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After years of work and a legal challenge, the much-anticipated Stanley to Redfish Lake Trail is now open for use.

“Over the years we had several instances where I thought we may not be able to complete the trail, and not once did our partners walk away from this important project,” a Forest Service official said.

The U.S. Forest Service purchased an easement to build part of the trail on private property within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

The U.S. Forest Service purchased an easement to build part of the trail on private property within the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Earthquake shakes Boise with 6.5 magnitude that could be Idahos second-strongest ever By Chadd Cripe, Ximena Bustillo, Kate Talerico, Hayley Harding, Nicole Blanchard and Nicole Foy, The Idaho Statesman © Brendan Kiley/Seattle Times/TNS Downtown Boise, Idaho, in March 2019. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Boise area on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. BOISE, Idaho — An earthquake shook the Boise area about 5:53 p.m. Mountain Daylight time on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geol...

The first studies on Idaho’s magnitude-6.5 earthquake are out. Here’s what they tell us. Updated at Share This BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Nearly nine months after the second-largest recorded earthquake in Idaho’s history, researchers with Boise State University published the first analyses of the temblor, shedding more light on an incident that has captured scientists’ attention as smaller quakes continue. In late November, a team of BSU geosciences experts published a re...