At the Idaho School Boards Association convention in Boise today, two resolutions aimed at easing school districts’ financial woes were approved, reports Clark Corbin of Idaho Education News; his full report is online here. The school trustees from around the state overwhelmingly backed a resolution…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Planning officials in the central Idaho town of Hailey are recommending the number of chickens residents are allowed to keep be doubled from three to six. The Idaho Mountain Express reports (http://bit.ly/1q0RC3y) that…
At 3 p.m., the National Weather Service reports that Boise’s snowfall total for the storm reached 7.6 inches – a new November record. That surpassed the previous record snowfall for Boise in November of 7.4 inches in 1935.
Two former executives of a company that said it was planning a nuclear power plant in Idaho have been indicted by a federal grand jury on 14 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents.…
It’s the sixth time in 12 years that this has happened, but somehow it still sounds funny: Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo has been selected for the prestigious post of chairman of the Committee on Committees for the Senate Republicans. That’s the panel that’s in charge…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is accepting applications through Dec. 5 for the state's next director of the Idaho Department of Insurance. Current insurance chief Bill Deal is retiring Dec. 31. “The successful applicant for this position will have big shoes to fill," Otter said. "Bill…
The National Weather Service reports that the 6.5-inch snowfall total in Boise now ranks as the third-highest in November on record – going back to 1892. The highest was 7.4 inches in 1935; followed by 6.8 inches in 1995. UPDATE: We hit 6.8 inches at…
Toni Hobbs, a longtime employee of Idaho’s Legislative Services office, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on Wednesday night, leaving fellow Statehouse workers surprised and mourning. Hobbs, 52, whose official cause of death was an enlarged heart, seemed healthy and active, and had run the…
Yesterday, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved an expanded permit for a wolf- and coyote-hunting derby in east-central Idaho, authorizing the event on 3 million acres of public land over a three-day period in January, with the permit good for five years. Just two…
This is a lot of snow for Boise – a lot. Yesterday’s official 3.3 inches broke the record for the date of 2.3 inches set in 1947; plenty more has fallen since then, and schools are closed across the valley. There’s more than 6 inches…
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