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What does Idaho’s new law say about pro-police flags? This town found out

Idaho’s new flag law, which has been skirted by some cities, has affected a Treasure Valley town that traditionally flew a pro-police flag. The law, passed by the Idaho Legislature this year to limit which flags government entities may display, led the Parma Police Department to stop displaying its Thin Blue Line flag, which is a black-and-white American flag with one blue stripe. The name ...
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What West Ada is doing to its ‘content neutral’ policy after classroom-sign flap

The West Ada School District on Tuesday unveiled its proposed revised policy governing what teachers can display in their classrooms or wear at school. The proposal comes after months of scrutiny over the district’s decision to require a teacher in Meridian to remove inclusive signs from her classroom believed to violate existing policy on “content neutral classrooms.” The teacher, Sarah ...
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A Central Idaho man was reported missing. Now it’s a murder case

Days after a Challis man went missing in a remote part of Central Idaho, emergency personnel’s search for him was called off. That’s because it became a homicide investigation. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office arrested Alan Bruce, 70, of Challis, after he admitted to law enforcement that he shot and killed 47-year-old Patrick Shelton, who was reported missing over the weekend, according to ...
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Bryan Kohberger set for last court date before Idaho student murder trial

After the latest wave of new details and court rulings in the University of Idaho student homicides case, defendant Bryan Kohberger is set to be in court Thursday in Boise for his last scheduled appearance before this summer’s highly anticipated murder trial. Among the items expected to be taken up at the hearing is the state’s effort to admit a variety of records that police obtained, ...
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Is fluoride in your Idaho water? What to know as Utah and RFK Jr. fight it

In 2010, a small city nestled between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho voted to stop adding fluoride to its municipal water system. The decision came after over a dozen residents bemoaned the practice at a public meeting, blaming fluoride for bone deficiencies, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Carrie Logan didn’t believe that the arguments the Sandpoint City Council ...
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‘Super disappointed’: This Idaho city just lost $17 million in federal grants

In recent months, Pocatello’s mayor and City Council members had kept an eye on the status of a $16 million grant the city had been awarded, concerned about its status amid slashes to the federal budget. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the grant in the final months of the Biden administration to help “disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges” ...
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Judge says Kohberger’s family can attend his Idaho murder trial

Bryan Kohberger’s immediate family will be allowed to attend the entirety of his upcoming capital murder trial, the presiding judge ruled. This decision was one of two orders from 4th District Judge Steven Hippler publicized on the court’s website Wednesday. He wrote in the three-page order surrounding the defense’s request to allow members of their client’s family — his parents and siblings — ...
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Boise adds two official flags in latest jab at Legislature’s new law

The Boise City Council made the Pride flag a city flag Tuesday to get around a new state law. The Legislature earlier this year banned most flags from flying on government property, but left an exception for “the official flag of a governmental entity.” Cheers, boos and expletives erupted from the crowd during the rowdy meeting. Five of Boise’s council members voted yes on the resolution — ...
News >  ID Government

Idaho lawmakers want to police immigration locally. Here’s what a judge said

A judge this week blocked part of an Idaho law creating new state-level immigration crimes. Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 83 in March, after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure to allow local law enforcement to wade into an area reserved for the federal government. Police could have enforced the law if they first detained or investigated an undocumented immigrant for a ...