Idaho GOP candidate for governor Tommy Ahlquist has changed the wording on his website about his position on gay marriage, the AP reports today, deleting a promise to continue fighting legal same-sex marriage – which many read as a promise to take the state...
Idaho is now one of 44 states, including Washington, refusing to fully comply with a request to turn over extensive voter information to the Trump Administration’s election integrity commission, according to the latest tally by CNN, and Idaho officials aren’t enthusiastic about the request – in part because they say Idaho’s always safeguarded...
Idaho officials are considering altering rules for suction dredge mining on the South Fork of the Clearwater River just before the month-long season is set to begin, the Lewiston Tribune reports. At the Tenmile Mining District's request, regulators are looking at several conditions included in its permits to see if they can be clarified...
A drone flying illegally created a problem for crews fighting a wildfire south of Twin Falls, Idaho. The Times-News reports the lightning-caused fire burned grass and brush near Nat-Soo-Pah. Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District...
How many calls about illegal fireworks came in to Ada County sheriff’s dispatchers about illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July this year? 266. That’s the tally from 12:01 a.m. July 4 to 10 a.m. today, the sheriff’s department reports. Over the holiday weekend, from…
You might have thought it was just July, but officially, in Idaho, it’s also Idaho Spirits Month. That’s spirits, as in vodka, rum, gin and brandy. Gov. Butch Otter issued a proclamation designating the month, and recognizing the “rapidly growing craft spirits industry comprised of small, family owned businesses...
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