Idaho Gov. Butch Otter wants the state Board of Education to take a “more active role” in K-12 education, Idaho Education News reports, while in the past he had asked the board to focus on higher education. Otter articulated the new direction in a letter…
Idaho is refusing to pay $95,000 in legal fees to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in the instant racing case because the state Attorney General’s office contends the tribe filed its invoice for the fees a day after a 14-day deadline had expired. The tribe says…
The Forest Service is investigating a report by a firefighter that he and others fighting the Tepee Springs Fire near Riggins were harassed and threatened with guns by landowners, reports Rocky Barker of the Idaho Statesman. The unidentified firefighter said the landowners were unhappy with...
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