University of Idaho President Chuck Staben, who was a finalist to become president of the University of New Mexico, didn’t get the job, with the UNM Board of regents selecting another candidate, Garnett S. Stokes; she’ll be the school’s first female president and currently is…
Governors of 19 Western states are pressing the federal government to do more to prevent the spread of damage-causing invasive mussels from infected federally managed waterways. The Western Governors' Association on Thursday sent a letter urging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to put in place by spring 2018 controls to prevent the spread...
Former three-term Idaho Congressman Orval Hansen has died at the age of 91. A Republican, he was noted for helping establish the Idaho National Laboratory, and for working with fellow Idaho congressmen and senators from both parties on such major accomplishments as the creation of...
Voter-approved supplemental tax levies in Idaho school districts are up to $194.7 million this year, an all-time record, Idaho Education News reports. And 93 of the state’s 115 districts have the levies in place to help fill gaps in state funding for local schools, a…
A military judge has found that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. The judge also gave Bergdahl a dishonorable discharge, reduced his rank to private and said he must forfeit pay equal to...
Ada County is moving to collect back taxes from state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, for claiming a homeowner’s exemption for her Garden City home in 2016 while also claiming to be a resident of the north-central Idaho district where she was elected to the…
Just in time for this weekend’s 67th annual Ski Swap at Expo Idaho in Boise, Tamarack Resort is reporting 17 new inches of snow since 3 p.m. yesterday – that’s right, 17 inches. And it’s still snowing there. And snow magnet Grand Targhee is reporting...
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