Idaho Democrats are markings something of a milestone today with the emergence of a new candidate for Congress in the 1st Congressional District, former NFL player and Lewiston native Jimmy Farris; you can read my full story here at spokesman.com. House Minority Leader John Rusche,…
A 33-year-old Lewiston native who retired as an NFL football player in 2009 after playing for the New England Patriots, the Atlanta Falcons, the Washington Redskins and the San Francisco 49ers has launched a run for Congress in Idaho, taking on freshman GOP Rep. Raul…
7th District Judge Jon Shindurling issued death warrants today for Paul Ezra Rhoades, setting the execution date for Nov. 18, 2011. If it goes forward, it would be Idaho's first execution since 1994; Rhoades was sentenced to die for the 1987 murders of Susan Michelbacher…
Public comments on the State Board of Education's proposed new online class graduation requirement - requiring every Idaho high school student to take two online courses to graduate - are being accepted through next Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the state board's website here. Meanwhile, the…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman accused of leading a drug-peddling gang that brought methamphetamine into Idaho by the pound will spend 20 years in a federal prison. Amanda Smith of Homedale was sentenced Monday in U.S.…
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