There are now nine more Idaho medical facilities that may have received contaminated injectable drugs that have been implicated in the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak; earlier, just two had been identified, and one man from eastern Idaho has been diagnosed with the serious disease. Idaho…
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has announced the hiring of a new press secretary, Suzanne Bottorff, who previously worked for Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., as an assistant press secretary and interim press secretary. Bottorff replaces Kyle Hines, who left Risch's office for graduate school at the…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― An environmental group has sued the state after officials including Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter approved a plan to dredge the Salmon River for gold. The Idaho Conservation League on Tuesday announced it had…
Whoosh - and just like that, the season has changed. Rain came cascading down in Boise, and a big wind gust just knocked half the golden leaves off this tree. Best of all, some significant rain has been reported in the mountains across the state…
Last night's public forum on the school reform ballot measures drew a near-capacity crowd of 350 at Centennial High School, the Idaho Statesman reports; you can read their full report here.
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