AAA Idaho expects some 195,000 Idahoans to hit the roads for Thanksgiving holiday travel this year, and the motorists group says there’s good news for travelers: Idaho’s gas prices have dropped below the national average for the first time since the third week in May.…
The Idaho State Police is launching its third “All Hands on Deck” operation of the year tomorrow, sending all its commissioned officers, including the top brass and those who normally work behind a desk, out to patrol the state’s highways. Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving,…
The start of a megaload shipment of oil refinery equipment through Eastern Oregon has been put off until Sunday, the AP reports, and objections have been raised in Eastern Oregon that the state didn't do enough to notify tribal and local government officials. The shipment…
Gov. Butch Otter is asking anyone interested in the opening on the state Board of Education to apply by Dec. 9, a week from next Monday. The opening comes after Otter appointed board member Ken Edmunds to head the state Department of Labor; the appointee…
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