Owyhee County News

Idaho has lots of great locations for viewing the night sky, but not all dark sites are well-suited for stargazing.

Idaho Energy Complex, the company that seeks to build a nuclear power plant in Elmore County, held a public information meeting in Mountain Home Tuesday, June 10.

Habitat house to be completed today With just Friday left for some odds and ends, the house under construction by Habitat for Humanity on Watchmaker Street is ahead of schedule, said Linda Fleming, executive ...

“And to generate more, there's no place to put it. There's no room for nuclear waste in Idaho.”

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality says the U.S. Army is sending 6,700 tons of sand to a hazardous waste disposal site in the Owyhee Desert 70 miles southeast of Boise. via 2NEWS.TV

“Please sir, give me this chance”

The man suspected in leading officers on a dangerous pursuit through Ada County, has a history of trying to out-run police. via KSAW 51

A bus crash in rural Owyhee County, south of Bruneau, sends five people to area hospitals. via KTVB Boise

“People have a lot of freedom to go out there and acquire animals that they have no business of owning”

On Thursday, the Idaho Humane Society recovered 4 more cats from a home in Owyhee County. via 2NEWS.TV

The removal Wednesday from a residence near Melba follows a lengthy investigation by the Owyhee County Sheriff Department, the Idaho Humane Society as well as state and federal wildlife agencies. via KMVT Twin Falls

“I suspect that the easy [wilderness designations] were done years ago. Any new ones would likely be much more complex and require a more complicated collaborative process”

Reporter Ben Arnoldy discusses the choice one family is trying to make about undeveloped land in Idaho. via Christian Science Monitor

“There are no fault lines on this side of the river”

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc., has abandoned its plan to build a nuclear power plant near Bruneau and is now seeking approval to construct the facility along the Snake River in Elmore County. via Mountain Home News

Organizers added five extra rows of chairs as listeners flooded into the Bishop Barnwell Room in the Student Union Building Wednesday, April 2. Sergeant Ralph Ehlebracht of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and ... via The Arbiter

“Nuclear plants operate safely in some of the most seismically active places in world such as California and Japan”

The Idaho Energy Complex announced a new Southwest Idaho location for its 1,600-megawatt nuclear reactor last Wednesday, April 4. The new 1,400-acre site is in Elmore County, near the north shore of the Snake ... via The Arbiter

“I wish law enforcement would focus on those that are criminals, those that are committing murders, those are the one they should be going after instead of going after people that are actually working helping the U.S. economy”

Family members of the illegal immigrants taken into custody after a raid in rural Owyhee County showed up to the plant this afternoon to collect paychecks. via KTVB Boise

The developer of a proposed nuclear power plant has settled on a new location to build the 1,600 megawatt facility. via 2NEWS.TV

After becoming a pivotal figure in Owyhee County's effort to draft a powerful new energy plan , Joe Weatherby has resigned his post as a county planning and zoning commissioner. via Boise Weekly

Issue date: 3/6/08 Section: News Don Gillispie, president and CEO of Alternate Energy Holding Inc., appears to have answers to the West's energy problems. via The Arbiter

Western Watersheds Project has filed a series of legal motions in federal court against the Bureau of Land Management. via KTVB Boise

Owyhee County officials have ordered emergency area closures throughout the county due to angers to the public caused by the snowpack, run-off, mud and erratic weather conditions. via Mountain Home News

Nuclear plants remain profitable for those committed to success DON GILLISPIE Guest Opinion Issue date: 2/19/08 Section: Opinion We hear a lot about global warming and greenhouse gasses from fossil power ... via The Arbiter

Staff reports Nuclear plant developers pay permit fee Developers of a proposed nuclear power plant in Owyhee County say they have resolved a snag with county officials and paid a $50,000 permit fee. via Times-News