Idaho bill to allow ivermectin sales over the counter passes Senate

Typically, U.S. FDA decides when drugs should be over-the-counter. But Idaho Republican legislative leaders want to do it themselves.

Dr. Sky Blue, who works with ivermectin in his practice as infectious disease doctor in Idaho, told the Idaho Capital Sun that the bill is part of a broader trend to promote unproven medical remedies and disregard their risks — over more proven treatments.

Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for continued serial numbers, background checks and age verification requirements for buying the kits online.

Segway recalls 220,000 of its scooters due to a fall hazard that has resulted in 20 injuries

Segway is recalling about 220,000 of its scooters sold across the U.S. due to a fall hazard that has resulted in user injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones.

CONSTITUTION: Reason over religion

CONSTITUTION: Reason over religion

NIR CONFERENCE: No one was threatened

On April 20, 2023, the North Idaho Republicans called a news conference in Coeur d’Alene to announce the establishment of their new organization. The group was formed in response to a growing frustration of area Republicans. Specifically, the group was formed to counter the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) whom the North Idaho Republicans claimed had been hijacked by Libertarians, Constitutionalists, John Birchers, Redoubters and other extremists.

OPINION: Attorney General Labrador continues to endanger pregnant women

Most lawyers will take a hint from the courts when they are told a legal argument does not hold water. Idaho’s Attorney General Raul Labrador is a rare exception. Despite having been told by three different courts — Idaho’s Federal District Court, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals — that his argument on Idaho’s total abortion ban is wrong-headed, he keeps making the same losing argument. Labrador contends that Idaho’s abortion law is Identical in effect to a federal law, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires most hospitals to give stabilizing care to pregnant women who come to the emergency room with life-threatening complications.

Kootenai, Shoshone housing prices continue to rise

Median price, sales, listings all up

According to the Coeur d'Alene Regional Realtors, the median single-family home price in Kootenai County was $549,620, a 10% increase over one year ago.

Hecla forges ahead with Lincoln County mine

That optimism met a roadblock when the state of Montana tried to label Hecla’s former CEO, Phillips S. Baker, a “bad actor” for his involvement in a failed mine cleanup in north-central Montana. Legally designating Baker a “bad actor” would have prevented Hecla from conducting any mining activity in Montana until the state was compensated $32 million for the failed clean-up of three mines owned by Pegasus Gold Corp., where Baker was once an executive. (Baker countered that he was innocent and that he had already left Pegasus before the company went bankrupt). After Gov. Greg Gianforte took office in 2021, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality dropped its effort to blacklist Baker.

OPINION: We the People need to exert our power over our elected officials

The preamble of the U.S. Constitution starts with these powerful words: “We the People of the United States.” Those words mean that all power arises from the people. Article I, section 2 of the Idaho Constitution says that all political power is inherent in the people. When our elected representatives in either the state or federal government fail to heed the voice of the people, they deserve to be replaced by those who will.

Kenneth Meyer Thompson, 77

Ken Thompson, 77, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was born on August 9, 1947, and passed away February 15, 2025, in Liberty Lake, Washington.

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

Starship reached nearly 90 miles in altitude before trouble struck and before four mock satellites could be deployed. It was not immediately clear where it came down, but images of flaming debris were captured from Florida, including near Cape Canaveral, and posted online.

7 things most people overlook when estate planning

Estate planning is more than just drafting a will. As an Idaho estate planning attorney, I've seen many clients focus on the obvious aspects while missing critical elements that can have significant consequences for their loved ones.

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Mountain View students walk through car buyer simulation

“Excuse me sir, that’s my truck,” student Alek Jackson said to his friend who moved closer to the Hummer as he made his way back to the vehicle he had just “bought” from Dave Smith Motors. Jackson and other students at Mountain View Alternative High School got to walk through the motions of buying either a Corvette, Hummer or a Ram Laramie during a sales simulation Tuesday morning.

Idaho's anti-DEI bill heads to the governor's desk

A bill placing sweeping prohibitions on DEI in public higher education institutions passed the House on Thursday and will go to the governor for consideration.

Statewide trout stocking highlights for March

Approximately 60,000 catchable-sized rainbow trout will be stocked throughout the state this March.

TOWN HALL: Didn’t address the real issues

TOWN HALL: Didn’t address the real issues

Here’s what IDFG biologists learned from two elk surveys

Results indicate how it could shape hunting next year

Fish and Game’s Elk Management plan establishes population objectives for each elk zone. Those objectives are influenced by a variety of factors, including Fish and Game’s responsibility to minimize agricultural depredations caused by elk. Those are substantial in both the Weiser River and Brownlee zones.

ITD open house to night at Cd'A Inn

The current design proposes several improvements, including a new single-point urban interchange, widening US-95, and grade separating US-95 and Appleway, among others.

...but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

...but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the Moon and worships gods?

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To build or to buy? Construction and lot loans can ease the path to homeownership

First Interstate Bank To build or to buy? Construction and lot loans can ease the path to homeownership