Ski towns in the American West are getting swankier — and pricing out frustrated locals

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Snowcapped mountains in Driggs, Idaho.
Snowcapped mountains in Driggs, Idaho.

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Forget snowbirds: 'Sweat birds' flee the heat of Texas and Arizona to spend summer in cooler northern climates

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Cindy Woudenberg lives most of her year in Arizona and spends the hotter months in Michigan.

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Why Americans making over $200,000 are flocking to Idaho and Montana

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Boise, Idaho.
Boise, Idaho.

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A woman had to move out of her tiny home after 1 day because the city threatened to fine her $1,000 a day

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Chasidy Decker faces fines of $1,000 a day if she lives in her tiny home.
Chasidy Decker faces fines of $1,000 a day if she lives in her tiny home.

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I started my online makeup business with no money and made $97,681 in sales last year. The key to my success was turning disappointments into opportunities.

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Janet Leyva started her fake-eyelash and makeup business in 2020.

Janet Leyva

Idaho becomes 5th state after Utah, South Carolina, Mississippi and Oklahoma to allow death by firing squads as companies limit use of drugs for lethal injections

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The Idaho Capitol building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Boise.
The Idaho Capitol building, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Boise.

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Idaho lawmakers are seriously considering absorbing Oregon's conservative rural counties if they can secede from the blue state

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Mike McCarter, center, has galvanized a coalition of 8 counties to secede from Oregon, moving into Idaho, where they would find more amenable politics.

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Idaho GOP lawmakers want to classify anyone who helps a minor cross state lines to get an abortion as a human trafficker and punish them with up to 5 years in prison

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Protesters gather outside Idaho Statehouse on May 14, 2022.

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Police allege a substitute teacher encouraged middle school students to fight during class and filmed it

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Ettson Arreola was arrested on Friday after police discovered he had recorded videos of students fighting and posted them on social media,

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