A proposed luxury hotel would be the first in a tourist town where high-class lodging is in short supply and not much else is happening in a slumping economy. But some fear it could drive a stake in the tumbledown vibe the old ski town has managed to hold onto.
A quick freeze puts a hold on such last-minute regulations as removing the grey wolf from the endangered list, lifting ban on guns in national parks, and expanding oil shale programs.
Environmentalists argue that the disgraced Idaho senator represents a constituency that has declined in importance in the minds of voters – the legacy timber, grazing, and mining interests. Says one: "Now Idaho's a different place."
