The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, which is holding its annual summer institute in Boise this week, has decided in the wake of the Orlando shooting to open up several of its sessions to the public for free; they focus on issues relating to inclusion,…
Security has been stepped up at the Idaho Attorney General’s office, the Idaho Statesman reported over the weekend, after several incidents, including one in which an agitated, threatening man demanded to see Attorney General Lawrence Wasden; and another in which an armed group entered the…
The Idaho Maximum Security Institution, also known as the Max, remains in partial lockdown today, after a fight between eight to 10 inmates in a day room on Saturday afternoon. No inmates or staff members were seriously injured, according to Idaho Department of Correction spokesman…
Vigils were held across the state last night in memory of the victims of the horrific mass shooting in Orlando over the weekend, in Boise, Twin Falls, Idaho Falls and Moscow. Another is set for tonight at 6 p.m. at Farmin Park in Sandpoint, according...
Hispanics accounted for 42 percent of the enrollment growth in Idaho’s public schools in the last five years, according to a new report from the University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research. In fact, 10 Idaho school districts – and eight Idaho counties, including Boundary County – would have lost population from 2010 to 2014...
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