Gold Mine

There was a groundbreaking on the Stibnite Gold Mine last week, the gold mine is also still facing lawsuits from multiple organizations and the Nez Perce tribe, three Idaho Falls schools canceled class after reports and rumors of a gun threat that grew out of a school prank, there's an update on Idaho's newest method of execution, there is talk a new Nuclear Task Force and a Foster Care Closet in Blackfoot is getting a big boost.

Critics say the mining venture's air and wastewater quality permits don’t follow state and federal law.

A Nevada-based company wants to build Oregon’s first chemical-process gold mine in Malheur County, about 22 miles south of Vale.

The goal is to boost domestic mining of lithium and other minerals officials say are critical to national security and the economy.

Local and national conservation groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service for approving the reopening of the Stibnite mine earlier this year, a gold and antimony mining project in central Idaho.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Board of Environmental Quality Wednesday pulled back a permit granted last year to Perpetua Resources for its planned gold and antimony mine at Stibnite in Valley County.

A nonprofit conservation group has purchased a mining claim near the border of Yellowstone National Park, fending off development of a gold mine.

The public is invited to submit public comment on a draft Forest Service environmental impact review of plans to resume and expand mining in Valley County's Stibnite district.

A new exhibit celebrates Chinese mining history in Idaho.

In the 19th century, when gold mining was all the rage in the west, thousands of Chinese miners settled into what become known as The Gem State.