New caseload caps being considered for public defense attorneys could require counties to hire more lawyers to avoid overworking them.
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BOISE — As Idaho legislators continue to grapple with the possible legalization of hemp, they have had to consider questions about how police might enforce the state’s drug laws and what tools might be necessary to do so. However, a state legislator who is trying to legalize hemp in Idaho sa…
E-commerce has taken another victim.
BURLEY — The emotional pain Milo Hatt has felt since the night 46 years ago when he drove his brother’s car into the back of the Burley High School marching band has never dulled.
BOISE — A divided Idaho Senate on Tuesday killed legislation to ban statewide the use of handheld cell phones while driving, amid concerns over how it might affect farmers in aging pickups or why the state would single out one form of distracted driving over another.
POCATELLO – The Idaho Transportation Department will shift southbound traffic to the median on Interstate 15 near Rose Road tonight (Wednesday, Feb. 20) after 10 p.m. Crews will stripe the newly completed pavement and continue work on the southbound side of the Riverside Canal bridge. Work o…
BOISE — Changing clocks twice a year to account for daylight saving poses health risks, among other problems for Idahoans, said Rep. Christy Zito, whose bill to eliminate daylight saving time statewide advanced in the House on Tuesday.
BOISE — A bill to ban female genital mutilation of children in Idaho passed the House Tuesday on a 69-0 vote. The bill, co-sponsored by Reps. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, and Caroline Nilsson Troy, R-Genesee, would make female genital mutilation a felony punishable by up to life in pris…
BOISE — First-time drunk driving offenders could have their charges dismissed if they complete a diversion program, if a bill that was heard Tuesday becomes law.
An Idaho Falls man arrested Sunday for attempting to rob a couple at gunpoint told police he was targeting them to steal drugs and money.
Sports
At Firth, the Mackay High School boys basketball team made 12 3-pointers en route to a 70-63 win over North Gem to claim its first 1A Division II District 5-6 title since 2015 and reach next week’s 1A Division II state tournament.
RIGBY – The Rigby and Madison show continues.
BLACKFOOT — Kenzie Galvin and Elexus Nochebuena didn’t have to be separated for long.
Fabian Sandoval contributed to a historic inaugural season for the 2018 Thunder Ridge High School boys soccer team which included a 5A District 5-6 championship and a trip to the 5A state tournament.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the major leagues and who went on to win the rookie of the year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards, has died. He was 92.
Every once in a while, I hear on the news that some poor pit bull was put down because it at… Read more
Idaho teachers insist that students do their homework. Idaho Falls voters should insist that… Read more
After much partisan wrangling in the Legislature and lengthy fighting through the courts, Id… Read more
Every June, my brother-in-law Dave, who lives near the river, is in a fishing contest sponso… Read more
Idaho Falls needs a new police station. That’s been clear for years. Read more
Memo to: Idaho Freedom Foundation President Wayne Hoffman. Read more
