Hecla Mining

An exchange between the boss of Idaho’s Hecla Mining Company and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ringing alarm bells in some circles.The brief…

Astronaut and teacher Barbara Morgan is the first recipient of Idaho's highest civilian honor.Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced Morgan's achievement…

Hecla Mining Co. says a miner who died in a tunnel collapse at the Lucky Friday Mine in northern Idaho is partly responsible for his own death due to his…

Four miners who were injured and trapped by a rock burst at a northern Idaho mine two years ago are suing Hecla Mining Co., alleging mine mangers sent…

The owner of the troubled Lucky Friday Mine in north Idaho hopes new safety upgrades will prevent future accidents. Hecla Mining announced Tuesday that it

Two of the most productive silver mines in the Northwest will remain under separate ownership after several weeks of corporate wrangling.Coeur…

Every time you buy a smartphone or a tablet, you’re buying a little piece of silver inside. The expected global appetite for more and more…

A new report faults managers of north Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine for an accident last November that killed a 26-year-old miner. It was one of two…

The daughter of a north Idaho miner killed in a tunnel collapse last year says federal regulators are failing to hold the company responsible. She says…

The federal government is fining a north Idaho mining company $360,000 for unsafe practices that killed a miner last year. That’s about a third of the…