A rafter runs through Ladle Rapids on the Selway River in this 2013 file photo. Two rafters died during a whitewater trip on the Selway last weekend, according to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Department ...

An intense, week-long search for teenager Hannah Anderson and her alleged abductor ended in the Idaho wilderness when police shot and killed the suspect and rescued the girl. Suspected kidnapper James ...

Ten years ago, with the stroke of a pen, then-President Barack Obama enshrined nearly 300,000 acres of Central Idaho backcountry as protected wilderness. It was a quiet conclusion to a hard-won ...

IDAHO COUNTY, Idaho — Two people were killed in a rafting accident in Idaho County over the weekend. According to the Idaho County Sheriff's Office, dispatch received reports of an SOS activation and ...

The United States has no shortage of iconic hiking trails. The two that spring to mind immediately are the Pacific Crest and Appalachian Trails, each of which traverses the length of the East and West ...

Idaho got its nickname, the "Gem State," from the many gemstones that can be found in its rocky mountains, especially the rare star garnet, found only in Idaho and India. Nowadays, the Gem State is ...

Some of the newest wilderness areas in America are celebrating their 10th anniversary this month thanks to a yearslong bipartisan public lands push that started in Idaho. On Aug. 7. 2015, former ...

A group of heroic mountain bikers spotted and rescued a missing hiker who was wandering the Idaho wilderness nearly naked with bleeding feet, according to authorities and reports. Heather Wayment was ...