Twin Falls podiatrist, anti-nuclear activist and former candidate for governor Peter Rickards has been arrested for trafficking in marijuana, the Twin Falls Times-News reports. The newspaper reports that Rickards was arrested at his home on May 24, and investigators with a search warrant seized 4.3…
A group of Medicaid patients with severe disabilities who sued the state last year over cuts in their care are now seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, on behalf of about 3,600 people who receive care through a waiver program for people with developmental disabilities.…
The Lewiston Tribune reports that the Clearwater Collaborative, a group that includes environmentalists, lumber companies, the Nez Perce Tribe and local and state officials, has reached an agreement intended to restore wildlife habitat and protect pristine areas while also allowing economic activities such as logging…
Union groups are getting a chance to revise their lawsuit and add new defendants in a challenge to two Idaho laws targeting organized labor, the AP reports, following a ruling by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The Building and Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO…
Idaho now has more than 50 farmers’ markets statewide, according to the state Department of Agriculture, which has a new guide out here, complete with locations, times and dates of operation. In the Boise area, farmers’ markets from downtown Boise to Eagle, Kuna and Mountain…
Gov. Butch Otter kicked off an expanded canal safety campaign today, joining agriculture groups, Idaho Power, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, state broadcasters and more to launch a series of TV and radio ads and an expanded public education effort. “We have thousands of miles…
Duane Nellis, the outgoing president of the University of Idaho, penned a guest opinion saying goodbye and offering Idaho policy makers his final bit of advice: Fund CEC. That’s the acronym for Change in Employee Compensation, the mechanism by which traditionally, each year, the governor…
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