Idaho News

Idaho Lt. Gov. seeks funds to cover losing lawsuit costs

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin asked legislative budget writers Wednesday for $29,000 to cover legal fees incurred after she lost a public records lawsuit. The Idaho Press Club sued McGeach... Read More...

Idaho wolf control board will have $1 million to kill wolves

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials are requesting $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have just over $1 million for that purpose starting this summer. Th... Read More...

Idaho snowpack has water experts cautiously optimistic

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s snowpack levels are in good shape and water experts are cautiously optimistic about water levels in the coming months. Daniel Tappa is a a hydrologist with the Natural Resource Conse... Read More...

Idaho Supreme Court hears arguments over redistricting

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments in four separate lawsuits brought against the state’s redistricting commission on Friday, all of them challenging various aspects of the new state leg... Read More...

Bill to cut income tax introduced in Idaho House committee

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to cut Idaho’s income tax and provide one-time rebates was introduced Wednesday in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee. The Idaho Press reports the House committee moved wit... Read More...

Low visibility leads to 40-car crash on Idaho highway

ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police say roughly 40 vehicles were involved in a crash on an eastern Idaho highway after severe winter weather caused white-out conditions, but only minor injuries were re... Read More...

US close to ending buried nuke waste cleanup at Idaho site

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials say they have almost completed a lengthy project to dig up and remove radioactive and hazardous waste buried for decades in unlined pits at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility t... Read More...

Idaho sheriff, charged with felonies, must surrender guns

BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho sheriff accused of threatening a church youth group with a gun can stay on the job but must surrender all of his firearms to the State Police. A judge's ruling Wednesday... Read More...

Mom committed, husband pleads not guilty to kids’ murders

ST. ANTHONY, IDAHO (AP) — A woman charged with conspiring with her new husband to kill her two children has been committed to a mental health facility for treatment and her husband has pleaded not guilty to the... Read More...

Idaho on pace for record $800 million budget surplus

BOISE, IDAHO | By KEITH RIDLER (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little says the state could finish the fiscal year at the end of June with a record budget surplus of $800 million. The Republican governor in an announ... Read More...