Former president Jimmy Carter took a float trip on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River which inspired him to save millions of acres of Alaska's wilderness.

This column was first published on Rocky Barker’s “Letters from the West” blog on Dec. 30, 2024. The most significant land conservation act in American history started on a raft trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

A man was arrested in the deadly shooting of an employee at an Alaska bar, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A man who threatened to “come back with a firearm” after being kicked out of a ...

We will see mostly sunny skies after scattered morning fog. The high will be near 40 on Thursday. Tonight we will see clear skies and lows in the mid-20s.

The National Weather Service had multiple states under winter weather advisories or winter storm warnings early on Friday.

BOISE — Alaska Airlines is continuing its expansion of non-stop destinations out of Boise with service to Orlando, Florida.

Getting to Disney World is now a little easier, thanks to a new seasonal non-stop flight from Alaska Airlines.

The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises.

In case there was any doubt, President Donald Trump made it clear in his inauguration speech that during his second term "we will drill, baby, drill."

President Donald Trump's flurry of executive actions included orders related to health, energy, foreign relations and the federal workforce.

The pardons did not come as a surprise. As Senate Republicans were cheering for Trump on his march to electoral victory, the former and now current president exalted the “hostages” and “patriots” who injured more than 140 law enforcement officers and caused north of $2.8 million in damage to the Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.

President Donald Trump’s flurry of first-day executive actions included a slew of orders related to health, energy, international relations and the federal workforce.