{"id":51021,"date":"2026-04-25T21:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/dirk-kempthorne-former-idaho-governor-and-u-s-interior-secretary-dies-at-74-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T21:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T21:49:31","slug":"dirk-kempthorne-former-idaho-governor-and-u-s-interior-secretary-dies-at-74-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/dirk-kempthorne-former-idaho-governor-and-u-s-interior-secretary-dies-at-74-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74 &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE9ydWRSRVNBSU1PM055TmZXUjFqaWRRUS1oNHpPMmZyRVotUkdwWndTX1psZWhhdnV1bzk4NXNickZJUHhYNkxUVWVMTkRJREJMVzIwRkJQRHlJRDM4UGtkakxFSXRYY1E0dEptTk54NmRFSXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPNVl6d285aDYzeUFiNTNCY3l0MkxwVHM4TW92S1Z2OVNuTzlGc1NFZ2RhdkprLWZ2VVZOVm9WYmQ3ejU1NFFMZXgwRzBXbzJlaHJJVW5iNEV3dGlWTDlJeHo0WVJxcjlMMlJWNkpEUUgtdHFJRXVPUWN1WWFtU2xiUXEyUEVYa0pPa0RSZFc2U0FSbjlkU05zdmxJMjFyc042Vi1TMURFMlRKbUUwaGp0Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Family of Gov. Dirk Kempthorne comments on his passing + HALF STAFF FLAG ORDER<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">gov.idaho.gov<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPUlNFaGtsWVhTRjJ4UEZkbzZmeklmWTdtWURtZzZ1QzlqOGpCUmZZTkFRMXhVRUFKZVJuTUJlcjJNT3BidUhpaUo1dndhSENpQTM4Q21mQ09jNkR2R1JIcWd6Szl5b3lxSjA0ZGctX0FPM01fXy0xV3hRRnE3cTNtN0NkYlc4NGE0LTh1LVZ3QmNBWHNUZUZFdDhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne has died, according to family<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Idaho News 6<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQOGc4ZGVJZG91dVJSZUxjQUJOWVpyTFFWSmg4NnlzYlBKVS1ZaThtcGtBRktya2pwMXJYM2h5bWI3ZVk5Tk5CSXY3eHlhZHJfbXNKQmo0OU1RZTJsR0RFdDgwdXNRdnV1cEVfdjhTZ3d6TVRKZW5nZzlWeUlNVVVoQmY0VVQ4UVp6RGVaWDNLUTJFbDZUOHJJdVlCdk5Ec3VLalNNcTZCbWUzajJuOXRYU09MSXlnX1NiVDRZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Officials at USS Idaho commissioning honor &#8216;driving force&#8217; who died just hours before the ceremony<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Day<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOeHdXdGVmYW5mRnN6V1BfdkR2XzVrMWZPTk1UWHB5c3JwZkkwSHVMUGpXNlJMRHpnOVkwMS1EeThQTFRjTVMyeWZONUlFb0dYN2pNbFpTd3RxMlVGeVdBbjhxXzFHNmkwT2dvUzU0MTdpNHp6Y1UxZ184WWE5a2dodFh5U3ZBeldFMVZzSWFRTG5YWGltUlFTSEhITDk0WG94eGF5V1hubXRobVVidUpueTBwdVBncTRr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018An enduring mark on our state\u2019: Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor, dies at 74<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">East Idaho News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Family of Gov. Dirk Kempthorne comments on his passing + HALF STAFF FLAG&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/25\/dirk-kempthorne-former-idaho-governor-and-u-s-interior-secretary-dies-at-74-npr\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}