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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia praised Idaho's completion of a nearly 30-year process negotiating water rights as a successful exercise in state rights and local control. Since 1987, water law attorneys have completed more than 150,000 water rights claims. Scalia says Idaho is the first state to finish its adjudication process.
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — The Canyon County coroner has confirmed the body found buried in a corn field near Melba was that of Nampa homicide victim Selena Thomas. Officers began searching in the field Wednesday after Thomas' boyfriend reportedly told officers he buried her in the corn field. Alfredo Martinez has not been charged in Thomas' death.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior is expected to visit the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise today. Mike Connor will meet with leaders of the federal interagency fire team to get an update on current wildfires, the cost of fighting wild land fires and the changing climate.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A wolf has been killed by a hunter hired by Washington, a state where the animals have been regaining a foothold in recent years after being hunted to extinction in the early 1900s. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife said three more wolves in the Huckleberry Pack could be killed to protect sheep in rural southern Stevens County. Environmental groups oppose the hunt. Wolves began moving back into the state in the early 2000s from Idaho and Canada, and are protected under state and federal law.
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