The City Club of Boise will host a forum on Wednesday, Feb. 22, celebrating Bogus Basin’s 75th Anniversary. Brad Wilson, general manager of the longtime non-profit ski resort just 16 miles north of Boise, will discuss Bogus Basin’s history and what’s in store for its…
The current flu season is the worst in nearly two decades in Idaho, with 47 flu deaths reported statewide, writes S-R reporter Rachel Alexander. Since 2000, the highest number of flu deaths in Idaho was 35 during the 2012-2013 season, according to the Idaho Department…
Legislative leaders are currently considering several options to change Idaho's faith-healing laws, but details about what's being discussed are being kept under wraps. Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Idaho Falls, said Friday that he had met with Gov. Butch Otter and legislative leaders over the past week to discuss whether Idaho's...
This week’s “Idaho Reports” on Idaho Public Television includes a roundup of the events of the week; a report on flooding in Idaho including in the Magic Valley and in Weiser; and an interview with Reps. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, Clark Kauffman, R-Filer, and state veterinarian…
An Idaho Democratic lawmaker's resolution honoring immigrants and refugees faced opposition from a legislative panel after Republican members questioned the timeliness of such praise. Rep. Hy Kloc, of Boise, says his resolution introduced Thursday is intended to recognize the ongoing contributions of immigrants...
The House has voted 60-5 in favor of HB 132, the bill from Rep. Lance Clow, R-Twin Falls, to allow motorists who are passing another vehicle on a two-lane Idaho highway to exceed the speed limit by 15 mph without getting a ticket. The vote...
When the House Education Committee recently voted to approve new state school science standards only after deleting five sections referring to climate change, there were ripples of outrage around the state. Many worried that the Legislature was trying to delete references to scientific matters from…
The Senate voted 30-2 today to remove a $75 annual surcharge from gas hybrid vehicles in Idaho, with an emergency clause that will make it effective as soon as Gov. Butch Otter signs it into law. The $75 surcharge would remain in effect for plug-in…
State budget writers have approved allocating $526,900 to help research and dispose of contaminated fields in eastern Idaho. The request, made up of both state and federal funds, is part of an ongoing effort to treat the negative impacts of a pesticide known as methyl bromide, applied on potatoes in Bingham and Bonneville counties in 2006...
An Idaho senator says the state should raise its smoking age from 18 to 21. “I feel very strongly about this,” said Sen. Fred Martin, R-Boise. He’s been serving on the state’s Millennium Fund committee, which directs proceeds from a nationwide tobacco settlement to health-related...
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