The relationship between federal land management agencies and Western states to find collaborative ways to manage large swaths of forests and rangelands is improving but could be better, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said at a Western Governors Association workshop in Boise Friday. He and federal officials are seeking common ground...
A GOP candidate for the Idaho Senate has filed a police report accusing Rep. John McCrostie, D-Boise, of stealing GOP campaign literature when the two were campaigning at the same time in Garden City, the AP reports. McCrostie iissued an apology late Friday, the Idaho Statesman reports...
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television will feature the 1st District congressional race, in which third-term GOP Rep. Raul Labrador is being challenged by Democrat James Piotrowski. The two candidates will be interviewed separately by co-host Aaron Kunz; then, Kunz will be joined by…
Idaho state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra lost her fight Thursday to block the collection of additional data that state Board of Education officials and Gov. Butch Otter say is necessary to determine whether teachers are properly earning pay raises, Idaho Education News reports. Following a…
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