Two more candidates have announced their intent to run for Idaho lieutenant governor in 2018. Republicans Kelley Packer of McCammon and Janice McGeachin of Idaho Falls have filed to run for the position. Packer is currently serving her third term in the Idaho House. Meanwhile, McGeachin is a businesswoman who also...
Boise’s downtown convention center, the Boise Centre, has landed its biggest convention ever, reports Don Day on his BoiseDev blog, which covers development in Boise. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists will hold a 1,400-person confab in Boise in June, Day reports, after the...
State Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, is one of 12 attorneys who have applied for an upcoming vacancy on the Idaho Court of Appeals, the Idaho Statesman reports. The vacancy will come when current Appeals Court Judge John Melanson retires June 30. Statesman reporter Bill Dentzer…
Low-income Idaho homeowners who also are elderly, disabled, widowed or former prisoners of war or hostages have until April 18 to apply for a property tax reduction under the state’s “circuit breaker” program. The state Tax Commission says applicants can have 2016 income of up…
Get ready for solar eclipse mania. Destinations in the path of the Aug. 21 eclipse, which will be visible in the U.S. along a narrow path from Oregon to South Carolina, are going wild with plans for festivals, concerts and viewing parties. Rooms at Idaho's Sun Valley Resort have been booked for years...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown ordered a state agency Tuesday to drop its lawsuit against a newspaper that sought public records about a man charged in the kidnapping and killing of his ex-wife. The records pertain to Anthony Montwheeler, who was discharged from the state mental hospital in December after telling the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review...
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