Senate passes higher ed budgets including $4 million cut to BSU, UI

Both of the Senate Democrats who serve on JFAC spoke in reluctant support of the bill, while bemoaning the cuts to the state’s two largest universities. JFAC has repeatedly questioned university presidents, especially of UI and Boise State, about positions, courses and programs related to DEI, and has included language in budget bills that prohibit funds from going toward them.

‘Recreation nightmare’ in Idaho? Forest Service job cuts could be a literal mess

On a summer day, thousands of people will drive along popular highways through Idaho’s national forests. Hundreds will float along river rapids, pitch tents at campsites or hike from a trailhead. And they’ll pass — and likely use — the vault toilets the dot the highway routes, campgrounds and day use sites.

Egg hunts, other spring fun to be found around North Idaho

Egg hunts, other spring fun to be found around North Idaho

Colorful eggs abound as Post Falls city staff prepare for a Q’emiln Park egg extravaganza.

PROTEST: Article shouldn’t have run on front page

PROTEST: Article shouldn’t have run on front page

Dow plunges 2,000 as sell-off for markets slams into a scarier gear following Trump's tariffs

The sell-off for financial markets worldwide is slamming into a higher, scarier gear on Friday.

Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

President Donald Trump's administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards around future logging projects on more than half of U.S. national forests under an emergency designation announced Friday that cites dangers from wildfires.

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.

Budget writers try again on Tax Commission budget

Cut $100 from school choice tax credit implementation

There was little discussion at the budget-setting meeting Wednesday, other than some confusion by members over the difference between the new budget and the one that died on the Senate floor. The only change was a $100 reduction in the amount of money toward the seven new employees. JFAC voted 16-2 to approve the new budget. It will now go to the House and Senate floors.

Idaho Legislature ends 2025 session

Idaho state lawmakers wrapped up the 2025 legislative session Friday, after spending much of the day awaiting amendments to a bill that prohibits businesses and schools from requiring “medical interventions.”

OPINION: Donald Trump channels a kindred spirit, Dick the Butcher

There has been a bit of discussion over the years as to what William Shakespeare’s character, Dick the Butcher, meant when he said: “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.”

New Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump's agenda past 18 hours and counting

New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday afternoon in a feat of endurance to show Democrats’ objections to President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions.

'Sid,' the Energy Dragon, lives by the wastewater plant

Unveiling slated April 24

“Sid The Green Energy Dragon visually represents this process, incorporating an open flame into its whimsical design to symbolize the transformation of waste into energy," the release said.

Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock

The U.S. stock market buckled Thursday, and a level of shock unseen in years tore through financial markets worldwide on worries about the damage President Donald Trump 's newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own.

Museum of North Idaho's $500K grant in jeopardy

Could 'dramatically' delay phase 2 expansion of MNI's new home

Thurman received an email from the National Humanities Alliance this week that said the Department of Government Efficiency was targeting the NEH “with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant program and rescinding grants that have already been awarded.” “These actions have the potential to devastate the agency and, of course, the humanities community that relies on these government funds,” read the letter from Cecily Hill, deputy direct of the National Humanities Alliance,

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States, threatening to upend much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.

Idaho Senate approves Medicaid budget

The Idaho Senate on Monday approved the budget for Medicaid — the state's largest budget and a major hurdle to clear before lawmakers may adjourn for the year.

House passes Medicaid budget, heads to governor

The budgeted items include funding to do surveys required by the federal government, for a contract for actuaries to forecast costs, the population adjustment, and costs related to the passage of House Bill 345 — which among many reforms, required the move of the entire program to a contract with a third-party managed care organization.

NIC SOFTBALL: Larney delivers walk-off in opener for Cardinals against rival CSI

The teams play another doubleheader today at Lake City High starting at 11 a.m.

Idaho House passes budget for new statewide public defense system

The Idaho House of Representatives approved more than $32 million in additional funding for the new statewide public defense system on Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.

On the heels of a dry winter, firefighters around the US brace for wildfire risks

From the southwestern U.S. to Minnesota, Iowa and even parts of New Jersey, it seemed that winter never materialized.