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New report shows Idaho’s shortage of direct care workers is worse than national average

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

A new report released to the Idaho Legislature on Thursday by the Office of Performance Evaluations found the state needs at least 3,000 more direct care workers to serve older and disabled Idahoans who rely on those professionals to remain in their homes.

News > Health

Bonner General Health to stop providing pregnancy, labor and delivery care as doctors flee state over abortion laws

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

The North Idaho hospital will stop offering pregnancy care this spring due, in part, to Idaho laws that criminalize abortion care.

News > Pacific NW

Nonprofits seek relief from Idaho Attorney General Labrador’s ‘fishing expedition’

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

Last year, the Marsing School District applied for a federal grant to help fund summer school and preschool programs. The rural Treasure Valley district, which serves fewer than 1,000 students, received about $135,000. “It was always our interpretation that we qualified,” Marsing Superintendent Norm Stewart told the Idaho Statesman by phone. That’s why Stewart was surprised this month when the ...

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U of Idaho homicides suspect had a rare neurological condition, visual snow. What is it?

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

The man charged with the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students has spent much of his teen and adult life consumed by a rare neurological disorder known as visual snow syndrome. “He would talk about it, like, all the time,” Thomas Arntz, a former friend of Koberger’s in high school, told the Idaho Statesman in a phone interview. “The word that comes to mind is that he was ...

News > Pacific NW

He used phony ID to buy a travel trailer from a Boise dealer, then made it a fake-ID lab

UPDATED: Thu., March 16, 2023

A “prolific identity thief” used stolen information to buy a $19,000 travel trailer from a Boise dealer that he turned into a mobile unit for producing false identifications and phony credit cards, prosecutors said.

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How does Idaho count wolves? Critics say state uses ‘smoke and mirrors,’ misleads public

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

As a scruffy gray-and-brown wolf stood in a grassy Idaho clearing, it fixed its gaze straight ahead. Another dark wolf trotted down a muddy dirt road. A third stepped over gravelly terrain, its mouth open as it panted in the sun. Motion-triggered cameras, placed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, snapped photos of the wild animals along trails. Later, the agency would use those photos to help determine the number of wolves residing in Idaho.

News > Pacific NW

Ada County decision to decline homelessness dollars sets off row with Boise’s mayor

UPDATED: Fri., March 17, 2023

Boise Mayor Lauren McLean is criticizing the Ada County Commission for declining to spend federal funds on emergency housing for people experiencing homelessness, saying that puts Boise at risk of becoming another Portland.

News > Pacific NW

Idaho search warrants show police work on Moscow homicides before Bryan Kohberger’s arrest

UPDATED: Wed., March 15, 2023

Dozens of newly released search warrants in the investigation into November’s University of Idaho homicides reveal for the first time how law enforcement pursued and developed evidence that led to the arrest of suspected killer Bryan Kohberger.

News > Education

Kootenai County voters shoot down levies for Coeur d’Alene, Lakeland schools in close votes Tuesday night

UPDATED: Wed., March 15, 2023

Voters in Kootenai County on Tuesday narrowly defeated a $25 million levy that Coeur d'Alene Public Schools said will likely result in staffing and program cuts next year.

News > Pacific NW

Lawmakers approve $1 million for University of Idaho costs that stemmed from killings

UPDATED: Wed., March 15, 2023

The University of Idaho will receive $1 million in state funds to cover costs related to the killings of four students in Moscow last year.

News > Pacific NW

Boise woman found guilty of felony crimes for her involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

UPDATED: Tue., March 14, 2023

A 55-year-old Idaho woman was found guilty of crimes in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. A jury convicted Yvonne St Cyr, of Boise, of two felony counts of obstructing and interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder.

News > Pacific NW

Dick Fosbury, the Idaho Olympian who revolutionized high jumping, dies at age 76

Tue., March 14, 2023

Dick Fosbury, the Olympic gold medal winner who went on to settle in Idaho, died at the age of 76 from lymphoma on Sunday morning, his publicist Ray Schulte confirmed on social media.

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Lewis-Clark State College removes artwork about abortion, citing a state law

UPDATED: Mon., March 13, 2023

Six works in a Lewis-Clark exhibition about health care were perceived to run afoul of a law that prohibits the use of state funds to “promote abortion” or “counsel in favor of abortion.”

News > Pacific NW

Stolen stop signs near Buhl set up potentially deadly situations

UPDATED: Mon., March 13, 2023

Twin Falls County law enforcement officers and Buhl Highway District officials are trying to snuff out a ticking time bomb on rural roads.

News > Nation/World

Northwest lawmakers will play key roles in bipartisan rail safety push after Ohio derailment

Sun., March 12, 2023

WASHINGTON – Northwest lawmakers are set to play key roles in a bipartisan effort to improve railroad safety in the wake of a high-profile derailment that spewed toxic chemicals in Ohio.

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JFAC approves $32 million in emergency rental assistance funding for Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee signed off on a $32 million supplemental funding request for emergency rental assistance on Friday after children’s advocacy groups spent weeks advocating for the funding.

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Idaho Senate votes to eliminate use of student IDs for voting

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

The Republican-controlled Idaho Senate voted Thursday night to eliminate student IDs as an acceptable form of identification to vote in Idaho elections.

A&E > Movies

Are you watching the Oscars on Sunday? Root for this Idahoan’s work on ‘The Whale’

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

When the envelopes open at the 95th Oscars on Sunday, there will be at least one Idahoan in the audience with fingers crossed: Moscow-born-and-raised playwright turned screenwriter Samuel D. Hunter. Hunter wrote the script for the celebrated film “The Whale,” a drama about a morbidly obese man trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter, which has three nominations. The film is based on ...

News > Crime/Public Safety

Judge delays execution of Idaho inmate Gerald Pizzuto, halts latest death warrant

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

A federal judge late Thursday put off the scheduled lethal injection of Idaho death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto later this month, once again preventing the state’s first execution in nearly 11 years.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Four Patriot Front members scheduled for trial on Monday; warrants issued for four others

UPDATED: Fri., March 10, 2023

“One of the side effects of being in an area that has lots of tourists, we will see people get in trouble in our community fail to appear in court and just not come back to Idaho."

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New report shows Idaho’s shortage of direct care workers is worse than national average

Bonner General Health to stop providing pregnancy, labor and delivery care as doctors flee state over abortion laws

Nonprofits seek relief from Idaho Attorney General Labrador’s ‘fishing expedition’

U of Idaho homicides suspect had a rare neurological condition, visual snow. What is it?

He used phony ID to buy a travel trailer from a Boise dealer, then made it a fake-ID lab

How does Idaho count wolves? Critics say state uses ‘smoke and mirrors,’ misleads public

Ada County decision to decline homelessness dollars sets off row with Boise’s mayor

Idaho search warrants show police work on Moscow homicides before Bryan Kohberger’s arrest

Kootenai County voters shoot down levies for Coeur d’Alene, Lakeland schools in close votes Tuesday night

Lawmakers approve $1 million for University of Idaho costs that stemmed from killings

Boise woman found guilty of felony crimes for her involvement in Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Dick Fosbury, the Idaho Olympian who revolutionized high jumping, dies at age 76

Lewis-Clark State College removes artwork about abortion, citing a state law

Stolen stop signs near Buhl set up potentially deadly situations

Northwest lawmakers will play key roles in bipartisan rail safety push after Ohio derailment

JFAC approves $32 million in emergency rental assistance funding for Idaho

Idaho Senate votes to eliminate use of student IDs for voting

Are you watching the Oscars on Sunday? Root for this Idahoan’s work on ‘The Whale’

Judge delays execution of Idaho inmate Gerald Pizzuto, halts latest death warrant

Four Patriot Front members scheduled for trial on Monday; warrants issued for four others

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