Smoke from wildfires is seriously impacting air quality in some parts of southern and central Idaho, the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reports, including intermittently “unhealthy” and “very unhealthy” pollution levels in Idaho City and nearby communities. That’s due to the nearly 10,000-acre Pioneer…
Seventy-seven percent of Idaho residents who graduated from in-state public colleges or universities from 2010 to 2014 were employed in Idaho a year later, according to a new research report from the Idaho Department of Labor and the Office of the State Board of Education;…
1st District Congressman Raul Labrador has launched a “Conversations with the Congressman” tour that he says will hit all 19 counties in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District; he’s in Wallace at the Books Hotel this morning, and started out in McCall yesterday at Moxie Java. “My…
The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for Mark Lankford in a 33-year-old murder case, ruling that prosecutors violated Lankford’s right to a fair trial. “As this court has noted many times, the right to a fair trial before an impartial jury is…
The Idaho Lottery turned over $49.5 million in proceeds – a record – to the state this week, to be split between schools and public buildings. The amount exceeds the previous high in 2014 of $49 million. "The lottery is the purest form of voluntary...
This week, it’s the Democratic Party’s turn in the national spotlight, as the party holds its national convention in Philadelphia and nominates Hillary Clinton, the first ever female major-party presidential nominee. Idaho’s delegation to the convention includes 27 delegates and three alternates and is chaired...
Smoke is affecting air quality in Boise, as multiple wildfires burn. The Mile Marker 14 fire near Lucky Peak was declared 100 percent controlled on Monday, but a new fire, the Mile Marker 52 fire near Avimor on Highway 55, ignited on Tuesday, and as…
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