Here's a news item from the Associated Press: LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — A llama is still on the loose in Lewiston. Nez Perce County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Madison says they still haven't identified the owner of the llama, which has been helping itself to neighborhood…
Boise State University and the government of the Basque Country signed a new five-year agreement today that strengthens their existing partnership in BSU's Basque Studies Program, and includes $390,000 in funding for faculty and more. “Basques of North America know very well, over the years,…
Imagine how stunned I was to see on the AP wire today that an elusive graffiti bandit is annoying the heck out of Pocatello by emblazoning "BZR" in all kinds of high and hard-to-reach places on buildings and signs in the southeast Idaho city. Yes,…
Here's a link to the letter that Rep. Shirley Ringo's attorney, Robert Huntley, delivered to the Idaho Attorney General's office yesterday on secret tax deals, with the three new sworn statements attached along with an earlier affidavit from Stan Howland. One note: One of the…
Three more longtime senior employees of the Idaho State Tax Commission have come forward with sworn statements charging that secret tax deals were offered to those with political influence, and now Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, is offering to put her pending lawsuit over the deals…
Gov. Butch Otter's administration chief and close friend, Mike Gwartney, has been something of a lightning rod for controversy throughout Otter's term in office, attracting the ire of state workers for proposing cuts to health benefits and clashing with lawmakers on everything from activities in…
Mike Gwartney, Gov. Butch Otter's best friend and his right-hand man in his administration, serving without pay as the director of the Department of Administration, is retiring as of today, and his chief deputy, Teresa Luna, will take over his post on an interim basis.…
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