At the behest of Buck Knives in Post Falls, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has introduced legislation to lift a decades-old ban on interstate commerce in switchblade knives. Switchblades, also known as automatic knives, have a mechanism allowing one-handed operation to easily open the blade. They’ve been illegal in interstate commerce since 1958...
A legislative interim committee on truck registration fees is inviting input from stakeholders at a meeting set for Oct. 4 at the state Capitol. It will be the first meeting of the Commercial Vehicle Annual Registration Fee Committee, a panel of 10 lawmakers charged with…
If you’ve experienced slow or difficult access to this site today, here’s why: News of a school shooting at Freeman High School, south of Spokane, that killed one student and injured three others has prompted high levels of traffic on the S-R website, at times…
Ada County is now up to four confirmed human cases of West Nile Virus, and there are 10 statewide; health officials are warning Idahoans that the danger from the mosquito-borne virus is not over, and precautions should be taken to avoid mosquito bites. Late summer...