2+ week, 1+ day ago   (725+ words) Idaho Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson this year is looking to boost federal funding for tribes to address the ongoing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis. Simpson chairs the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1269+ words) We’ll have those stories, coming up on SPR News Today. Part of the Spokane River has run dry for the second consecutive year. The affected stretch is in Spokane Valley, between Barker Road and Sullivan Road. SPR’s Audrey Nelson has…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (1082+ words) A federal court ruling out of Idaho has potential implications for exceptions in abortion bans nationwide and could eventually end up before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide. Mary Ziegler, a legal historian and law professor at the University of California,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (415+ words) On a hot, smoky afternoon at Schweitzer, lift operator Taylor Oliveira loaded a bike onto the resort’s Great Escape Chairlift. He waited for seven normal chairs to pass. Then he rolled the bike onto a custom chariot. Schweitzer was one…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (879+ words) Spokane County certified August election results earlier this week. Spokane Transit Authority’s Proposition 1 passed with more than 51% of the vote. This measure extends a two-tenths of one percent sales tax on retail goods. It would have sunset in December 2028. This…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (752+ words) Nearly 700,000 acres have burned across Idaho so far this year, and state officials are predicting fire risk will remain high through September. As the costs to fight fires increase, state agency staff said they plan to increase Idaho’s dedicated funding…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (793+ words) A pregnant woman may receive abortions in many cases if there are serious risks to her health or if there’s a high risk she will harm herself, an Idaho federal judge has ruled. The decision, released Thursday, marks a major…...