Though no battles are expected for the top leadership posts in either house this year, there will be leadership contests when the House and Senate Republican and Democratic caucuses meet behind closed doors tomorrow night to elect their leaders for the upcoming Legislature. Just one…
The 2014 Governor’s Awards in the Arts, a biennial tradition since 1970, were bestowed today at a ceremony in the Statehouse rotunda, with Gov. Butch Otter and wife Lori presenting the awards and Daniel Stern, former longtime music director of the Boise Philharmonic, founder of…
When it was time today for the portion of the orientation program for new state lawmakers where they hear from members of the media – a panel consisting of the AP’s Kimberlee Kruesi, Idaho Public TV’s Joan Cartan-Hansen and myself – legislative services director Eric…
Greg Morris, former executive director and founder of CATCH, which stands for Charitable Assistance to Community’s Homeless, has been hired as the new executive director of the ACLU of Idaho, the third person to hold that position in the group's two-decade history. The previous two…
Eighteen law enforcement officers searched two southwestern Idaho elementary schools for nearly two hours Tuesday morning after a second-grade student brought a toy gun to class, the AP reports. Canyon County Sheriff's spokesman Joe Decker said teachers called officers after a young student reported that…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: OROFINO, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service's new supervisor for the 4-million-acre Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest in northern Idaho says the agency might offer more trees for sale. Cheryl Probert says the Johnson Bar salvage and…
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