Feds Issue Draft Approval to Resume Mining at Idaho’s Historical Stibnite Gold Mine

by Clark Corbin, Idaho Capital Sun
September 6, 2024

The U.S. Forest Service issued a draft record of decision Friday authorizing a gold mining company to resume operations at Stibnite Mine in Central Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a proposal that would become one of the largest gold, silver and antimony mines…

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Injunction Win Against Biden’s ‘Parole in Place’ Abuse

Press Release from Idaho Attorney General

Two weeks ago, I filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas against the Biden-Harris Administration confronting their massive overreach with an immigration policy called “Parole in Place,” or PIP. Fourteen other state attorneys general joined the suit, and it is co-led…

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CDA City Seeking Student Representatives

Press Release from City of Coeur d’Alene

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho – The City of Coeur d’Alene is seeking youth representation on City Commissions, Boards, and Committees. Service on these boards gives high school students between the ages of 14-18 an unprecedented opportunity to learn about city government, special projects, and to become involved in…

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National Pro-life Activists Are Intellectually Constipated

Editorial

It’s time for an honest conversation about the pro-life movement within the Republican party and the abortion-on-demand industry that controls the Democratic party and owns the entire political matrix in which public policy on ‘reproductive rights’ is formed.

While the pro-life movement stands on solid moral ground advocating for the protection of children…

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Former Speech Contestant Encourages Students to ‘Go for it!’

Raised in north Idaho, Hannah Joy (Coad) Bodenhamer graduated from Classical Christian Academy in 2011 and participated in the American Legion Oratorical Contest during her sophomore year of high school. Bodenhamer is currently working as a prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, a career she hadn’t envisioned for herself until after she graduated…

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The Lone Wolf

A Second Thought – Column by Teresa Balanesi

Why would someone depart from their family or group they were brought up with or integrated to?

Most of us have encountered, at some point in life, a tragic or unexpected parting of ways from a person or group we had once formed deep and familial…

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Growth Causing Strains on Services: Part II of II

Guest Opinion by John Spencer of Hayden

Last month, I composed an article about why we should support our first responders – the individuals and organizations that come to our aid in times of need and whom many of us often take for granted in our daily lives. My focus was on the Northern…

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Children Love a Good Story

POST FALLS, Idaho – A group of young kids enjoyed a sunny Saturday morning listening to adventurous stories that reinforced character strengths like courage, fortitude, and honesty. The local event was part of an annual See You at the Library national gathering where thousands of families across the country meet at their public libraries…

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Jail Data Shows Kootenai County Honors ICE Detainers, Maintains Agreement to House Federal Detainees

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho – After former Idaho Solicitor General Theo Wold and Idaho Senator Brian Lenney (R-Nampa) used X on August 22 to share an article by Jessica M. Vaughan from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) that referenced what appears to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

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The Tangled Web We Weave

Commentary by Arthur Macomber of Coeur d’Alene

In his June 5, 2024, opinion editorial, former Attorney General and State Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones opines on the alleged failure of Attorney General Raul Labrador in adhering to the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys related to client representation. Mr. Jones…

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