The Idaho State Police has announced enhanced patrols for the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend, including its second "All Hands on Deck" operation of the summer, in which every officer who's working is out on patrol, inluding those who normally would be working behind a…
An Ada County woman in her 50s has tested positive for West Nile Virus, the first confirmed human case in Ada County this year. That brings the number of reported human infections in southwestern Idaho this year up to six; previous cases were reported in…
Treasure hunters likely using metal detectors have dug hundreds of holes in the historic wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail near the Snake River in Idaho, causing what BLM archaeologist Suzann Henrikson calls “ghastly” damage, Boise State Public Radio reports. Henrikson discovered the damage last…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Sen. Les Bock aims to be appointed as a judge and says he'll leave the Senate in 2014 even if he's not named to the bench. The Idaho Statesman (http://tinyurl.com/pj9tflz ) reports…
For one small North Idaho school district, yesterday’s levy election results brought welcome news, with voters approving a two-year $1.1 million supplemental level that’ll allow the reversal of deep cuts, including eliminating all sports, cutting kindergarten to half-time, furlough days for all employees and cutting…
Baldy reopens at Sun Valley today, with gondola rides from 10-5 daily through Sept. 8 and the Roundhouse and Lookout restaurants open. This comes as the resort community pulls out of the unexpected high-season slump brought by the huge Beaver Creek wildfire, which is now…