The U.S. Forest Service is spending just over $1 million in northern Idaho to shore up areas scorched by massive wildfires last summer. The agency on Monday announced the plan for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests aimed at stabilizing roads and trails, preventing erosion, keeping out invasive species and removing hazard...
The Spokane Interfaith Council has invited Idaho Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, to a “Meet the Neighbors” event at the Spokane Islamic Center in January, in response to her legislative newsletter calling for a special session of the Idaho Legislature on refugee issues and declaring that…
The Idaho Community Foundation has named a new president and CEO to replace Bob Hoover, the former University of Idaho president who is retiring after nearly seven years with the foundation. Karen Bilowith, currently president and CEO of a four-county community foundation in Albany, N.Y.,…
Parking at meters in downtown Boise will be free on Friday for the “Black Friday” shopping day, the city announced today. The city wants to “encourage shoppers to take advantage of the more than 300 retail and restaurant locations in the downtown area.” Regular rates…
A number of national news reports have recently claimed that no one who came to the U.S. as a refugee has ever been arrested for anything related to terrorism. We in Idaho know that’s not the case, as Fazliddin Kurbanov was convicted in August of…
Idaho’s open range laws have long held motorists fully liable when they hit livestock, and the laws are drawing more attention after the accident in which a couple hit a bull owned by rancher Jack Yantis of Council, which triggered a shocking turn of events…
Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Officials are considering a controversial proposal to swap federal land for private timberland in the upper Lochsa River basin. The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1MMc8um ) Republican Sen. Jim Risch is holding a meeting…
A thousand people rallied in front of the Capitol on Saturday on refugees – 700 attending a rally supporting refugee resettlement, and 300 at a counter-protest opposing it on security grounds, the Idaho Statesman reports. The dueling rallies ran from 11 a.m. to about 1....
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