8+ hour, 6+ min ago   (479+ words) Fernan STEM Academy art teacher Leatha Morgan, the 2024 Idaho Art Education Association's Elementary Educator of the Year, discusses different mediums with students in September 2024. Wages for Idaho teachers are up more than 5% this school year compared with 2024-2025 salaries. DEVIN WEEKS…...

8+ hour, 6+ min ago   (784+ words) BOISE " Gov. Brad Little's budget recommendation, as is always the case with early budget frameworks, makes assumptions about where the state economy and growth will be heading over the course of the next year." For 2026, his "Enduring Idaho" plan arrives…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (468+ words) Idaho U.S. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo say Christians are under attack throughout the world, and religious freedom needs to be reprioritized in the U.S. and abroad." Risch, a Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (303+ words) The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging a commercial marina and luxury housing development project located near Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 18 in U.S. District Court…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (486+ words) Amid challenges such as warm temperatures and strong winds that caused power outages across the region, all three ski areas in North Idaho remain open. However, operations are limited in some cases. Silver Mountain Resort has faced a rough start…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago   (471+ words) Charles "Abe" Abrahamson, 56, an ex-commander of the Idaho American Legion, faces federal charges on embezzling up to $1.45 million. Idaho American Legion Provided The Idaho man at the center of a sprawling federal financial fraud prosecution had nearly unfettered access and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (640+ words) Norm Semanko addresses an audience Wednesday during the Idaho Farm Bureau's annual meeting. KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press COEUR d'ALENE " Ongoing water rights adjudication in some parts of North Idaho could have significant implications, experts say. Norm Semanko, an attorney who represents…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (324+ words) SANDPOINT " During Bonner County's business meeting Nov. 25, county commissioners discussed the America250 Program and how to manage remote workers. " In a packed agenda for last week's meeting, two of the items brought forth for discussion were introduced by county commissioners. " Commissioner…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (862+ words) The goal of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game's captive broodstock project is simple: Enhance the state's kokanee fishing. Soon, 1 million kokanee fingerlings raised in Idaho's hatcheries will begin making their way to state waters as a result of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1301+ words) The Idaho Department of Labor on Friday released the full 2025 Profile of Rural Idaho, a comprehensive report examining population growth, migration, industry shifts, and other characteristics of Idaho's rural counties. ANTEIA McCOLLUM/Idaho Capital Sun Over the past two decades,…...