It might seem odd that during these tight times, the state Department of Education is announcing eight new staffers for a new division to oversee all statewide, federally mandated student testing and the GEAR UP program, a program to help low-income students work toward college.…
Idaho's "Project Filter" is now once again offering four weeks of free nicotine replacement therapy to smokers who want to quit, after the program was suspended in May and June due to lack of money. The start of the state's new budget year yesterday put…
After serving as the university's interim president, Steven Daley-Laursen takes on a new role today, University of Idaho President Duane Nellis announced, as a senior executive to the president with a focus on "special federal initiatives." It's a one-year appointment for the former dean of…
Rural Idaho residents have been staying put during the current recession, unlike during the previous recession, when they moved in large numbers to the state’s urban areas. “The length and depth of the current recession … has severely impeded the ability, and the rationale, for…