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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday it has given $20 million to help a program aimed at distributing coronavirus vaccines to…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday it has given $20 million to help a program aimed at distributing coronavirus vaccines to…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Friday, February 26, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A dry and seasonable day is in store for the Northeast and the Upper…
Continue ReadingA panel of Idaho lawmakers has passed a bill that would halt all public funding to any entities that advise women about their abortion options.…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Friday, February 26, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Widespread rain will soak northern portions of Mississippi, Alabama…
Continue ReadingTwo Idaho lawmakers have dropped their lawsuit against the Republican-led state Legislature and legislative leadership that alleged lax coronavirus…
Continue ReadingA proposal to ban transgender athletes from female sports teams in Utah stalled Wednesday, days after the Republican governor voiced doubt about the…
Continue ReadingA Wyoming legislative committee advanced legislation Wednesday to require voters to present identification at the polls despite some who questioned…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Thursday, February 25, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY As a storm begins to organize along a front in Texas, rain will…
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers from the Idaho House and Senate blasted their Republican colleagues Wednesday for engaging in what they called a power grab from…
Continue ReadingA house panel on Tuesday introduced legislation allowing the use of snowmobiles, ATVs, powered parachutes and other methods to hunt and kill wolves…
Continue ReadingAn official with the University of Wyoming said in a statement that an investigation into racist interruptions during a virtual Black history event…
Continue ReadingThe boyfriend of a Wyoming woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested, police said…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police received reports of an injured toddler who later…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Wednesday, February 24, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY The northern third of the United States will remain in the…
Continue ReadingA Nevada man with ties to anti-government activist Ammon Bundy has been arrested and accused of threatening the lives of a Las Vegas police officer…
Continue ReadingLegislation to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho cleared the House on Tuesday and is headed to Republican Gov. Brad…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, February 23, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A fast-moving storm will bring a quick burst of snowfall to portions…
Continue ReadingLegislation defining pandemics that would appear to eliminate the coronavirus pandemic from qualifying as an emergency in Idaho is going to the…
Continue ReadingPolice in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment…
Continue ReadingA Montana man was killed in a large avalanche while riding a snowmobile in the Sawtooth Mountains in central…
Continue ReadingA revamped version of a proposed law making it a felony in Idaho for third parties to collect and return multiple ballots to election officials…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Louise Delfino was tough as nails. She worked as a legal secretary at the same law firm for more than six decades until she…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Monday, February 22, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A cold front will bring wet weather and breezy conditions to much of…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Sunday, February 21, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A quick-hitting system will be moving through the Plains and into the…
Continue ReadingA bill to make illegal demonstrating at a person’s residence headed to the full House on Friday, after a series of demonstrations at the homes of…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Saturday, February 20, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A much quieter weather regime will take hold in much of the nation…
Continue ReadingThe House on Friday approved $175 million in emergency rental assistance as people struggle to pay rent during the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingA court has ordered a shorter sentence for an Idaho woman who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his…
Continue ReadingLegislation aimed at making it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on Idaho ballots is headed to the full Senate.…
Continue ReadingUtah’s conservative Republican governor choked up Thursday as he spoke about the struggles faced by transgender teenagers, though he didn’t commit to…
Continue ReadingA proposed law to allow state agencies, boards and commissions to go around the Idaho attorney general’s office to hire private-practice attorneys is…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Friday, February 19, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A little snow will fall in much of New England and New York tomorrow.…
Continue ReadingLegislation to make permanent changes in Idaho’s absentee ballot counting procedure passed the Senate on Thursday and is headed to the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho lawmaker who introduced a bill to prohibit targeted picketing outside officials’ homes found torch- and pitchfork-wielding protesters…
Continue ReadingThe latest victims of a deadly avalanche season in the Rocky Mountain region include a snowmobiler who was buried by a slide in northern Colorado and…
Continue ReadingAn investigation was launched in Wyoming after a virtual Black history event hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Black Studies Center was…
Continue ReadingAfter months of speculation, Amazon has confirmed it will open a fulfillment center in Spokane Valley that will bring 1,000 new full-time jobs to the…
Continue ReadingLegislation to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingMontana officials conducted an appropriate review before granting a water permit for a proposed silver and copper mine that would run beneath a…
Continue ReadingThe University of Wyoming will eliminate 11 academic programs as part of an initial effort to save money amid a state budget crunch, university…
Continue ReadingA proposal to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams passed the state House Wednesday in Utah, one of more than 20 states…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Thursday, February 18, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Another major winter storm will spread snow and ice into the Ohio…
Continue ReadingA snowstorm in Utah has delayed business hours, closed doors for the day and postponed COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, weather officials…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say a northern Idaho woman died Tuesday after falling through the ice on Lake Coeur…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel of lawmakers has approved a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into a special session.…
Continue ReadingCHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — Joyce Dugan did not hesitate before sitting down inside the Cherokee Indian Hospital for her second and final dose of the…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho House have passed legislation to trim a governor’s powers and increase their own during declared emergencies such as the…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Wednesday, February 17, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY The next in a long series of winter storms to impact the central…
Continue ReadingSweeping tax cuts proposed Tuesday by Idaho lawmakers would slash assessments on all income brackets and lower the sales tax from 6% to 5.3%…
Continue ReadingRomance is the last thing Leatha Houghtaling and John DiMeglio expected to find at the Cody Senior…
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Tuesday killed a proposed law intended to prevent healthcare sharing ministries from taking advantage of unsuspecting…
Continue ReadingOfficials say bison have largely stayed in Yellowstone National Park and avoided being captured by park officials or killed by hunters this winter.…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Tuesday, February 16, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY The same storm that brought snow and ice from the South to the…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Monday, February 15, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A rare southern snowstorm will continue to bring snow and ice to…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Sunday, February 14, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A large storm system will move into the southern Plains tomorrow…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Saturday, February 13, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY Rain will soak areas from southeastern Virginia to the northern…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican senator has joined an effort to expand loan relief for small businesses that have been affected by…
Continue ReadingLegislation to make permanent changes in Idaho’s absentee ballot counting procedure headed to the full Senate on…
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Justin Trudeau says air travelers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on Feb. 22 to await the result of a coronavirus test.…
Continue ReadingLegislation intended to make it more difficult to get an initiative or referendum on the Idaho ballot has been introduced.…
Continue ReadingCheyenne Frontier Days lost $3.34 million in revenue last year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the event’s first cancellation in its 124-year…
Continue ReadingA federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that would have allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres in…
Continue ReadingTwo Idaho Democratic House staffers tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, including one who had contact with House Minority Leader Ilana…
Continue ReadingThe second-most powerful member of the House took the unusual step on Thursday of sending his own bill to be amended after a debate on the House…
Continue ReadingTransgender athletes would be barred from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced Thursday in Utah, one of more than a dozen states…
Continue ReadingA Wyoming man filed a lawsuit against the Laramie County board of commissioners and two sheriff’s deputies who stunned and arrested him and his…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Census Bureau data that states rely on re-draw their legislative and congressional districts is delayed – and that could upend Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingThe Nation’s Weather for Friday, February 12, 2021 _____ NATIONAL SUMMARY A storm exiting the East Coast will bring lingering rain to the…
Continue ReadingSearch and rescuers have safely extracted two snowmobilers who were stranded in a snowstorm in…
Continue ReadingA former Boise Police officer has been charged with nine counts of rape that prosecutors allege happened when he was still employed but…
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