James Hanlon

Instead of waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to build an air traffic control tower, Coeur d’Alene Airport decided to build its own.

As Spokane celebrated the 50th anniversary of Expo '74 this summer, Margo Hill-Ferguson saw it as an opportunity – as it was with the original fair – to tell the story of local tribes and the work they do for the environment.

Forty years ago this week, FBI agents raided a safe house on Whidbey Island that led to a standoff with Robert Mathews, the leader of a white supremacist movement born in the Inland Northwest.

A small public water utility in the Newman Lake area says it needs to nearly double its billing rate to keep up with operating costs. After community pushback, the board will consider a less severe – but still substantial – increase by cutting into its contingency fund.

A small town in North Idaho has been scammed out of half a million dollars by man posing as its construction contractor.

A small town in North Idaho has been scammed out of half a million dollars by a man posing as its construction contractor.

The Idaho Transportation Department is looking for public input on more than a dozen proposals to reconfigure the roads and highways surrounding Rathdrum Prairie in Kootenai County.

After rapid population decline in recent decades, the monarch butterfly could soon have federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.

Bonner County agreed to pay resident David Bowman $200,000 to settle litigation claiming unlawful battery, arrest and imprisonment.

SANDPOINT – The 2-mile bridge connecting U.S. Highway 95 over Lake Pend Oreille could be replaced and expanded sooner than previously expected.