Health insurance plans in Idaho will see rate increases next year, the AP reports, ranging from 7 percent to 26 percent. Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron said he did not find any proposed rate changes to be unreasonable. "In spite of our best...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has the ability to reseed and rehabilitate a giant burned area on the Idaho-Oregon border where a wildfire scorched primary sage grouse habitat and grasslands needed by ranchers, the agency's director says. "We're going to stay after it and…
The Idaho Air National Guard deployed 40 members today to support firefighting efforts for the Tower Fire, which is nearing the Washington-Idaho line in North Idaho. The Guard members were placed on active duty on Aug. 26 at the order of Gov. Butch Otter; they...
The financially troubled Troy School District is breathing a sigh of relief, after a $995,000, one-year supplemental levy passed with 73 percent of the vote on Tuesday. That will allow the district to restore cuts amounting to a third of its budget, imposed after two…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: GARDEN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — This academic year marks the first that a remote Idaho school district will make guns available to trained staff members in the event that an active shooter is on the 300-student campus.…
Gov. Butch Otter is calling for applicants for an opening in January on the state Public Utilities Commission. “We are looking for candidates who possess the right mix of enthusiasm and temperament to oversee one of the most vital regulatory functions in state government,” Otter…
An Idaho state representative’s Facebook post of herself proudly posing with a Confederate flag has touched a nerve in the state, which still resents being associated with the racism of Richard Butler’s Aryan Nations. Rep. Heather Scott, a Blanchard Republican, posted the picture on Facebook…
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