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A new law authorizes and encourages killing 90% of Idaho's wolf population: about 1,350 animals. That goes against professional wildlife managers' advice, and not all hunters like the idea either.

Robert talks to Agent Lucinda Schroeder of the U-S Fish and Wildlife Service in Albequerque, New Mexico about yesterday's sting operation that led to the arrest of eight eagle poachers. Eagles are a protected species; the killing and sale of eagle parts is illegal. This operation was unusual in that it led to actual trappers, not just traders. There's a growing market for eagle feathers, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Mardy Murie, a pioneering conservationist who played a pivotal role in the establishment of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, died Sunday at age 101. A vigorous lobbyist for wilderness protection, Murie helped create both the Wilderness Society and the federal Wilderness Act. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes.

The Louisville businessman looking to defeat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in May’s Republican primary raised more than $900,000 in the fourth…

WKMS Youth Reporter Kayla Eicholtz gets to know some of the artists at the 2013 LowerTown Arts & Music Festival. In this extended version of her Sounds…

of the contest for the 1996 Republican Presidential nomination. After conferring with his advisors yesterday, Forbes decided against continuing. He won the Arizona and Delaware primaries since then has not finished higher than third. Forbes spent at least $25 million of his own money on the campaign.

between China and the United States over the issue of Taiwan. Tomorrow, China is scheduled to begin nine days of military exercises in the Straits between the mainland and Taiwan. Both Taiwan and the United States have protested, and the U.S. is said to be moving a second aircraft carrier group into the area as a cautionary measure.

that dates back to the Cold War. The change could revitalize Russia's economy with a flood of U.S. dollars. Many American gun control groups are against the measure, while trade officials here promise only hunting and sporting guns will be allowed into the country.

companies from the Northeast and Middle Atlantic, NYNEX and Bell Atlantic, has been given a green light by the Justice Deaprtment. The companies claim the deal will allow them to improve their services and move into new fields like video, but consumer groups think the merger will reduce competition and raise prices.

days of campaigning before the state's presidential primary, which kicks off the 1996 political season. Senator Robert Dole, who has had little time among the voters because of the budget battle in Washington, is profiled as he begins dealing with the residents of New Hampshire directly.