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The most recent 25 Idaho stories
Updated: 11 years 20 weeks ago
Idaho puts lakefront cabin lots up for auction - Tue, 09 Apr 2013 PST
For the first time, Idaho is opening up every state-owned cabin site on Priest Lake to bidding that could pit longtime leaseholders against new hopefuls willing to pay substantially more for the right to use the popular vacation lots. At the same time, new state-commissioned appraisals that are used to calculate annual rents have come in at a whopping 84 percent higher for next year. Some Priest Lake cabin owners who were in the midst of negotiating for land exchanges to get ownership of the leased land under their cabins now are learning they can’t afford it.
Priest Lake cabin owners face costly choice - Mon, 08 Apr 2013 PST
For the first time ever, the state of Idaho is opening up every state-owned cabin site on Priest Lake to conflict bidding – meaning others could bid against the current cabin owners when the 354 leases come up Dec. 31.
Inland NW gets short break from rainy season - Mon, 08 Apr 2013 PST
National Weather Service forecasters today said they expect the Inland Northwest to get a brief break from the stormy weather that moved over the region late last week.
Film festival boosts Idaho wilderness - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
A group that invests money and muscle into improving iconic Idaho wilderness areas is bringing the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival to Spokane this week. The Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation is presenting a selection of the 2012 Colorado festival’s winning outdoors-related films on Wednesday, at the Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague.
Transplanted Serbs rally for Davis Cup - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – Up in Section 27 at Taco Bell Arena, on the first day of Davis Cup tennis in Boise, a vocal contingent of fans sported a different sort of red, white and blue. A few dozen Serbian fans, most of whom immigrated to Boise in recent years, congregated to support their national team and national hero, Novak Djokovic, the world’s No. 1 player.
Huckleberries: Councilman’s free parking stratagem shot down - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
You may know that Coeur d’Alene Councilman Steve Adams decided not to appeal a judge’s decision to allow sewer expansion without a public vote. But did you know that Adams lost a different appeal last week? Seems Adams, who is a stickler for his version of the federal and state constitutions, believes elected officials shouldn’t get parking tickets when they’re conducting official business. Adams was involved in a joint meeting of the council and Lake City Development Corporation when his red Ford pickup was tagged with a ticket for overstaying its two-hour welcome in the Coeur d’Alene Library lot. Which, BTW, is reserved for library patrons.
Student sues fraternity after falling - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
A University of Idaho student injured after falling from a three-tiered bunk bed at the Delta Chi house following a party two years ago is now suing the national fraternal organization for incurred medical costs and other damages. She alleges the injuries came from falling out of a third-story window.
North Idaho strong in Legislature - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – There was the freshman representative from Coeur d’Alene who led an insurrection among House GOP freshmen that changed the outcome of the session’s biggest issue: Gov. Butch Otter’s push to create a state-based health insurance exchange. There was the doctor and second-term senator from Moscow whose quiet work across party lines softened the yearslong strife over Idaho’s health and human services funding, resulting in budgets with bipartisan support.
Eye on Boise: Risch knows value of early campaign launch - Sun, 07 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – It’s more than a year before the primary election, but Idaho Sen. Jim Risch announced last week that he’ll seek re-election in 2014. “When I ran for this office just over four years ago, I said our country was facing many challenges,” Risch said in a statement. “Those challenges not only remain, they have gotten worse. ... Idahoans are opposed to the ever-growing role of the federal government in their lives, and my votes in the Senate have reflected that sentiment.” Risch, who turns 70 in May, knows the importance of getting into a race early. When he was considering a run for governor in 2006, then-congressman Butch Otter jumped in just after he’d taken the oath of office for his third two-year congressional term, a move that allowed him to tie up GOP contributors and outmaneuver Risch, who decided not to run.
Otter touts legislative wins - Sat, 06 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – After the 2013 session ended, Gov. Butch Otter joked that he grew confident his proposal for a state-based health insurance exchange would succeed only “when that bill hit ...
Bonner County dispatchers allege hostile work environment - Fri, 05 Apr 2013 PST
SANDPOINT, Idaho — A former dispatcher and a current dispatcher at the Bonner County 911 Center in North Idaho have filed legal notices announcing their intention to file lawsuits against ...
Idaho’s lawmakers pass budget, head home - Fri, 05 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – Idaho lawmakers adjourned their legislative session Thursday after 88 days, running nearly a week longer than planned amid a deadlock in the Senate over the budget for public schools. In the end, the budget that passed both houses Thursday morning was identical to the original, giving schools a 2.2 percent boost in state funding next year to $1.3 billion. But rancor remained over the direction of education policy in Idaho: In November, voters repealed the Students Come First school reform laws that lawmakers had enacted in 2011.
Idaho wraps up 88-day legislative session - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 PST
Idaho lawmakers adjourned their legislative session today after 88 days, running nearly a week longer than planned amid a deadlock in the Senate over the budget for public schools.
Rain showers to douse spring warm up - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 PST
Rain showers arriving over the Inland Northwest today have put an end to the weeklong string of mild spring weather, forecasters said.
Agencies plan to crack down on property crime - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 PST
Law enforcement officers in Spokane and Kootenai counties announced plans to crack down on property crimes following a series of confrontations involving homeowners firing gunshots at suspected criminals. Top lawmen said Wednesday they will pool manpower and information into a regionwide task force to target the most troubled neighborhoods, then follow perpetrators back to their hideouts.
Idaho records - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 PST
For 04-04-2013
Idaho lawmakers have deal on new schools budget - Thu, 04 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – A new $1.3 billion Idaho public schools budget built by legislators this week is poised to pass a final vote today. The compromise version has been embraced by both the state Senate and House, passing each chamber on Wednesday and setting up final approval that features a few small changes.
A week and much angst later, new Idaho school budget matches old one - Wed, 03 Apr 2013 PST
Idaho lawmakers wrote a new public schools budget Wednesday, one that’s virtually identical to the $1.03 billion spending plan that was rejected by one vote in the Senate last week.
Kootenai County public defender reinstated - Wed, 03 Apr 2013 PST
Kootenai County public defender John Adams won’t be fired after all, commissioners decided Tuesday.
Idaho governor signs bill tightening initiative rules - Wed, 03 Apr 2013 PST
BOISE – It soon will be tougher to get an initiative onto the Idaho ballot. Barely five months after Idaho voters took to the ballot box to scrap the Legislature’s controversial Students Come First school reform laws, Gov. Butch Otter signed legislation Monday adding new requirements for qualifying citizen initiatives and referendum measures for a statewide ballot.
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