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4 days ago · BY: Clark Corbin - October 15, 2024. A power line touching the ground was found responsible for starting the Valley Fire that has burned 10,000 acres in the Boise foothills since igniting Oct. 4, according to the Idaho Department of Lands. “As is common when a powerline comes into contact with the ground, multiple small fires occurred,” the ...
UPDATED: Here are the candidates who have filed to run for the …
Mar 8, 2024 · The filing period for Idaho's legislative candidates who want to run in the 2024 primary election will remain open until 5 p.m. March 15.
About the people on your ballot: Idaho candidates, debate coverage
Nov 1, 2022 · The Idaho Capital Sun has interviewed candidates who are on the ballot in every statewide race. Here, you can find all our profiles and coverage of debates between the people who want to represent you in Boise or Washington, D.C. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8. Polls are open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. statewide, and voters can register at the ...
2C residents had a tool to avoid eviction. Now, judges want to …
Apr 1, 2021 · As Canyon County begins its budgeting process for the 2022 fiscal year, one line item housing advocates are hoping to see included is mediation services for the magistrate court. Officials with Idaho’s Third District Court, which encompasses Adams, Canyon, Gem, Owyhee, Payette, and Washington counties, asked Carol Barkes to lead the program in …
Idaho watchdog office preparing report on effectiveness of state’s ...
Aug 16, 2024 · Idaho’s independent Office of Performance Evaluations is taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to its study of the implementation and effectiveness of Luma, the massive new state business system that is tied to all state agencies and state employees.
What’s on the ballot? How to vote? Everything you need to know …
Sep 26, 2022 · The 2022 general election season is officially open. On Friday, Ada County Clerk Phil McGrane announced election officials sent out the first batch of 26,000 absentee ballots, which should arrive this week for Ada County voters who already requested an absentee ballot.
Idaho legislators preparing by far the highest number of draft bills …
Feb 8, 2024 · According to the Idaho Legislative Services Office’s weekly comparative legislative progress report posted online, the office has prepared 401 new pieces of draft legislation through Feb. 2. That far exceeds the 350 new draft bills prepared over the same time period in 2021.
Evacuation order issued as Wapiti Fire spreads near Idaho’s …
Aug 23, 2024 · Section of Highway 21 closed, evacuation order issued as over 35,000 acre Wapiti Fire spreads under ‘extreme behavior’. Spreading under what officials call “extreme behavior,” the over 35,000 acre Wapiti Fire burns past a tree line near Stanley Lake, in a photo taken Aug. 22. (Courtesy of Custer County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page)
A year in the making, the $75 million Idaho Launch program opens ...
Oct 3, 2023 · This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Oct. 3, 2023.. Idaho Launch officially got off the ground on Tuesday morning.. The state began taking applications for the new postsecondary grant program — which could provide financial aid for 9,000 to 10,000 high school graduates pursuing a job in an in-demand career.