State News
What's happening in Idaho? For information and details regarding Idaho news, see our articles below.
Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
God bless this home
MULLAN - Sharon Miner was baptized and confirmed at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Mullan.
Reversal sought on land swap
A group of southern Shoshone County residents wants to overturn a controversial land swap.
Teachers' unions debate resumes in Legislature
Four-year degrees coming to Sandpoint
SANDPOINT - It's only a matter of time until a full college education is available locally.
Senate agrees to debate state insurance exchange
BOISE - Gov. Butch Otter began making his case to lawmakers on Tuesday that it's in Idaho's best interests to build and operate its own health insurance exchange.
Bail revoked in child endangerment case
Senate to debate four new teacher union bills
Idaho briefs January 28, 2013
Some eastern Idaho schools to get gun safes
POCATELLO (AP) - Schools in one eastern Idaho district are being equipped with gun lockers so school resource officers can keep rifles, ammunition and evidence close at hand.
Knapp pleads not guilty in crash case
SANDPOINT - A Sandpoint woman accused of leaving the scene of a deadly highway crash involving a fallen motorcyclist is pleading not guilty.
Luna proposes 3 percent hike for education budget
BOISE - Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna on Thursday proposed a 3 percent hike to public-school funding for 2014, including a small pay increase for teachers that restores funding he shifted from salar…
Standing up for small schools
Albertson Foundation threatens to withhold $4.5M
BOISE (AP) - The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation is threatening to withhold $4.5 million it's promised to Idaho next year for a computer program to track student progress.
Telecoms to lawmakers: Lift cold-call restrictions
BOISE - Idaho land-line phone companies contend a 13-year-old law forbidding them from cold-calling existing customers is crippling their ability to market high-speed Internet.
Woman reports attempted sexual assault
COEUR d'ALENE - Police are seeking a man behind a reported rape attack in Coeur d'Alene.