Here's a link to my full story at spokesman.com on today's meeting of Gov. Butch Otter's transportation funding task force, which voted unanimously to accept a new state-commissioned cost-allocation study showing car owners are overpaying for Idaho roads while heavy trucks underpay, but expressed strong…
The two Idaho Fish & Game fisheries biologists who were killed in a helicopter crash this morning in Kamiah have been identified as Larry Barrett, 47, of Lewiston, who's worked for Fish & Game since 1985; and Dani Schiff, 34, of Lewiston, who's worked for…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — A 3-year-old child was handling an Emmett Police Department officer's weapon that discharged and injured three people on Aug. 6. The Idaho Statesman reports the agency has been accused of a cover-up in…
A subcommittee of Gov. Butch Otter's transportation funding task force on public transportation has come back to the full panel with recommendations for allowing local-option taxes, including local sales taxes, an expanded resort tax for larger cities or counties, property tax options and impact fees.…
With all the road construction going on around the state right now, don't worry about it causing traffic tie-ups over the Labor Day holiday weekend - ITD has announced that all its highway construction projects will be suspended for the holiday weekend, excepting only those…
The Lewiston Tribune has reported that the third person involved in the crash of a helicopter carrying two Fish & Game biologists and a pilot in Kamiah today has died.
This morning's helicopter crash in Kamiah involved two Idaho Fish & Game fisheries biologists and a pilot; two people died, and one of the biologists was hospitalized in Orofino. Identification of the victims is being withheld pending notification of the families. Fish & Game reported…
Gov. Butch Otter's transportation funding task force has voted unanimously to accept the state's new cost-allocation study, which shows that heavy trucks are underpaying for their wear and tear on Idaho's highways, while owners of cars and light pickups are overpaying. The panel's acceptance, however,…
As the governor's transportation funding task force opened its meeting this morning, one member, Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, took the opportunity to formally disclose a possible conflict of interest. She both made a statement and submitted a written notice, noting, "My private sector employer is…
Idaho is one of seven states that are suing to overturn the federal health-care reform law, while also claiming subsidies under it for retired state workers. Click below for a full report from the AP in Washington, D.C.
Here's a news item from the Associated Press about the Idaho Correctional Center, the privately operated state prison south of Boise operated by Corrections Corp. of America that's currently the target of a huge lawsuit over prison violence: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Traces of the…
The Idaho Transportation Department has joined ConocoPhillips in appealing to the Idaho Supreme Court a local judge's decision to revoke its permits for four huge truckloads of oil refinery equipment to travel winding U.S. Highway 12 from Lewiston to Montana, saying the decision could "end…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Transportation Department joined an oil refiner in asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a judge's decision that's halted shipments of oversized equipment over U.S. Highway 12. ConocoPhillips has already appealed…
Wyoming has no plans to alter its stance on wolf management - classifying the animals as predators that can be shot on sight across most of the state - despite a court ruling that Wyoming's position means wolves are again on the endangered list and…
The first non-educator to head Idaho’s public school system is running for re-election, and he’s being challenged by one of the state’s most respected educators: the just-retired superintendent of the Boise School District, the state’s second-largest district. The race between state Superintendent of Schools Tom…
ConocoPhillips says if it can't get its four huge loads across U.S. Highway 12 from Lewiston into Montana in the coming days, it won't be able to make needed repairs at its Billings refinery until next summer and will lose $9 million. In a motion…
CNN's "Political Ticker" has a piece on Idaho's 1st District congressional race today, headed, "A rosy outlook for the Tea Party's favorite Democrat." Its take: Incumbent Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick, "who defied the odds in 2008 ... seems poised to confound expectations yet again." The…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo says his bill to cut taxes for small breweries is gaining support, as evidenced by the addition of 24 co-sponsors. Crapo has joined Democratic Sens. John Kerry of…
Emmert International, the contractor for ConocoPhillips tasked with hauling the four huge loads of refinery equipment bound for Montana via U.S. Highway 12, still is paying McAlvain Construction, the contractor for the state who's repaving the Arrow Bridge, to hold off on starting paving on…
Here's a news item from the AP: CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — The Valley County sheriff's office is ordering an immediate evacuation of some subdivisions near the Tamarack Resort as strong winds fan the flames of the Hurd Creek fire. The sheriff's office issued a Level…
Here is the notice of appeal filed by ConocoPhillips of 2nd District Judge John Bradbury's ruling revoking its ITD permits to move four giant loads over Highway 12 from Lewiston to Montana, starting immediately. The appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court includes notice that the…
Gov. Butch Otter's campaign issued this response to Democratic challenger Keith Allred's comments this morning regarding the state budget and school funding. It's a statement from Otter: “Mike Ferguson’s economic forecast this morning was very positive news for our state. This is a prime example…
Keith Allred, Democratic candidate for governor, says the latest official state revenue forecasts shows "Otter cut schools unnecessarily," and said in a news release this morning, "New information about Idaho's budget once again underscores one point: Idaho school kids shouldn't have to pay the price…
The Lewiston Tribune reports that ConocoPhillips filed a notice of appeal at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the 2nd District Court office in Grangeville. So far this morning, the Idaho Supreme Court has not received a notice of appeal of 2nd District Judge John Bradbury's…
For the first time in several years, and eight years after the demise of the Boise River Festival, dozens of colorful hot air balloons will fill the sky over Boise the weekend after next, as part of the "Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic." The event,…
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