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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)- A controlled fire will be held at the end of the month just northeast of Hazelton to reduce the risk of large fires.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than two years after an armed standoff with rancher Cliven Bundy prompted a pullout of researchers from Gold Butte, federal land managers are returning to the scenic, historic and ecologically fragile area.

SHOSHONE, Idaho (KLIX) – Fire crews are at the scene of a brush fire south of Shoshone.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – The Twin Falls office of the Bureau of Land Management has scheduled a meeting for this Friday morning at the district office.

Outsiders may be surprised to learn the federal government owns two-thirds of Idaho.  There is also discussion the government in Washington, D.C. is looking to even swallow up more land from the state.  Congressman Raul Labrador joined us today and explained with much of the land in his district under federal control the people living in the panhandle are being squeezed...

BELLEVUE, Idaho (KLIX) – A planned event on Saturday is designed to help homeowners make their properties safer during fire season.

KING HILL, Idaho (KLIX)- A wildfire is burning near Bliss that firefighters expect to have contained by Monday evening.

JEROME, Idaho (KLIX) – Bureau of Land Management fire engine operators from across Idaho will conduct training exercises this week in the Magic Valley.

SHOSHONE, Idaho (News Release) – To help homeowners plan and prepare for the upcoming fire season, the Twin Falls BLM and Mid-Snake Resource Conservation & Development will host an open house from 4-6 p.m. May 20 at the CSI Breckenridge Firewise Garden.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says his agency has a billion-dollar problem.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – Put on your working gloves, volunteers are welcome to join a cleanup effort this Saturday along the canyon rim.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Wild horse advocates are rallying in Las Vegas against the hundreds of millions of dollars the U.S. government spends to round up mustangs and burros on federal land in Nevada.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal land managers have agreed to restore information about grazing allotments not meeting rangeland health standards in 13 western states after a public lands advocacy group complained about the omission.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Wild horses tamed by 4-H Club members will be available for adoption this weekend in Boise.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A plan for two high-voltage transmission lines crossing southwestern Idaho has been altered after facing opposition from property owners, a draft document shows.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for six open positions on the Twin Falls District RAC, which advise the BLM on public land issues. The nomination period will close May 2.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal land managers have released a draft plan for two portions of a 1,500-megawatt transmission line that crosses public land in southwest Idaho and are taking public comments.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (News Release) – The Twin Falls District of the Bureau of Land Management has appointed new members to its citizen-based Resource Advisory Council. Other members have been reappointed for new terms. Area councils advise the agency on public land management issues.

TWIN FALLS — The Twin Falls District Bureau of Land Management had planned an open house from 4-6 p.m. Jan. 27 at its new office building, but has since canceled today's event.

How, pray tell, do you define a militia?  And is labelling any group you don’t like as a militia intended as a pejorative?  Late yesterday a small group of ranchers and associates seized a building at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon...