The public is being invited to the second annual “Latino Fest” sponsored by the Consulate of Mexico and the Idaho Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which will take place Aug. 26 from 4-10 p.m. on the Basque Block in downtown Boise. The family-friendly event will focus…
Idaho's unemployment rate fell to 3 percent in July. The Idaho Department of Labor in a news release Friday says that's the lowest level for the state since mid-2008. The agency says nonfarm jobs grew by 4,300 with the trade, transportation and utilities sectors accounting for...
A major Boise convention center and hotel canceled the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s upcoming banquet, forcing a change of venue just 11 days before the event, because it learned the group’s keynote speaker was a scholar whose controversial theories on race and intelligence have drawn disruptive protests around the nation for the past six months.
A Canadian mining company and a pair of conservation groups have finalized agreements they say will protect two tributaries of the Yellowstone River and part of a crucial migration corridor for thousands of elk from Yellowstone National Park. Kinross Gold President J. Paul Rollinson signed the agreements on Thursday...
The city of Boise is reopening the popular ponds at Esther Simplot Park today for recreational use, including fishing, swimming and wading, after E. coli levels finally dropped and remained consistently low. The ponds, along with nearby Quinn’s Pond, were closed June 21 after unsafe...
The College of Idaho will become a completely smoke-free campus, starting this fall, the Caldwell liberal arts college announced today. The new policy has been in the works for years, with both the student body and the administration agreeing on various steps along the way…
Federal authorities are taking comments and have set public meeting dates on Idaho's plan to take over regulating pollution discharge into the state's lakes and rivers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it's accepting the comments as Idaho officials seek to shift control of permitting and enforcement...
A top Republican strategist and fundraiser has quietly launched a new political action committee in Idaho. However, GOP operative Carl Forti isn't saying which candidate or measure he plans on backing. Forti has served in top positions at super PACs American Crossroads and pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future...
Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, has made it official: He’s running for the open 1st District congressional seat next year, the third big-name Republican to enter the race. “I’m running for Congress because we need a representative who will fight for Idaho’s future,” Malek said...
North Idaho state Rep. Heather Scott, in a Facebook post on Sunday, defended white nationalists in the wake of the events in Charlotte, Va. a day earlier, posting that a white nationalist is “no more than a Caucasian who (sic) for the Constitution and making America great again.” Here is Scott’s full...
Gov. Butch Otter recalled Idaho’s experience with neo-Nazi white supremacists, when the Aryan Nations was headquartered in North Idaho–and called on Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador, who had remained mum for 3 days, to join the other three members of Idaho’s congressional delegation in denouncing white supremacist violence. Tuesday evening, Labrador did...
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador issued a statement shortly after 5 p.m. today on the racist violence in Charlottesville, three days after a 32-year-old woman was killed and hours after Gov. Butch Otter urged him to join the rest of Idaho’s congressional delegation in condemning white…
State officials on Tuesday moved forward with a plan to get rid of politically contentious commercial real estate and use the money to buy timberland and agricultural land that the state uses to generate revenue to fund schools. The Idaho Land Board voted 4-0 to advance a possible auction of 10 properties in December as it seeks to generate money
Dan Chadwick, executive director and general counsel for the Idaho Association of Counties for the past 27 years, will retire on Feb. 2, the association announced today. “Throughout all of these years, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities and challenges afforded my by IAC,” Chadwick…
Asked about the racist violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, Gov. Butch Otter today recalled Idaho’s own experience with neo-Nazi white supremacists, when the Aryan Nations was headquartered in North Idaho. “We’ve not new to that – we’ve had those problems in Idaho before,” Otter...
Idaho’s state Land Board has voted unanimously in favor of a recommendation from its Endowment Fund Investment Board to boost payouts from the state endowment to public schools next year by 7 percent, and to all beneficiaries by 6.4 percent, while also transferring another $129.5...
Gov. Butch Otter is back and presiding over the state Land Board meeting this morning. He’s gotten lots of welcome-backs and questions about how he’s doing. His response to one of the well-wishers: “Good – slow, but mobile.” Otter was working from home for two…
Three of the four members of Idaho’s all-GOP congressional delegation have spoken out strongly against the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, condemning racism and white supremacy as counter to American values. The fourth, 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador, had no comment...
Idaho state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced today that she’s hired Dan Goicoechea as her new deputy for governmental affairs; Goicoechea is currently chief deputy to Idaho State Controller Brandon Woolf, a position he also held for the two previous state controllers. “I am excited…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is back in the office this week, after working from home for two and a half weeks while he recovered from two back surgeries and a subsequent infection. Otter’s scheduled to preside over the state Land Board and Board of Examiners…
High prices for western red cedar prompted the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to move ahead with a 40-acre timber sale near Lake Pend Oreille, despite opposition from local residents. The agency will receive about $907,000 from logging the cedars...
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch this afternoon issued a statement condemning the “hateful acts of racism” in Charlottesville over the weekend. Sen. Mike Crapo and 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson issued statements yesterday; 1st District Rep. Raul Labrador's office still hasn't responded to repeated requests for…
There’s been lots of speculation about how many visitors Idaho will see for next week’s total solar eclipse, so AirBnB’s figures are of interest. The home-sharing marketplace reports that the eclipse will be the biggest date ever for AirBnB rentals in Idaho, with more than...
Predator-killing cyanide traps such as one that sickened a boy in Idaho and killed his dog should be banned, environmental groups told the federal government Thursday. The Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to outlaw the spring-activated devices called M-44s. The traps...
Here are the statements that Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo and 2nd District Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson have issued on the violence in Charlottesville over the weekend, both sent out on social media on Sunday. Sen. Jim Risch will have a statement this afternoon; 1st District…
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