Member of Grand Forks' Republican District 42 threatens legal action

GRAND FORKS — A committee chairman of the District 42 Republicans has threatened to censure and remove the chairperson amid turmoil following the resignation of one of the district's two members of the state House of Representatives. In a...

Give Donald Trump Credit for New Wildfire Policy in Idaho

There have been far more wildfires reported across the American West this summer than last summer. But the volume of the burn has been considerably less. Dramatically less acreage. What’s going on? The President's Team Could Get Some Credit I saw...

Transgender athlete drops challenge to Idaho women’s sports law

Mother of deceased infant in Idaho Safe Haven Box takes plea deal

Angel Newberry was 18 when she secretly gave birth to a baby girl. The next day, the baby was found dead in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Blackfoot. BINGHAM COUNTY, Idaho — Months after a baby was found dead in an Idaho Safe Haven Baby Box, the mother...

Is this the end of vaccine mandates? These European nations don't demand jabs... and they're doing just fine

President Donald Trump is breaking with critics of vaccine mandates – casting new uncertainty over the future of US public health policy. On Friday, the president undermined Florida's new push to abolish all state immunization requirements for...

Idaho preparing to sell 160 acres of state-owned endowment land near the Tetons

Nobody from the state gave fifth-generation Idaho rancher Nick Beard a heads up that state officials were considering auctioning off the state endowment rangeland his family has leased for grazing since the 1990s. Instead, his wife found out...

No cost, more freedom: Beyond Access Program gives free rides to seniors and folks with disabilities

TREASURE VALLEY, Idaho — Older Idahoans and people with disabilities can catch a free ride around the Treasure Valley through Valley Regional Transit’s Beyond Access program — designed to get people where they need to go outside their usual...

Here’s how to weigh in on Idaho’s cuts to Medicaid’s doctor pay rates

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is accepting public comments on recent pay rate cuts for health care providers who treat Medicaid patients. Last month, the state health agency announced it would cut Medicaid reimbursement rates for all...

Searching for work in Idaho? Employers to attend Boise job fair Thursday.

The State of Idaho Department of Labor in Boise on March 23, 2021. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun) Employers seeking workers will be available at a hiring event next week in Boise, the Idaho Department of Labor announced in a news release....

Peter Murphy and Jason Mercier: New federal school choice law is a historic breakthrough for children

The old saying that states are the “laboratories of democracy” was apt in the passing of the new federal school choice law as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” enacted in early July. The school choice provisions in this landmark legislation...

Idaho State University Launches Online School Security Courses for K-12 Educators

School safety concerns have prompted Idaho State University’s (ISU) Albion Center to partner with the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD) to launch comprehensive security training for educators nationwide. New Professional...

The consequences of privatizing VA medical care — especially in Idaho — would be severe

My name is Raymond O’Dell. I am a Boise resident, a veteran and I receive my medical care at the Boise VA. For some time now there has been an effort by the federal government to privatize veterans’ health care. If you’ve been watching the news,...

Amid 2027 Pressure, Jonathan Carpets Politicians, Says ‘I’ve Witnessed Lot Of Betrayals’

September 05, (THEWILL) — As pressure mounts on former President Goodluck Jonathan to join the 2027 presidential race, the ex-Bayelsa governor has decried the culture of betrayal and dishonesty in Nigeria’s political space. Speaking in Benin City...

Meet the 2025 WLKY Bell Award recipients

The WLKY Spirit of Louisville Foundation will commemorate the 48th Anniversary of the WLKY Bell Awards and present the 2025 WLKY Bell Awards on Oct. 9 at the legendary Churchill Downs Millionaires Row. The Bell Awards program recognizes adults and...

Senators introduce bill seeking repeal of DC policing reform law

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) has joined Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and other Senate Republicans in introducing the CLEAN D.C. Act, a bill aimed at repealing the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 passed by the...

Jonathan: Nigerian Politics Dominated By Traitors, Liars

Former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday said that Nigeria’s political atmosphere is full of betrayals and lies. Jonathan stated this in Benin City during the 70th birthday ceremony of his former Chief of Staff and former...

Idaho Sheriffs’ Association endorses Animal Partisan petition for shared jurisdiction

The two-year, 14-page petition to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) from Animal Partisan, an animal activist group based in Glen Allen, VA, has garnered its first endorsement from a state law enforcement organization. The Idaho...

Nigerian Politics is About Liars, Betrayals - Goodluck Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, speaking at the 70th birthday celebration of his former Chief of Staff and ex-Edo State Deputy Governor, Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, in Benin City on September 4, 2025, described Nigeria’s political environment as...

Most Nigerian politicians not dependable —Jonathan

•says Politics in Nigerian is about betrayals …they will tell you something this minute, in the next one hour, they’ll say another, he adds Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, slammed Nigerian politicians, saying most of them are not...

Idaho victim's family criticizes release of ‘traumatizing’ bodycam footage of crime scene, ‘Where are her rights?’

The family of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves has criticized authorities for releasing bodycam footage and photos from the day of the crime, calling them “absolutely traumatizing.” Nearly a month after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in...