Idaho Olympic skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson reportedly is dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Utah. Peterson, who won the silver medal in aerials at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, had just pleaded not guilty to a DUI offense in the Sun Valley area…
Even as Idaho's Fish & Game Commission prepares to set this year's wolf-hunting season at its meeting this Thursday in Salmon, the wolf issue is back in court in Montana. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy held a two-hour hearing in Missoula today, the AP reports,…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. aerial freestyle skier from Idaho has pleaded not guilty to speeding and drunken driving charges after his arrest Friday. Through his attorney, Jeret "Speedy" Peterson filed paperwork indicating he'll challenge his…
Idaho redistricting commissioners had praise today for all those from the public who submitted proposed redistricting plans, from ordinary citizens, to current and former lawmakers, to the city of Meridian and more. Commisioner Evan Frasure noted that former state Rep. Branden Durst of Boise submitted…
The redistricting commission had gone through more than half of the citizen-submitted legislative district maps so far this morning; it's taking a five-minute break now. Among those that drew comments: Remarking on plan L-3, Commissioner George Moses said, "I guess this is testament to how…
Idaho's bipartisan citizen redistricting commission is now reviewing all of the citizen-initiated redistricting plans submitted to the commission through the online "Maptitude" program; there are 29 of them. The first one, L-1, drew up a plan for just 30, rather than the current 35, legislative…
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