The Idaho Fish & Game Commission has voted against allowing baiting of wolves, at least for now; the vote was unanimous. A large majority of the public comments the Idaho Department of Fish & Game received on the proposal opposed it. Andrea Santarsiere, a senior…
Former President Jimmy Carter issued this statement today on the passing of four-time Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus, whom Carter appointed as his Secretary of the Interior: “Rosalynn and I join thousands across our nation in mourning the passing of Cecil Andrus, a friend from the…
Remembrances of Idaho’s longest-serving governor, Cecil Andrus, are pouring in after his death late last night from lung cancer. Among them: Gov. Butch Otter: “Cecil Andrus made everyone around him better. He was a mentor to me and many others, raising our standards and inspiring us to think big. He combined stubborn idealism with common sense...
Funeral arrangements for the late Cecil Andrus, which will be private, are planned for Wednesday, August 30 in Boise. A public lying in state ceremony will follow at noon on Wednesday in the Idaho Capitol rotunda and continue until noon on August 31. A public…
Cecil Andrus, Idaho’s longest-serving governor, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Democrat and champion of wilderness and the Idaho outdoors, died late Thursday after a battle with cancer, the night before his 86th birthday. An Orofino lumberjack spurred to run for office by concerns over...
News, happenings and more from the Idaho Legislature and the state capital.
