WASHINGTON – Two families of white South Africans whom President Donald Trump has designated as refugees arrived in the United States on Monday, en route to their new homes in southern Idaho.
In 2010, a small city nestled between the Rocky Mountains and Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho voted to stop adding fluoride to its municipal water system. The decision came after over a dozen residents bemoaned the practice at a public meeting, blaming fluoride for bone deficiencies, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Carrie Logan didn’t believe that the arguments the Sandpoint City Council ...
Idaho’s prison system once again is without execution drugs after its stockpile expired earlier this year, the latest in a series of hurdles to carrying out the death penalty in the state.
In recent months, Pocatello’s mayor and City Council members had kept an eye on the status of a $16 million grant the city had been awarded, concerned about its status amid slashes to the federal budget. The Environmental Protection Agency awarded the grant in the final months of the Biden administration to help “disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges” ...
Bryan Kohberger’s immediate family will be allowed to attend the entirety of his upcoming capital murder trial, the presiding judge ruled. This decision was one of two orders from 4th District Judge Steven Hippler publicized on the court’s website Wednesday. He wrote in the three-page order surrounding the defense’s request to allow members of their client’s family — his parents and siblings — ...
The Boise City Council made the Pride flag a city flag Tuesday to get around a new state law. The Legislature earlier this year banned most flags from flying on government property, but left an exception for “the official flag of a governmental entity.” Cheers, boos and expletives erupted from the crowd during the rowdy meeting. Five of Boise’s council members voted yes on the resolution — ...
A former Post Falls School Board member and a former nonprofit communications director are running for an open seat on the Community Library Network Board of Trustees in North Idaho.
A fiery collision between a pickup and a tour van left seven people dead in eastern Idaho near Yellowstone National Park on Thursday evening, according to Idaho State Police.
It’s no secret that a super volcano lies miles beneath the surface of Yellowstone National Park, but all this time researchers knew little beyond that — until now.
A judge this week blocked part of an Idaho law creating new state-level immigration crimes. Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 83 in March, after the Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure to allow local law enforcement to wade into an area reserved for the federal government. Police could have enforced the law if they first detained or investigated an undocumented immigrant for a ...
Boise resident Margaret Mortensen received an unconventional birthday gift this month: U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, recognized her big day in Congress.
A federal judge in Idaho halted all executions in the state, issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday against carrying out the death penalty until the state prison system increases access for media witnesses to a concealed room where prison officials prepare for and perform a lethal injection.
The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday heard arguments in a lawsuit that alleges state officials drafted biased and misleading information for voters on an abortion rights ballot initiative.
Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization.
In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday ordered the Idaho Department of Lands to expand its partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to help manage the approximately 20 million acres of national forest land ...
Boise Mayor Lauren McLean has doubled down on the city’s decision to keep an LGBTQ+ Pride flag flying outside City Hall, despite a new state law banning the display of unofficial flags on government property, and threatened to take legal action against the new law in a letter to the state’s attorney general. McLean on Thursday posted a response to Attorney General Raul Labrador’s letter that ...
While the Trump administration continues to paint China as the primary loser in an ongoing trade war, experts and economists are asking a broader question: Could U.S. states that trade with China — like Idaho — be facing significant impacts? President Donald Trump has put a 145% import tax on China, and in return China has placed a 125% tariff on U.S. goods. The tit-for-tat trade war isn’t the ...
Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order Tuesday directing the Idaho Department of Lands to increase forest management activities on federal national forests in Idaho and reduce the risk of wildfire.
