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Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An Arkansas company that has been drilling in eastern Idaho for rare earth minerals plans to expand its search by going across the border to western Montana. Lonoke-based U.S.

Major General John T. Reim (holding scissors) prepares to cut the ribbon at the reopening ceremony for the Stibnite mine in Central Idaho on Friday, September 19, 2025. Idaho Governor Brad Little and ...

On October 26 the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Massacre Rocks, Idaho, stating that they intend to permanently close numerous crags to ...

While certainly no Joshua Tree or Red River Gorge, City of Rocks National Reserve in southern Idaho holds its own as a climbing mecca for the area, with a storied history, over 600 routes, over ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The lines were out the door most of the weekend at the Idaho Falls Recreation Center for the 57th annual Gem and Mineral Show. Jeff Ring is the Treasurer of the Society and ...

IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Gem and Mineral Society (IFG&MS) will be holding its Annual Members Rock, Gem and Jewelry Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Bonneville County Fairgrounds.

As Nichole Schwend weaves through the basalt rocks that litter Celebration Park, she points to faint engravings on the dark desert rocks and asks visitors what they see. One carving near the ...

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