After almost 30 years as a player in Idaho politics at the local, state and federal level, Republican Sen. Jim Risch’s communications director, Brad Hoaglun, has resigned and is looking for work. Hoaglun and Risch’s press secretary, Suzanne Bottorff, both said Hoaglun was making the…
The amount of fines that Idaho has collected through enforcement of the state’s seat belt law has been declining during the past three years. And, according to one legal analyst, the law is difficult to enforce in the first place. Yet portions of the revenue…
Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Woody McEvers will seek a fourth term on the council. McEvers, first elected in 2001, holds seat 4. Since joining the council, McEvers has seen a number of projects take shape in Coeur d'Alene, including the construction of the Coeur d'Alene…
A dog owner gets her pet vaccinated for rabies at a government clinic in Taipei, Taiwan, earlier today. Taiwan has ordered tens of thousands of vaccine doses to protect people against the island's first rabies outbreak in more than 50 years. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) Question:…
The sentencing hearing for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man responsible for the kidnapping and rape of three women for more than a decade, began Thursday with the former school bus driver apologizing to his victims. Heavily shackled and wearing his orange jail jumpsuit, Ariel Castro…
Note: Superintendent Luna will speak to Friends of Idaho, an anti-Common Core group, at 10:30 this AM in the Coeur d'Alene Library -- an event organized by Bonner County Tea Party leader Pam Stout. While state schools Superintendent Tom Luna says he’s planning to run…
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