The Idaho ACLU says its ongoing lawsuit over the state's attempts to outlaw the "Occupy Boise" protest vigil from state property across from the state Capitol has turned up a multi-agency law enforcement plan dubbed "Operation De-Occupy Boise." The group says the plan called for…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) ― Officials in Boise County say they've arrested an 18-year-old volunteer firefighter suspected of igniting a blaze that destroyed one home and is threatening about 100 other residences. Authorities identified the suspect Tuesday as…
A federal grand jury in Boise has indicted 21 people in a major methamphetamine distribution and firearms investigation focused on the "Aryan Knights" gang, which authorities say is active both in and outside of prison. "Methamphetamine trafficking is Idaho's most serious drug crime," said U.S.…
Wayne Hammon, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's budget chief for the past five and a half years, is resigning Sept. 28 to become executive director of the Idaho Associated General Contractors. Hammon, who heads Otter's Division of Financial Management, wrote in his resignation letter, "After serving…
Boise State University is expecting more than 70,000 people on its campus Thursday, as events collide, from regular classes, to two performances of "Les Miserables" at the Morrison Center, to a 4 p.m. women's volleyball game, to the 7 p.m. football matchup against BYU. The…
Jimmy Farris, the Democratic challenger to 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador, is criticizing Labrador for missing votes at triple the rate of his three predecessors, the Idaho Statesman's Dan Popkey reports today, and Labrador is acknowledging Farris has a point. “I don’t think it’s…
Idaho's state endowment investments grew by 2 percent in August, investment manager Larry Johnson reported to the state Land Board today, but it's gotten better since then, he said: "So far in September things have been very good - we've earned almost 3 percent for…
This morning's state Land Board agenda included a recommendation to approve a stipulation to settle the title for some property on the shore of Payette Lake on which a 1942 deed had incorrectly identified the property lines, including part of the lakebed, which the state…
Idaho's state Land Board voted unanimously this morning to approve a mineral lease for recreational dredge mining on the Salmon River, over objections from the Idaho Conservation League and longtime anglers on the river, who said suction dredge mining there is damaging the pristine river…
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