In my Sunday column: Idaho prisons ordered to provide kosher meals to Jewish inmates; Bob Hoover is back at helm at C of I; and in Idaho Falls, Labrador condemns 'racism and fascism from all sides" when asked about Charlottesville...
The Idaho Fish & Game Commission has voted against allowing baiting of wolves, at least for now; the vote was unanimous. A large majority of the public comments the Idaho Department of Fish & Game received on the proposal opposed it. Andrea Santarsiere, a senior…
Former President Jimmy Carter issued this statement today on the passing of four-time Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus, whom Carter appointed as his Secretary of the Interior: “Rosalynn and I join thousands across our nation in mourning the passing of Cecil Andrus, a friend from the…
Remembrances of Idaho’s longest-serving governor, Cecil Andrus, are pouring in after his death late last night from lung cancer. Among them: Gov. Butch Otter: “Cecil Andrus made everyone around him better. He was a mentor to me and many others, raising our standards and inspiring us to think big. He combined stubborn idealism with common sense...
Funeral arrangements for the late Cecil Andrus, which will be private, are planned for Wednesday, August 30 in Boise. A public lying in state ceremony will follow at noon on Wednesday in the Idaho Capitol rotunda and continue until noon on August 31. A public…
Cecil Andrus, Idaho’s longest-serving governor, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Democrat and champion of wilderness and the Idaho outdoors, died late Thursday after a battle with cancer, the night before his 86th birthday. An Orofino lumberjack spurred to run for office by concerns over...
Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little released a series of tax-cut proposals today that he said he’d enact if he’s elected governor next year – topped by a $350 million cut in Idaho’s personal and corporate income taxes. That big cut would come over time, Little…
The Spokesman-Review has a reporting project in the works about citizens who request meetings with their senator or U.S. House member, and what they experience. Because Congress has exempted itself from the Freedom of Information Act, we can't request records of meetings with constituents from…
The Idaho Republican Party is seeking a new executive director, with the news that the current executive director, Lyndel Strong, will leave in September; she’s been in the position since April. Jonathan Parker, state party chairman, said in a statement, “I want to thank Lyndel…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch declared Thursday that health care reform can’t succeed with just one party backing it, saying it must be bipartisan. Risch, a conservative Republican, said no major social program in American history has succeeded with just one party backing it, and he said that’s at the root of problems with Obamacare, which he called...
The College of Idaho has announced that its president since just 2015, Charlotte Borst, is stepping down to “pursue other opportunities” and “spend more time with my family,” and it’s named an interim president, effective immediately: Former President Bob Hoover, who also is the former…
Longtime Boise State University President Bob Kustra hasn’t announced any plans to step down in the wake of a call by 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador for Kustra’s resignation, a university official confirmed Wednesday; my full story...
Rep. Heather Scott has sent a scathing statement to the Bonner Daily Bee denouncing me, by name, for having written an article last week about her Facebook post defending white nationalists. Scott didn’t send me the statement, but you can read it here...
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador’s call this week for Boise State University President Bob Kustra to resign – in which he labeled Kustra “a 60-something white male from a liberal state trying to tell me, a young Hispanic male, how I should react to racism” –...
Idaho's U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador says maybe it's time for Boise State University President Bob Kustra to resign after Kustra criticized the Republican congressman's response to a recent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Labrador spoke out against Kustra during a Monday interview with 670 KBOI...
House Speaker Paul Ryan has made his first official visit to Idaho as sitting speaker to host a GOP joint fundraiser. Ryan's brief appearance in downtown Boise on Tuesday included a $10,000-per-person VIP roundtable discussion, a $5,000-per-person photo opportunity and a $2,500-per-person or $1,000-per-person luncheon...
An Idaho lawmaker says his political supporters have found a way to take advantage of the wide-ranging criticism he's received for sharing a conspiracy theory suggesting the recent tragedy in Charlottesville might have been organized to undermine President Donald Trump. Rep. Bryan Zollinger, R-Idaho Falls, said Monday at least five donors...
Idaho Falls Rep. Bryan Zollinger took to Facebook on Friday, re-posting a conspiracy theory suggesting that the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va., could have been an inside job orchestrated to smear President Donald Trump, the Idaho Falls Post Register reports. The post, written on a…
Wow – four hours and 45 minutes. That’s how long it took us to drive the 60 miles back north from St. Anthony to Henry’s Lake State Park this afternoon and evening after the eclipse, all stop-and-go, with plenty of stop. That part was pretty…
The eclipse viewing experience was so cool! And afterward, we visited with folks, hung around, jumped off the diving board and swam in the cool waters of the Henry's Fork, then had a great picnic lunch. Around 3:30, we left for the 60-mile jaunt back…
When the last bright bit of light disappeared through the dark eclipse glasses and the sun winked out – turning the day dark – everybody in the park cheered. What had been baking-hot sun had gradually gotten cooler and cooler, and now, all of the...
We arrived early at our eclipse-watching spot this morning, allowing my husband time for a little fly-fishing. The road south from Henry’s Lake was uncharacteristically busy for 5:30 a.m. on a Monday, but with no holdups or delays; instead, everyone seemed to be in a…
I'm pleased to report that we arrived at our campsite in eastern Idaho on Saturday afternoon with no traffic hassles; it was just fine on the roads. That may not be the case tomorrow when we rise early to head for the path of totality,…
Here's my full column from Sunday's Spokesman-Review: By Betsy Z. Russell BOISE – Everyone I know has plans for the eclipse. In Boise, the sun will be 99.555 percent obscured – a very dramatic partial eclipse. But many of us want the whole deal: Totality,...
Two major upgrades to U.S. Highway 95 in North Idaho were approved for funding this week by the Idaho Transportation Board. The projects would extend the four-lane freeway from where it ends on the north now, just south of the Kootenai-Bonner county line, another 1.6 miles to the top of Granite Hill, realigning a dangerous, twisting...
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