Legals for June, 5 2024

Legals for June, 5 2024

Legals for June, 18 2024

Idaho gas prices continue to fall

Gem State pump prices now 40 cents cheaper than a year ago

Idaho gas prices as of Monday: Boise, $3.62; Franklin, $3.39; Idaho Falls, $3.39 and Lewiston, $3.63

Crapo holding telephone town hall

Idaho residents are invited to join Sen. Mike Crapo for a statewide telephone town hall Tuesday, June 18. The event will start at 12:15 p.m. Mountain Time.

PAFE received Idaho Future Fund grant

A Bonner County nonprofit has received a $3,000 grant in support of a Lake Pend Oreille School District reading program. The Idaho Community Foundation announced Tuesday that the Panhandle Alliance for Education Inc. was awarded the grant to support the Ready to Read program, which benefits first-grade students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

AARP Idaho hosting town hall with Little

AARP Idaho is inviting Idahoans to join Governor Brad Little for a statewide telephone town meeting on May 29 from noon to 1 p.m. Mountain Time. The conversation with Little and AARP Idaho state director Lupe Wissel will focus on the recent legislative session and other topics important to Idahoans and their families.

Legals for June, 12 2024

Legals for May, 30 2024

Legals for May, 29 2024

Souza to run for Idaho GOP chair

Mary Souza will run for the Idaho Republican Party chairmanship at the state convention next weekend in Coeur d’Alene.

Legals for June, 4 2024

Legals for June, 19 2024

Moon reelected Idaho GOP chair

Party now opposes funding higher education

Republican party platform opposes higher ed funding

Rickter becomes first girls wrestler in Bonners Ferry history to sign collegiately

Rickter is a three-time Intermountain League District 1-2 champion and led Bonners Ferry to the IML district title in 2022 (the first year the sport was sanctioned) and 2024.

$1M earmarked for North Idaho forests

Goal is to reduce wildfire risk as weather warms up

The funds will also expand road repairs to improve watershed conditions and provide access for wildfire management and implementation of project activities.

The tangled web that we weave

In his June 5, 2024, op-ed, former Attorney General and State Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones opines on the alleged failure of Attorney General Raul Labrador in adhering to the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys related to client representation. Mr. Jones misreads Idaho Code in determining who and what are the clients of the Attorney General and the advice to come from that office, and thus Mr. Jones lends more confusion to the “tangled mess of litigation” regarding the disposition of the former ITD headquarters.

Legals for June, 1 2024

In North Idaho, skilled workers are in demand

Creating the next generation of trade workers proves challenging

The demand for skilled labor in North Idaho is high. Some of the highest projected employment growth in the region is driven by occupations in health care, construction, personal care and services and transportation and material moving. These occupations made up 35% of total job postings in North Idaho over the last year while accounting for 25-30% of regional employment, according to Lisa Grigg, Idaho Department of Labor economist for north-central Idaho.

Area cities taking part in academy

A trio of Bonner County cities are taking part in the Community Health Academy, a Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health program for mayors and city officials that helps them learn and understand the city’s important role in building healthy communities.