Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Officials in Boise County say they've arrested an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter suspected of igniting a blaze that destroyed one home and is threatening about 100 other residences. Authorities identified the suspect Tuesday as…
A federal grand jury in Boise has indicted 21 people in a major methamphetamine distribution and firearms investigation focused on the "Aryan Knights" gang, which authorities say is active both in and outside of prison. "Methamphetamine trafficking is Idaho's most serious drug crime," said U.S.…
Wayne Hammon, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's budget chief for the past five and a half years, is resigning Sept. 28 to become executive director of the Idaho Associated General Contractors. Hammon, who heads Otter's Division of Financial Management, wrote in his resignation letter, "After serving…
Boise State University is expecting more than 70,000 people on its campus Thursday, as events collide, from regular classes, to two performances of "Les Miserables" at the Morrison Center, to a 4 p.m. women's volleyball game, to the 7 p.m. football matchup against BYU. The…
Jimmy Farris, the Democratic challenger to 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, is criticizing Labrador for missing votes at triple the rate of his three predecessors, the Idaho Statesman's Dan Popkey reports today, and Labrador is acknowledging Farris has a point. “I don’t think it’s…
Idaho's state endowment investments grew by 2 percent in August, investment manager Larry Johnson reported to the state Land Board today, but it's gotten better since then, he said: "So far in September things have been very good - we've earned almost 3 percent for…
This morning's state Land Board agenda included a recommendation to approve a stipulation to settle the title for some property on the shore of Payette Lake on which a 1942 deed had incorrectly identified the property lines, including part of the lakebed, which the state…
Idaho's state Land Board voted unanimously this morning to approve a mineral lease for recreational dredge mining on the Salmon River, over objections from the Idaho Conservation League and longtime anglers on the river, who said suction dredge mining there is damaging the pristine river…
It turns out that state law doesn't require the state Department of Education to wait until after the November election before sending out merit-pay bonuses to teachers under the "Students Come First" school reform laws after all. A bill that passed the 2012 Legislature, SB…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Booted off their grazing land, Idaho sheep ranchers have now been rebuffed in state Supreme Court after justices ruled against them on Friday. The Idaho Wool Growers Association and several ranchers had brought…
There's more good news for BooBoo the bear, the cub who was rescued after his paws were burned in an Idaho wildfire. The Associated Press reports that at the McCall-area rehab facility where BooBoo was moved Friday, he has the company of another cub and…
The northernmost legislative district in Idaho, District 1, saw some of the hottest election contests in the state in May's primary, with tea party challengers trying to knock off longtime Republican incumbents and lots of outside interests taking sides. But it's a different story in…
There's good news on the bear front: BooBoo is heading back to the woods. Idaho Fish & Game reported today that the injured bear cub, who was rescued by firefighters after he was found clinging to a tree with four badly burned paws amid the…
A proposal to amend the state Board of Education's policy regarding required health insurance for state university students failed today, when a motion to approve it for a first reading failed to even get a second. The changes would have included lifting a requirement that…
The Idaho Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from frequent political candidate and former elk rancher Rex Rammell in his lawsuit against the state over the shooting of his escaped domestic elk. In the unanimous ruling authored by Justice Jim Jones, the court held that…
The state Board of Education will again consider changes to its policy requiring that full-time public college and university students have health insurance, in a special meeting today that starts at 1 p.m. The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/QfQpB4) that the board took up the issue…
Helene Byrne is 110 years old, and one of the few with memories from the Great Fire of 1910, the Twin Falls Times-News reports; the Buhl resident celebrated her 110th birthday on Wednesday. Click below for the full report from reporter Alison Gene Smith of…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Idaho's first big solar energy project could begin construction soon, a bright spot for alternative energy developers that are wrangling with regulators and utilities over their future. Solar panels for the Grandview Solar…
According to an open-government website that crunches numbers on members of Congress, the member of Idaho's delegation who's most likely to miss a recorded vote in Congress is 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador. Gov.Tracks.us reported that Labrador missed 4.7 percent of recorded or roll-call votes,…
Nearly 700 service members, veterans and their spouses attended the "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair at the Idaho Center yesterday, the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce reports, and 81 of them got job offers at the fair. "In addition, many follow-up phone calls and interviews…
A federal jury has ordered the city of Boise to pay $1 million to an organization that helps homeless people, for discriminating against women and children and retaliating against the organization when board members complained, reports AP reporter Rebecca Boone. The verdict was handed down…
Well, the Treasure Valley's break from the wildfire smoke lasted exactly 11 days, and then yesterday, smoke came pouring back in, this time from the opposite direction, the northwest. Air quality broke out of the "good" category into the "moderate" range yesterday, and that's where…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is now investigating the theft of two specialized competition bicycles that Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong rode in the Olympics. "The bicycles are believed to have been stolen while in transit from Germany to Idaho,"…
The Lewiston Tribune reports today that a 21-year-old University of Idaho student is in serious condition at a Spokane hospital after falling from the second floor of his fraternity house this morning, suffering facial fractures and other injuries. After officers were called to the Alpha…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― A school district in southwestern Idaho is allowing the use of community volunteers as substitute teachers to help offset a $2.8 million budget shortfall. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/PrAfEP) the Nampa School District…
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