As the national GOP convention runs through its formal roll call of states to nominate Donald Trump, state Treasurer Ron Crane, who’s chairing Idaho’s delegation, made the announcement for Idaho. Here’s what he said: “My name is Ron Crane, and I’m from the state of…
Less than three weeks ago, the Table Rock fire on Boise’s eastern edge charred 1,500 acres of tinder-dry hillsides, destroyed one home and threatened hundreds more. Now, it’s happening again. The Mile Marker 14 fire was first reported near Hilltop Station this afternoon; it quickly...
Idaho’s delegation to the Republican National Convention isn’t participating in a petition to get Ted Cruz nominated instead of Donald Trump, though Cruz won Idaho’s GOP presidential primary, and the state’s Cruz leadership team has promised that Idaho delegates will not participate in any anti-Donald…
Steve Yates, Idaho GOP chairman and a delegate at the Republican national convention in Cleveland, says he’s been impressed with the convention thus far. “This is so much better organized and better funded than anyone can have any conception of in our humble environment,” said…
Idaho GOP Chairman Steve Yates, who’s a Cruz delegate at the GOP national convention in Cleveland, told Eye on Boise today that he views the plagiarism charges about Melania Trump’s convention speech last night as a mere “blip” that will quickly blow over. Two paragraphs…
An Idaho-based software company is facing a trade-secrets lawsuit from a Connecticut firm after the Idaho company hired two of the Connecticut company’s former employees, the AP reports; it’s a type of legal challenge that’s becoming increasingly common. At issue are common and often contested…
Norm Semanko, a Cruz delegate and a rules committee member in Cleveland and former Idaho Republican Party chairman, says the media is unfairly focusing on “the ‘Dump Trump’ sideshow,” when he says many delegates at the convention, including Idaho’s delegation, just want reasonable changes in…
A plan by Hollywood stuntman Eddie Braun to re-enact Evel Knievel’s failed 1974 jump over the Snake River Canyon – Braun hopes to launch on Sept. 17 – is examined by AP sports writer Pat Graham, who reports that Braun wants to prove Knievel could've…
A federal prosecutor said during a hearing Monday that Oregon standoff figure Ryan Bundy was caught plotting an escape from a Portland jail in April, when deputies searching his cell found torn sheets braided together in a 12- to 15-foot rope, as well as extra…
Fire crews are fighting a central Idaho wildfire eight miles north of Idaho City and campers in the area have been evacuated. Officials say the fire burning in timber and grass on Tuesday is 100 acres in size and that about 50 firefighters are at the scene with more are being called in, including aircraft...
With Fethullah Gülen, an exiled, progressive Turkish cleric who lives in Pennsylvania, in the news after the failed coup against the Turkish government, Idaho EdNews reporter Kevin Richert reminds us today that back in 2011, 13 Idaho legislators toured Turkey as guests of the Pacifica…
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