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Spirit Lake man dies in crash Sunday morning, Idaho State Police say

November 24, 2019 6:48 p.m.

An SUV driven by 50-year-old John W. Hampton left the roadway on Spirit Lake Cutoff Road before noon Sunday. Hampton died in the crash, and three other occupants were taken to the hospital with injuries.

UI opens voluntary furlough option

November 22, 2019 12:21 p.m.

Employees at the University of Idaho will have the option to take as many as five days of voluntary furlough as the university works to reduce its current budget by $1 million, following a request from Gov. Brad Little.

Lawsuit filed to stop big U.S. Forest Service project in Idaho

November 19, 2019 5:48 p.m.

Environmental groups say the U.S. Forest Service is ignoring a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling by restarting a giant forest project in Idaho and have filed another lawsuit seeking to stop the project a second time.

Court: Company must pay for toxic waste on Idaho tribal land

November 19, 2019 5:16 p.m.

A U.S. appeals court has ruled that a Philadelphia-based agribusiness company that left millions of tons of toxic waste on tribal land in Idaho must pay the tribes nearly $20 million plus $1.5 million annually

Idaho governor OKs hemp transportation across state

November 19, 2019 5:04 p.m.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has issued an executive order aligning Idaho law enforcement activities with federal law to allow the transport of hemp across the state.

‘You done messed up, bookie boy’: Stephen Colbert addresses CdA Book Bandit

November 18, 2019 4:13 p.m.

Coeur d’Alene Public Library is expecting its largest book yet, as promised on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as Colbert takes swing at the “Book Bandit” for hiding “Whose Boat Is This Boat?”

Controversial church aims to ‘make Moscow a Christian town’

November 17, 2019

An area of progressive values in a part of the state and country that is deeply red, Moscow is just about perfect for a lot of residents. But leaders of Christ Church say they’re trying to evangelize in an area that has shown indifference toward religion, prompting tension in the city of roughly 25,000 residents.

Dear Book Bandit: Author pens note to person hiding books at Coeur d’Alene library

November 16, 2019 4 a.m.

“We’re at such an impasse culturally with ‘us and them’ and demonizing people that think differently than we do. I don’t want to demonize this person. I really want to understand them,” Roesch Wagner said. “I hope I hear from them.”

Eye on Boise: Jim Weatherby presented with City Club of Boise’s highest awawrd

November 16, 2019

When the City Club of Boise last week honored Jim Weatherby with its highest award, the Stimpson Award for Civic Engagement, Weatherby was predictably humble.

Idaho unemployment rate in October holds steady

November 15, 2019 4:20 p.m.

Idaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9% in October remained steady for the fourth consecutive month.

Longtime Coeur d’Alene Councilman Ron Edinger says goodbye after 50 years in office

November 15, 2019 5 a.m.

The self-avowed “common man” of the Lake City was feted with a party at the Hagadone Event Center on Thursday night, some 52 years after his first election to city office in 1967.

Sandpoint veteran killed, wife injured on way to Veterans Day dinner

November 14, 2019 6:13 p.m.

An Idaho veteran died and his wife was seriously injured in a car crash that occurred while they were driving to a Veterans Day dinner in Sandpoint, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for their children and other family.

Idaho governor asks agencies to cut budgets

November 7, 2019 9:24 p.m.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has asked most state agencies to trim their current budgets by 1% and prepare for more cuts in the coming year. The Idaho Press reports Little didn’t make the request of K-12 public schools. He sent a memo to other state agencies late last month last month asking them to identify another 2% base reduction in their budgets for the coming year.