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After review and discussion, the Idaho Department of Insurance accepted a 11.5% reduction in rates, effective January 1, 2023. 

The Craters of the Moon National Monument Mission 66 Historic District was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its preservation of iconic Mission 66 architecture.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is announcing fiscal year 2024 grant and loan funding opportunities for Idaho’s drinking water and wastewater systems.

During two days, 13 people filled two dump trailers and two pickups with rusty barbed wire and debris and it was taken to a local recycling plant.

Idaho Power and an advisory panel representing customer groups and regulators continue work this week on the utility’s 20-year energy plan.

Idaho State Police reports Robert Trotter has been located alive and safe.

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has had one new fire in the last week.

The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 130,130 acres and is 80% contained.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District will conduct a 70-acre prescribed burn on Big Creek, located 16 miles east of Challis between Oct. 11 and October 20, 2022.

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced the award of $542,850 to 12 drinking water and wastewater systems to help facilities evaluate system deficiencies and determine necessary upgrades.

Effective Friday, October 14, 2022 at 12:01 am, the Salmon‐Challis National Forest will terminate the Moose Fire Emergency Area, Road, and Trail Closure, Order Number: 04‐13‐22‐513. 

U of I’s grant will directly benefit more than 100 Idaho farmers and ranchers.

Completed application packages should be submitted by Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. 

Many young children took to the parking lot of Shilo Inn in a tricycle race.