Idaho’s state Board of Education and the Legislature’s interim committee that’s studying possible updates to the public school funding formula have launched an online public opinion survey to gather public input on how Idaho schools are funded. The interim committee’s co-chairs, Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho…
The Navy and U.S. Department of Energy want to build a $1.6 billion facility at a nuclear site in eastern Idaho that would handle fuel waste from the nation's fleet of nuclear-powered warships through at least 2060, the AP reports.The new facility would keep nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines deployed, according to an environmental...
Federal safety authorities have fined a southwest Idaho company $77,000 following the deaths of two workers in a trench collapse in Boise. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday issued the fines to Meridian-based Hard Rock Construction. Thirty-six-year-old Bert Smith and 26-year-old Ernesto Saucedo died...
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo introduced legislation Monday aimed at cutting wait times for veterans seeking health care, and making other changes to the current Veterans Choice Program. Under the bill, a new "Care in the Community Program" would let veterans who live long distances from VA medical facilities seek specialty care...
A Tuesday morning fire has caused significant damage to a U.S. Bureau of Land Management office in central Idaho and an arson task force has been called in to investigate. The Custer County Sheriff's Office says the fire reported at about 2 a.m. appears to have started on the south side of the building in a shop area...
The Legislature’s joint budget committee is opening its interim meeting in Boise today, which includes a full day of presentations on state agency and funding issues today, tours of various state agencies and locations tomorrow, and a final session Thursday morning back in the JFAC...
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