaho Falls, it was a blessing. When Smith was born on Dec. 25, 1928, she received an unexpected present: a twin sister.
A new group hopes to tackle the tricky issue of winter use on Teton Pass and has invited all stakeholders to a series of meetings to find solutions.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Female missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worldwide now have the option to wear dress slacks, the church announced Thursday.
Most everybody agrees that the upper Madison River is crowded. Now there's a new committee that's supposed to deal with it.
BOZEMAN, Mont. — A wastewater worker who took a 30-foot fall into raw sewage on Bozeman property is suing, claiming the city failed to provide a safe place to work.
The two women on the back of the bus are deep in conversation.
November was not an abnormally busy month for Yellowstone National Park, but it was busier than last year.
Dave and Claudia Warner heard many tales of survival in the aftermath of the recent California wildfires. Homeless men who were reunited with their family after years on the street. Disabled people living without cars, who were driven off the mountain by neighbors at the last minute. It was …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Clen Atchley of Ashton reached a settlement Wednesday, following the work-related death of a man employed by Atchley.
Yellowstone National Park’s winter season starts Saturday with motorized oversnow travel on several park roads.
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America deflected questions about a report suggesting it is considering seeking bankruptcy protection, though the head of the organization said it is exploring “all options” as it tries to stay afloat while facing sexual abuse lawsuits and dwindling membership.
POWELL — The harvest of wolf 926F during the Montana hunting season reignited a firestorm of calls to end hunting of the species — or at least making a wide buffer zone around Yellowstone National Park.
The National Elk Refuge in Jackson, Wyo. has announced its winter program schedule with sleigh rides beginning Saturday.
POCATELLO — A local engineer says she’s devised a preliminary concept that would enable Idaho State University to permanently restore its iconic letter “I” to Red Hill, while avoiding past safety and erosion problems that forced the original symbol’s removal.
The Idaho Department of Transportation’s 511 Traveler Information web page, phone number and mobile app will not be updated from 7 p.m. to midnight tonight.
BLACKFOOT — Police confirmed they’ve arrested a 20-year-old Montana woman with ties to the twin brothers who allegedly crashed stolen vehicles amid high-speed chases and committed other felonies throughout the region Saturday and Sunday.
Lyman boy does great.
RIGBY — With hazardous winter driving conditions arriving in eastern Idaho, the Idaho Transportation Department hosted an informational event Friday on safe driving practices among snowplow vehicles.