New University of Idaho President Duane Nellis has left the door slightly open for a deal that could save the university's Parma research station, which is slated for closure at the end of the year.

Fourth of July weekend is traditionally a big time for powwows in the Northwest. Dancers and drummers will be showing up in force to reservations across the region.

Whether Spokane's Shriners Hospital remains open will be decided next week. Shriners from all over the country will gather in San Antonio, Texas to vote on whether to shut down a number of facilities. Correspondent Amanda Loder reports.

You needn't look any further than the nearest campground to see how people are economizing in this recession. For the first time ever, Idaho State Parks are 100% booked for the Fourth of July weekend.

A ballot measure to lower property taxes appears headed to Washington's November ballot. An immigration enforcement measure is not.

Sirte, LIBYA, Jul 3 (IPS) - The final day of the African Union summit has been dedicated to the issue of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, charged with seven counts of

MOSCOW, Jul 3 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Russia next week is expected to bring significant but limited improvement in troubled relations between the two giants.

HAVANA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to normalising bilateral relations, according to

BRUSSELS, Jul 3 (IPS) - The Swedish government, which now holds the rotating presidency of the European Union for the second half of this year, says plans to bring Croatia into the EU have not been derailed despite recent political

GABORONE, Jul 3 (IPS) - As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates.

FAMILY law experts said yesterday the Radmacher case will have little impact on the way Scotland's courts view pre-nuptial agreements, arguing that the ruling shows Englan

THIS is proof that the surge has started. The blitz into southern Helmand is Nato is flexing its newly arrived US muscles.

CONSIDER the case of two iconic drinks brands and the conglomerate that owns them - Guinness and Johnnie Walker, both made by Diageo.

ONE flicker of hope in the darkest hour for Scotland's banks earlier this year was that a new era and a new culture would emerge from the ruins.

THE Scottish Government published a report on 20 June about the state of the Scots language and announced it was setting up a working party under culture minister Michael Ru

Apple's iPhone looks good enough to eat. I've yet to take a bite of this "smart" phone, but know that once I do, there will be no going back; I'll be reaching for it before I get out of bed

The captains of the newspaper industry, martyrs all, claim they were heroically serving democracy to their utmost, only to be undone by a cataclysmic shift in technology and the arrival of all things web-based. Partisans of new media, weblogs and

The Good Governance through Strengthened Media in Liberia operated by the Liberia Media Center and Journalists for Human Rights has hosted a human rights training for community radio stations in Gbarnga, completing a circuit involving all counties in the country.

Instead of relying only on 30-60 second ads, programme sponsorships and inserts to generate revenues, broadcasters should promote and develop the concept of advertising-funded programming (AFP), which could be a good recipe in these difficult economic times," Kgaugelo Maphai, MD

LAWYERS representing freelance journalists barred from covering a Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) Summit in Victoria Falls despite a High Court ruling the Media and Information Commission (MIC) null and void are seeking confirmation of the provisional