The head of a company seeking to build a nuclear power plant in Idaho has agreed to pay $450,000 to resolve a lawsuit with a group of angry investors, reports AP reporter Alex Morrell. Shareholders of Alternate Energy Holdings Inc. in late 2010 sued the…
State Schools Superintendent Tom Luna is headed off on a tour of school districts around the state, to update them on new legislation and the implementation of his "Students Come First" reforms, the Associated Press reports. The plan, as originally passed last year, shifted money…
Gov. Butch Otter has acted on all but three of the bills passed in this year's legislative session; he has until 1:50 p.m. tomorrow to either sign or veto the final three, or let them become law without his signature. Asked if these are measures…
The latest precipitation levels and snowpack figures for Idaho are varying so wildly that hydrologists at the National Resources Conservation Service are calling it "March Madness." Said Jeff Anderson, NRCS hydrologist in Boise, “Diverse conditions would be an understatement to describe the present snowpack situation…
Idaho will join 43 other states and start licensing massage therapists, after Sen. Jim Hammond‘s bill was signed into law last week by Gov. Butch Otter. Therapists will have 18 months to become licensed; currently, anyone can claim to be a massage therapist and charge…
Spring skiing, costumes and frivolity were the orders of the day as Bogus Basin held its end-of-season sendoff on Saturday, marking the close of a late-starting but still-fun ski season for the local non-profit ski resort. Bogus has announced a bonus weekend, when it will…
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