A few tidbits from 1st District GOP Congressman Raul Labrador’s appearance in Eagle today: When a constituent told Labrador, a tea party conservative, that she never watches Fox News, Labrador responded, “I actually watch CNN more than any other, because I don’t want one side...
Interestingly, the Eagle café where GOP Rep. Raul Labrador met with an overflow crowd of constituents today, Wild West Bakery & Espresso, is owned by a former Democratic candidate for the same congressional seat the Labrador holds today. Naomi Preston, who also is a champion...
A constituent wearing a “Promise Keepers” shirt questioned Rep. Raul Labrador today about allowing Muslim refugees into the United States, saying he read the Koran after the 9/11 attacks, and then quoting extensively from it, including, “Slay the idolaters wherever you find them.” Labrador had this...
A federal judge has declared invalid the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a gold mining company's plan to reopen a 4-mile road in a central Idaho wilderness and drill core samples to find out if two of its claims are profitable enough to be mined. U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill in a ruling Tuesday said the agency violated...
Ada County is starting its transition to a new iCourt electronic court case management system today, and officials are warning of delays between now and Aug. 8 when the new system will be up and running. The system first rolled out in Twin Falls County…
A North Idaho woman who recently traveled to Mexico was infected with Zika virus, which can cause severe birth defects if the infection occurs in pregnant women. The woman, who was over the age of 60, is the first reported case of Zika virus infection…
Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador today blamed the “establishment in Washington” for the defeat of his ally and fellow Freedom Caucus member Tim Huelskamp, who lost his re-election bid in a Republican primary in Kansas yesterday. Labrador, speaking at a “Conversations with the Congressman” meeting at...
Firefighters are setting up sprinkler systems to protect buildings in the central Idaho town of Lowman as a wildfire on Wednesday expanded to 75 square miles. Officials say slightly cooler weather and winds from the northwest should help firefighters trying to prevent flames from reaching...
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