Slot machine-like “instant racing” machines have stopped their whirring, flashing and dinging and gone silent across the state today, as Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney certified into law SB 1011, the bill that overwhelmingly passed the Legislature to repeal authorization for the gambling machines....
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney certified the law banning slot machine-like “instant racing” machines first thing this morning, following yesterday’s Idaho Supreme Court ruling that the machines are illegal in Idaho. The court held that Gov. Butch Otter's belated attempt to veto the...
The Idaho Attorney General’s office is investigating a complaint of misuse of office against Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue, according to both the Idaho Press-Tribune and KTVB-TV, involving the sheriff’s use of a private foundation that oversees his “Man Up Crusade.” Canyon County commissioners contacted…
Gov. Butch Otter has named two new members to the Idaho Fish & Game Commission: Derick Attebury of Idaho Falls, who succeeds Kenneth Anderson of Rigby, and Daniel Blanco of Moscow, to succeed Fred Trevey of Lewiston; both of the previous commissioners’ terms had expired.…
It’s not often that a police department news release has a headline like this: “Officers arrest man after a series of dangerous and bizarre events leaves one man hospitalized.” It happened in Boise yesterday, starting in the afternoon at Northview Street and Maple Grove, when…
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