Gov. Butch Otter is in Hawaii for the annual conference of the Independent Voter Project, a California-based group; while he’s gone, Lt. Gov. Brad Little is acting governor, and at today’s Land Board meeting, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney is presiding. The Independent Voter Project,...
Idaho’s state Land Board voted unanimously today to acquire a nearly 2,400-acre tract of timber land 10 miles east of Kamiah from Potlatch Corp. for the state’s public school endowment. The $2.5 million to purchase the land comes from the endowment’s land bank, which holds...
Idaho is down to just 51 state-owned cottage sites at Payette Lake after six years of auctions. The state has now sold 262 of its state-owned lake cabin sites at Payette and Priest lakes combined, and has 261 left between the two lakes, state Lands Director Tom Schultz reported...