The Idaho Transportation Department will continue and begin new work on multiple highway projects throughout the region from now until late fall.

U.S. Senator Jim Risch announced the selection of three interns to serve in his Washington, D.C. Senate office for fall 2021.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced 61 facilities represented by 35 organizations in Idaho that are helping Idaho’s children during the COVID-19 pandemic have been awarded more than $17 million in Idaho Community Program Grant funds.

Governor Brad Little appointed three new members to serve on the Idaho Economic Advisory Council this year. 

Monday’s U.S. Department of Education approval of Idaho’s plan for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) under the American Rescue Plan means $146 million is available to help Idaho school districts and charter schools address their local needs amid the pandemic and support safe, in-person instruction, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra said.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Idaho lawmaker who resigned in disgrace after a 19-year-old intern reported that he brought her to his apartment on false pretenses and raped her.

With school districts across Idaho reporting substitute teacher shortages, Governor Brad Little announced today new steps he is taking to expand the pool of substitute teachers so students can continue to learn in person.

The lightning caused Scarface Fire that started on August 7 has burned 7,241 acres.

The lightning-caused Boundary Fire, less than two miles W of Boundary Creek Boat Launch, was detected on August 10.

At statehood, Idaho received a patchwork of 640-acre sections of land to support endowment beneficiaries like public schools.

Approximately 200 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team will deploy this fall to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield. The brigade has trained for the last year in anticipation of this mobilization.

The Salmon‐Challis National Forest has expanded the Boundary Fire Emergency Area, Road, and Trail Closure, Order Number: 04‐13‐21‐015. 

The Idaho Department of Lands released its Fiscal Year 2021 Earnings Reserve Financial Performance report Thursday.

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced Idaho has joined with other states and the federal government to settle allegations that Bristol-Myers Squibb Company overcharged the state Medicaid programs for drugs.