Around 1860, prospectors came to Idaho to find gold in the Boise Basin. The bet was solid, and word got out as people came here to stake claims. This Discovery of gold set one of the largest ...

The East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River flows through the abandoned Yellow Pine Pit at the Stibnite Mine in Central Idaho. (Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun) The U.S. Forest Service issued a ...

In this month’s “We the People,” we looked into why Idaho is called the Gem State. The origin of our state’s nickname dates ...

The Stibnite Gold Project proposed by Perpetua Resources is an open-pit gold and antimony mine in a remote area of the Payette National Forest near Yellow Pine. After an eight-year environmental ...

In the face of mounting legal challenges, the corporate backers of a gold and antimony mine in Central Idaho hosted state and federal dignitaries Friday at the remote site to celebrate recent ...

Foundation for the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) review: The MPO outlines proposed mining, processing, environmental protection measures and reclamation activities based on Liberty Gold’s ...

BOISE, Idaho — A historic mining district in central Idaho will soon reopen and become one of the largest gold mines in the United States after it received approval, but it wasn't without controversy.

The U.S. Forest Service issued a draft record of decision Friday authorizing a gold mining company to resume operations at Stibnite Mine in Central Idaho’s Payette National Forest, a proposal that ...