Idaho

Idaho officials are moving forward with efforts to make it more difficult for young transgender people to change the sex listed on their birth certificates despite a federal court ruling that appears to ban such obstacles. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare on Wednesday made public comments on a temporary rule requiring applicants younger

Melissa Rhodehouse of Menan was crowned Mrs. Idaho America 2020 at the Mrs. Idaho America Competition in Nampa on Oct. 12. 23 contestants competed in the pageant which is the official state preliminary to the Mrs. America Pageant. This was the seventh consecutive year Rhodehouse competed in the pageant. In previous years, she took first

The acting head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control. William Perry Pendley told reporters Wednesday several developments have made him more optimistic about his agency’s ability to eventually shrink the size of the herds from 88,000

Western governors say atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes. The Western Governors’ Association on Friday sent letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House urging passage of proposed changes to a law involving “downwinders.” The changes would

You are encouraged to use caution and remain alert as changes are made to signs at railroad crossings in Idaho. Traditional red stop signs are being replaced with yield signs at certain crossings to be consistent with the signage at railroad crossings in the rest of the United States. When approaching a crossing that has

Authorities have released plans to stop devastating wildfires in southwestern Idaho, southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada with one option creating 1,500 miles of fuel breaks up to 400 feet wide along existing roads. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Friday released a draft environmental impact statement for the Tri-State Fuel Breaks Project and is

If Idaho spent the remaining $150 million of the estimated $240 million it’s getting from the sale of residential properties and commercial real estate, state officials could buy another 130,000 acres of timberland. Idaho Gov. Brad Little and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, both Republicans, and a financial expert took in that information Thursday as part

Idaho legislative leaders have filed a civil lawsuit against the treasurer over office space at the state capitol building. The Idaho Press reported that an Oct. 31 hearing is scheduled to decide if state Treasurer Julie Ellsworth could stay in the capitol building. Legislators claimed in June that Ellsworth violated state statute when she refused

The former chairman of the Idaho Republican Party has agreed to plead guilty to stalking his estranged wife and unlawfully entering the home of a female colleague in exchange for three other charges being dropped by prosecutors. The Idaho Statesman reports Jonathan Parker proposed the plan to settle five pending criminal cases during a court

An Idaho Supreme Court ruling could make it harder for juveniles molested by state officials to sue their abusers. In Monday’s unanimous decision, the court said five men who said they were sexually abused as youths at a juvenile detention center can’t sue the state because they waited too long to file a tort claim.