I am still sorting through the documents I received from the State Department of Education on the scoring of the nine bidders on the state’s multi-year, multimillion-dollar high school WiFi contract, but here’s a link to the overall scores for each of the 10 bids…
Yep, it's looking awfully smoky out in Boise, and now comes this word from the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare: Air quality in some parts of the central Idaho mountains has reached the "unhealthy" or "unhealthy for sensitive groups" level, and they're alerting people…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has issued a state disaster declaration for Elmore County and other parts of the state impacted by significant wildfire activity, allowing firefighting resources from various parts of the state to be tapped to help respond. Already, fire engines to protect structures…
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo held a Boise press conference today to press his concern about collection of consumer financial data by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an issue on which he’s requested a GAO investigation that’s now under way. Crapo acknowledged that the CFPB…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prison officials say one inmate and a guard suffered injuries during a fight between inmates at the state's private prison. Corrections Corporation of America officials say the fight broke out Friday night at…
Idaho’s not only getting national attention for the gripping back-country manhunt that rescued a 16-year-old California girl from her kidnapper over the weekend, and for the wildly spreading wildfires now threatening hundreds of homes. It’s our politics, too. Politico today called Idaho “ground zero” for…
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