The Idaho Department of Labor is seeking proposals for new workforce training initiatives that bring industry and educational institutions together in a partnership to enhance Idaho workers' skills. The new Industry Sector Grant program will start out by offering three two-year grants of up to…
A five-year project to use trees to promote the health of the Spokane-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer has wrapped up, with new trees planted, a blueprint for where to plant more, a boost for a Hayden program that uses poplar trees to drink up treated wastewater, and…
Idaho GOP Sen. Mike Crapo and Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet are calling for FEMA to shift priorities and dramatically step up its funding for wildfire prevention. In the last decade, just 0.5 percent of FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance spending went to wildfire-related work. “These…
This story is so incredibly sad; it's hard to imagine how something like this could happen. But nevertheless, investigators say the death of a 6-year-old boy in Payette - by hanging - has been ruled a suicide. Payette Police Chief Mark Clark told the Argus…
Groups of ranchers are springing into action when wildfires hit, the Times-News reports, as part of Gov. Butch Otter's initiative this year to invest $400,000 from the state to help form and train additional rangeland fire protection associations across the state. Members who volunteer take…
After a competitive RFP process, Idaho's new state-based health insurance exchange has awarded its first contract, a $200,000 contract with a communications team led by Gallatin Public Affairs to conduct statewide market research, create an initial Exchange website, develop the communication strategy, create educational materials…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) Idaho Air National Guard A-10 Thunderbolt II jets will be flying over Boise starting Tuesday while U.S. Air Force ground personnel are in the city calling in simulated airstrikes in an urban environment. Idaho…
First-time candidate Bryan Smith, who’s challenging 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson in the GOP primary, has filed his first campaign finance report, and Idaho Statesman reporter Dan Popkey reports that it shows fundraising for Smith so far has been a family affair – with $77,400…
Here's what it looked like up at Lucky Peak Lake this morning shortly after sunrise, as Boise-area windsurfers and kiteboarders took advantage of the early-morning breezes to kick off a all-week run of 100-degree days. By 7:15 a.m., there was a flock of us up…
Child-killer Joseph Duncan is sitting on federal Death Row in Terre Haute, Ind., but his fate still rests in an Idaho courtroom. Eight years after Duncan kidnapped, tortured and murdered a 9-year-old North Idaho boy after a murderous attack on his family, the long process…
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