The annual Idaho KidsCount survey, released today, shows more Idaho kids live in two-parent families than kids across the nation, but Idaho kids are faring worse in economic measures. The survey showed 20 percent of Idaho children lived in poverty in 2011, up from 18…
Deron Smith, director of public relations for the Boy Scouts of America, issued this statement today in response to the new federal lawsuit in Idaho: “Any instance of child victimization or abuse is intolerable and unacceptable. While we can’t comment on the lawsuit, we deeply…
Four former Idaho Boy Scouts, including a Spokane man, filed a federal lawsuit in Boise today charging that they were sexually abused by scout leaders during camping trips and other scouting events in the 1970s and 1980s. The lawsuit, which asks for at least $75,000…
Three members of Idaho’s four-member congressional delegation – Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and 2nd District Rep. Mike Simpson – have issued statements on the passing of Velma Morrison, lauding her support for the arts in Idaho and mourning her passing. Here are their…
The U.S Forest Service has turned thumbs down on the first of nine megaloads of mining equipment bound for the Alberta tar sands proposed to travel across the winding, wild and scenic Highway 12 river corridor from the Port of Lewiston to Montana. "The authorization…
Philanthropist and patron of the arts Velma Morrison has died at the age of 92; the AP reports that she died of a heart attack. Morrison's daughter, Judyth Roberts, said Morrison was at her home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., when she died Thursday. Several buildings…
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