Along with everything else that’s going on in Boise right now – Jaialdi and more – we are in the midst of what looks to be a four-day stretch of near-perfect conditions for early-morning windsports on Lucky Peak Lake. Windsurfers and kitesailers have been loving…
The Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill went to mark-up in the Senate Resources Committee today and won committee approval by unanimous consent; the measure, authored by 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson, already has passed the House without objection. Idaho Sen. Jim Risch is sponsoring the bill...
Idaho will pay $12.1 million to the vendors who have struggled to grade the state’s new standardized student test, reports Idaho Education News. The vendor group, headed by American Institutes for Research, has released statewide test results, but district-by-district scores will not be released until…
A Payette County woman in her 40s is now Idaho’s second case of human West Nile Virus cases this season, and she’s suffering from the more dangerous, neuroinvasive form of the virus. Southwest District Health reports that the woman is hospitalized; her symptoms began around…
The Idaho Democratic Party announced today that its state central committee will elect its next party chairman this Saturday, at simultaneous meetings in three locations around the state in Lewiston, Pocatello and Boise. “It’s hard for people to all get to Boise,” said acting Chair…
In a startling bit of news for the Idaho newspaper industry, the Post Company announced today that it’s negotiating a deal to sell the business and all its assets – including the Idaho Falls Post Register. The family- and employee-owned newspaper has served Idaho Falls…
University of Idaho President Chuck Staben has purchased a home in the east end of Boise, the Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports, but the university says there’s no change in his residency or plans for him to spend more time in the state capital. Instead, the…
After the unexpected death of state Public Utilities Commissioner Mack Redford last month, Gov. Butch Otter announced today that longtime former Commissioner Marsha Smith, who had retired, will rejoin the three-member commission on an interim basis to replace Redford. “I wish to extend my sincere…
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