Structure featured on ‘The Treehouse Guys’ found to be in violation of code and lacks a permit.  Now we need to have treehouses “permitted” and up to code?  A 600-square-foot treehouse south of Beauty Bay recently featured on the DIY Network’s “The Treehouse Guys” is lacking a building permit. The television episode aired June 7.

Who would have thought that Utah could go for Hillary!  Donald Trump has vowed to turn blue states red in November, but as he continues to rattle Republicans with his combative style and provocative proposals, voters in some of the country’s most conservative strongholds are considering a radical idea: supporting Hillary Clinton. The dilemma posed

Polygamist Kody Brown of “Sister Wives” fame have been granted more time to pursue an appeal in their case against Utah, FOX13 reports. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted the family until Sept. 10 to file a petition of certiorari to have the nation’s top court review their case. The reality star and his wives

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Energy to make available to the court documents sought by former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus involving nuclear waste shipments to eastern Idaho.   U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Monday ordered the agency to produce the documents within a week so Winmill can determine whether

The following is from the genetic testing company 23andMe. Homosexuality is strictly choice-driven by environmental factors.    A recent 23andMe analysis did not find any variants associated with sexual orientation. Sexual orientation of 23andMe users No genetic markers found associated with sexual orientation Studies have suggested a person’s sexual orientation can be influenced by genetic

The Pioneer Fire burning in the Boise National Forest is the top priority fire in the country. It has grown to nearly 61,000 acres, and is 25 percent contained as of Sunday evening.   Boise County has issued level 2 evacuation notices for Lowman residents and for recreation sites west of town along Highway 17,

LSI proposes $2,000 per month to city over five years after wrong recycling cart order.  If you didn’t know, they ordered recycle roll carts that were nearly indistinguishable in shape, size, and color, from the garbage roll carts. They were going to sell back those 4,800 carts, but no one wants them!  Latah Sanitation Inc.

A fire that burned nearly 12,000 acres along the Snake River was declared 100 percent contained Sunday night. More than 300 firefighters assisted in extinguishing the blaze. Three college-aged men allegedly admitted to starting a campfire in the area Aug. 1, but the case remains under investigation.

Here’s one for the Darwin Awards: CENTRALIA, Wash. – Fire officials in Centralia say a resident sparked a small fire in an apartment while trying to kill cockroaches with a homemade flamethrower.     KOMO-TV reports that fire crews were called to the apartment on Monday morning after receiving a report of a commercial structure

Mid-morning strike sets empty residence ablaze as neighbors work to save their structures. Heavy smoke and embers floated through the air during a house fire Sunday in Asotin as fire crews fought to extinguish the blaze. The fire was reported around 9:14 a.m. at 717 Pierce St., after a flash of light and a loud

Idaho residents will soon need to dial 10 digits whenever they pick up the telephone as the state introduces a second area code. On Nov. 5, a transition period will start in which dialers using 10 and seven digits will have completed calls. Starting Aug. 5, 2017, calls won’t go through when dialers use seven

A state agency will not see repayment on the defunct Idaho Education Network broadband project — despite a state Supreme Court order to do so. Administration Department Director Robert Geddes decided not to seek money from project vendors, Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press reported Friday. And his decision will drop the issue into the lap of

Who would have ever thought that the words “lady” and “ladies” would be offensive to feminists.  Let me tell you how I got in trouble with ladies. No, not “the” ladies. Not, in fact, female human beings, period. Rather, I’m talking about the word itself, “ladies.” Years ago, my editor was a female human being

  PRESTON, Idaho – An Idaho man stumbled upon a rare find while digging in a gravel pit on his property. Kasey Keller of Preston tells KIFI-TV  that at first he thought he’d found a plastic pipe, then petrified wood. But when he noticed the object looked like bone, he called in the experts. Utah

LOWMAN, Idaho – Two of three roads leading into and out of a small town in mountainous central Idaho are closed and residents have been told to be ready to evacuate as a 100-square-mile wildfire defies containment.  Officials say crews on Monday are putting in fire lines to the west and south of the town

Marijuana sales in the state of Washington topped one billion dollars since voters approved the sale of recreational pot in 2014. In July the Liquor and Cannabis Board consolidated medical and recreational pot under the same regulations, boosting July sales to more than 121 million dollars across the state. That set a record for the

A 25,000-acre wildfire near Palouse Falls is threatening homes, crops, a fish hatchery and a state highway, officials said Monday. The blaze started with a lightning strike Sunday in Palouse Falls State Park, a popular hiking destination in Franklin County about five miles southeast of Washtucna, according to the Washington State Patrol. Virginia Painter, a