Boise State University has confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu, or swine flu, and the patient is a student who lives in the residence halls. "Most cases to date have been mild and people have recovered quickly," the university reports; BSU also is in…
Today the U.S. Department of Labor adjusted Idaho's forecasted August unemployment rate upward to 8.9 percent, a seasonally adjusted figure that's the highest rate since June of 1983, when Idaho joblessness hit 9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis. "Total employment at 686,400 was at…
Both of Idaho's U.S. senators and the congressman representing North Idaho have issued statements today on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, honoring the sacrifices of those who protect Americans and remembering the attacks and how they affected the nation. Click below to read…
Gov. Butch Otter named Caldwell attorney Susan Wiebe as a 3rd District judge today, and picked Bannock County Magistrate Judge Robert Naftz of Pocatello for a 6th District judgeship. Weibe succeeds retiring 3rd District Judge Stephen Drescher, and Naftz succeeds retiring 6th District Judge Peter…
Everyone's deeply aware of the significance of today, the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In commemoration, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter signed a proclamation this morning recognizing Sept. 11 as a day of service and remembrance;…
Dell Computers is closing its Twin Falls call center that employed 500 people, the Times-News reports today; the center, opened in 2001, was attracted in part by $1.5 million in incentives from the city's urban renewal agency, Chamber of Commerce and the state, which helped…
The Twin Falls Times-News, in an editorial today, called for Idaho's governor to be given direct oversight of the state's transportation director, reversing a stand the paper's editorial page had taken for years that the agency's independence should be preserved in the interest of avoiding…
Rep. Russ Mathews, R-Idaho Falls, plans to challenge 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson in the GOP primary. The three-term state lawmaker announced his candidacy on an Idaho Falls talk radio program yesterday, the Idaho Falls Post-Register reported today. Reporter Nick Draper reported that Simpson has…
Children of unemployed Idaho workers may be eligible for free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches, and state and federal agencies are putting out the word. USDA Child Nutrition Division Director Cynthia Long said the food programs “can be a valuable resource for households affected by…
2nd District Judge John Bradbury says he'll comply with the Idaho Supreme Court's order to make Idaho County his main residence within three weeks, and swear to it in an affidavit. But he said the move could endanger the drug and mental health courts he…
The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that 2nd District Judge John Bradbury is violating the residency requirement for his judgeship, and ordered him to make his primary home in Idaho County within three weeks. Click here to read more at spokesman.com, and you can read…
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has sent out this statement on the federal court decision to allow the state's wolf hunt to continue: “Idaho has thoroughly traveled the path toward delisting wolves. The state has a plan that is acceptable to the Federal government and the…
The wolf killed by a poacher east of Cascade on Sunday was described by Fish & Game as "a small female, still a pup." F&G chief of law enforcement Jon Heggen said, "Our officers seized the wolf, but I don't know that it was aged…
Jon Heggen, chief of law enforcement for Idaho Fish & Game, says, "We want to treat the wolf hunt like we do any other big game hunting season, no different than we would bighorn sheep or an elk or a deer case." And what they've…
Here are the penalties for the two poaching offenses for which an Eagle man was cited, after shooting a female wolf pup about 30 miles east of Cascade on Sunday:Shooting a firearm from a public road, a standard misdemeanor, carries possible fines of $25 to…
Idaho 2nd District Congressman Mike Simpson met with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Sam Hamilton today, and then released this statement about the federal court decision today on Idaho's wolf hunt:“The judge’s decision to uphold Idaho’s wolf hunt was welcome news. In a conversation…
Idaho Fish & Game has issued two poaching citations to an Eagle man for illegally shooting a small female wolf pup on Sunday evening. The shooting was in the McCall-Weiser wolf zone, which is not yet open for wolf hunting. The man shot the wolf…
Suzanne Asha Stone, Northern Rockies representative for Defenders of Wildlife, said, "We're disappointed that the injunction wasn't granted, and I think that right now we feel that a hunting season for wolves at this point still poses a threat to the regional wolf population." But…
The 13 conservation groups that sued over the delisting of the wolf in Idaho and Montana and sought to stop wolf hunting in the two states lost their bid for a preliminary injunction, but the judge's ruling suggests strongly that they could win their overall…
Idaho Fish and Game Director Cal Groen says the department is "pleased" by the federal court decision to allow Idaho's current wolf hunt to continue, and pledged that his department will "demonstrate that the Fish and Game will responsibly manage wolves like the other 10…
Two members of Idaho's congressional delegation have immediately weighed in with statements praising federal Judge Donald Molloy's decision to reject a move to halt wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana. Here are the statements from 1st District Congressman Walt Minnick, a Democrat, and Sen. Jim…
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy has denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to block wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana; Idaho's already has begun, and three wolves have been taken by hunters. The two states included hunting in their management plans for gray wolves,…
Idaho state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna watched President Barack Obama's back-to-school speech today with a classroom full of 8th graders at Fairmont Junior High School, and afterward Luna called the president's speech "appropriate and timely." He said, "I thought the message was very similar…
In the federal lawsuit Idaho GOP v. Ysursa, which now will continue further into the fall (see earlier posts today), the Idaho Republican Party sued the state, seeking to close its primary elections to anyone other than registered Republicans. Currently, any voter can select which…
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa says regardless of how the federal court case (Idaho GOP vs. Ysursa) over Idaho's open primary election system goes, it's getting late to make any changes for this May's primary. "The county clerks and this office are proceeding with…
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