Brundage Mountain Resort announced today that it will open for the ski season on Friday. "We got 9 inches of new snow since Thursday," the resort reported. "At this point, we have just enough snow to open three of our five lifts, but more snow…
The Boise law and lobbying firm Risch Pisca has announced that Mark Dunham, former CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Idaho, is joining the firm as a legislative consultant. "Mr. Dunham has had a very long and distinguished career in Idaho Policy and Politics…
Lawmakers from Lewiston north will take up eight of the 20 seats on the Idaho Legislature's powerful joint budget committee when the legislative session convenes in January, doubling the representation for the region on the budget-writing panel. "Five of us are in the northern Panhandle,…
Former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Byron Johnson died Sunday at his home of cancer; he was 75. Idaho Statesman columnist Dan Popkey calls Johnson "a singular character in Idaho public life," reporting that he was a baseball star at Boise High School, once striking out…
An eastern Idaho judge has ordered the Blackfoot School District to release all documents surrounding a separation agreement and a consulting fee by mid-week, the AP reports. Sixth District Judge David Nye issued the order Friday afternoon in response to an open records lawsuit filed…
Last week, Gov. Butch Otter told a crowd of more than 400 people that Idaho is "probably not" meeting the state Constitution's requirements to provide for education. The implications of that are serious: The state currently is being sued over the issue. “I would say…
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