The Idaho Republican Party has announced four national speakers who will be featured at the upcoming state party convention in Nampa that runs this Thursday through Saturday: David Keene, Kimberley Strassel, Foster Friess and Buck Sexton. Keene, former president of the NRA (2011-2013) and the...
In a unanimous opinion authored by Chief Justice Jim Jones, the Idaho Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Rangen Inc., which contended that a lower-court ruling upholding a water-rights mitigation plan was flawed; the plan called for several irrigation districts to divert 12 cubic…
Idaho Fish & Game Commissioner Mark Doerr of Twin Falls has joined commission Chairman Will Naillon in announcing he won’t reapply for his post – and criticizing state legislators for meddling in the management of fish and wildlife in Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune reports. “We…
When Cecil Andrus closed Idaho’s borders to nuclear waste, the former Democratic governor’s decisive action captured the attention of the nation and put pressure on the federal government to remove long-stored waste from a nuclear research complex near Idaho Falls. “Did I have the authority to do that? No, I did not,” Andrus said with a grin...
Tonight is the last “Idaho Reports” show of the season – don’t miss it! It includes a roundup of the events of the past week, a report on campaign finance, and an interview with Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney. On the pundits panel, Kevin...
Plague is suspected in the deaths of ground squirrels in the Treasure Valley southeast of Boise, according to a joint announcement today from the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, the Idaho Department of Fish & Game and the Central District Health Department. It’s the…
The first attempt to delist one of the 13 species of Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead protected under the Endangered Species Act has been denied by federal authorities. The decision made public Thursday by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries cites concerns Snake River fall chinook wouldn't remain viable...
The U.S. Forest Service has rescinded a decision approving a salvage logging project in northern Idaho along two wild and scenic rivers after a federal judge halted the plan at the request of two environmental groups. The Lewiston Tribune reports that Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest...
Idaho’s state Board of Education has named Rick Aman president of Eastern Idaho Technical College, to succeed previous president Steve Albiston. Albiston retired last July; Aman has been serving as interim president since then. Don Soltman, state board president, said, “Under Dr. Aman’s leadership, Eastern…
AAA Idaho is predicting that 200,000 Idahoans will travel 50 miles or more over the upcoming Memorial Day long holiday weekend, with 176,000 of going by car. “Idahoans will pay the lowest Memorial Day gas prices going back to 2009,” said AAA Idaho spokesman Dave…
More than 200 wildland firefighters have been mobilized by the National Interagency Fire Center to help fight the Fort McMurray fire in Canada, with five of the crews flying on a Canadian aircraft out of NIFC in Boise this morning, and another flying out of...
Texas and 10 other states are filing a lawsuit over the Obama administration’s transgender student guidelines, Idaho EdNews reports, and Idaho plans to file an amicus brief supporting the states. Mark Warbis, spokesman for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, said the state is working on the…
Idaho Fish & Game Commission Chairman Will Naillon has announced he won’t reapply for his post, the Lewiston Tribune reports today. Gov. Butch Otter’s office announced earlier that Naillon and Commissioner Mark Doerr would have to reapply if they wanted another term; Otter’s also announced…
Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas are pushing to keep evidence secret in the 2014 Cliven Bundy standoff case, arguing that Bundy backers would use names and information disclosed in evidence to target court officials and intimidate witnesses in the criminal case. Threats already have been received, they said. News media, including the Associated...
The rehab effort from the massive Soda Fire in southwestern Idaho is a “learning exercise” that will allow the nation to learn how best to restore landscapes damaged by fire, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said during her visit to the site yesterday. “The amount…
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell says the latest $10 million federal investment into the “Wildland Fire Resilient Landscapes Program,” which she announced during a visit to Idaho today, will make critical landscapes across the country more resilient to the impacts of wildfire and climate change....
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Tuesday toured a massive wildfire rehabilitation effort in southwest Idaho that's part of the federal government's new wildfire strategy and then announced $10 million for projects in 12 states to reduce wildfire threats. The money is part of the Wildland Fire Resilient Landscapes Program intended to restore...
Gov. Butch Otter has joined governors in seven other states in proclaiming May as “Wildfire Awareness Month,” declaring that “wildfires increasingly pose a threat to homes and communities throughout the West.” The proclamation, also signed by the governors of California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota,…
An Idaho Falls man is suing Idaho State University, claiming that he was discriminated against because of his Mormon faith. The Post Register reports that Orin Duffin filed the lawsuit Friday. He says he was severely harassed while playing for the men's tennis team...
A coalition in southern Idaho hopes to turn Craters of the Moon National Monument into Idaho's first national park. Butte County commissioner Rose Bernal said getting the monument national park status could provide a much-needed boost to the struggling local economy and draw...
A federal appellate court has upheld a contempt of court ruling made against private prison company Corrections Corporation of America for falsifying staffing reports at an Idaho prison. Monday's ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the Nashville, Tennessee-based CCA will have to pay higher-than-normal attorneys' fees...
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is scheduled to visit the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise on Tuesday to announce funding for wildfire projects and get a briefing on the 2016 wildfire season outlook. Officials will also provide Jewell with an update on the implementation...
A new national report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities charts reduced state investment in higher education and rising tuition across the country, with Idaho ranking fairly poorly – the report found that state spending on higher ed per student in Idaho remains…
Last year’s voracious wildfires are leaving a positive legacy this year for mushroom hunters – morel mushrooms, which can retail for $20 a pound, are popping up in the burned-over forests. The sought-after post-fire morels can appear for about two years after a forest fire...
A second employee of Idaho State Treasurer Ron Crane’s office is corroborating the charges in a whistleblower claim against the state, in which another employee, who was fired after 10 years with the office, said his firing was in retaliation for objecting to waste of…
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