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Why rural Idaho continues to get left holding the bag

| February 6, 2026 1:00 AM

When public funds are redirected to private entities, small, rural communities like the Silver Valley are left out in the cold. 

Last fall, the Kellogg Joint School District was one of several smaller Idaho districts that failed to pass a supplemental levy. But the question shouldn’t be why did the levy fail? The real question is why was a supplemental levy required in the first place? 

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