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A federal judge has denied a request by environmental advocates to block initial construction activities at a planned gold mine on national forest land in Idaho.

Early last year, the U.S. Forest Service authorized a publicly-traded company, Perpetua Resources, to develop the Stibnite Gold Project in the Boise and Payette National Forests.

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The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is searching for a new secretary-manager, as current longtime secretary-manager Craig Simpson looks to retire in 2027.

“The board wants to do a significant amount of shadowing to get the next person in place,” Simpson told Capital Press. “We have a lot of projects going on … They want to give me an opportunity to sit with a r...


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CALDWELL, Idaho — Matt Dorsey, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation president, says he’s been able to quickly interact with his peers from across the country.

“I guess the surprise was how quickly you fit in, how quickly you get to know everybody and how welcoming it was,” he said. “You walk into the room with 50 state presidents and they are impressive but humble. There’s no ...


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Leuthold Dairy in Tillamook, Ore., is in its sixth generation, with four generations on the farm today.

With so many family members passionate about the dairy and its future, communication is key.

“A lot of little things crop up when you just keep your nose to the grindstone and don’t take the time to communicate, align your priorities and make decisions as a gr...


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After decades of dairying in Mount Vernon, Wash., the Kuipers family relocated to Oregon’s Tillamook County in 2019, selling their entire operation and purchasing a turnkey dairy — cows, equipment and land included. They were driven by a desire for stability.

“Milk prices weren’t good,” Garrett Kuipers said of their time shipping to a struggling processor in Washington...


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