The Idaho Transportation Board today voted unanimously to spend the first $150 million in proceeds from newly approved GARVEE bonds to repair and add lanes on I-84 between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road in Nampa to reduce congestion and improve safety. The project will include...
Tonight’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television delves into the real estate boom, oversight of contractors, the labor shortage, 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador’s big town hall meeting this week, executive power, the Legislature and vetoes, and more. On the pundits panel, I join BSU…
President Donald Trump has signed a disaster declaration for 11 counties in southern Idaho. The declaration signed Friday means federal funds will be available to help communities rebuild damaged infrastructure following winter storms...
Unemployment in Idaho dropped to 3.5 percent in March, down from 3.6 percent in February, the Idaho Department of Labor reports. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was boosted this time by gains outside of the Boise area, where jobs actually declined by 700 from…
Bogus Basin, which officially closed for the season last Sunday, will open for a “bonus weekend” this Saturday and Sunday, operating the No. 3 Superior chairlift on the backside of the mountain and the upper Pioneer Lodge. “We are excited to make this happen as…
Idaho researchers are working on a map that might be able to estimate how much farmland southwestern Idaho will lose by the end of the century and where the loss will occur. The map will be able to predict farm ground loss in the southwestern Idaho area known as Treasure Valley in 10-year increments beginning in 2021, the Capital Press reports...
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