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Cherished Idaho Drive-In Theater Closes for Good This Weekend
When drive-in movie season kicked off this summer, Idaho was lucky enough to still have seven classic drive-in theaters operating around the state. Unfortunately, one of those theaters will not be back next year. In mid-July, the Teton Vu Drive-In in Rexburg broke the news to movie lovers with a...
Sylvia Wilks Joins Lamb Weston As Chief Supply Chain Officer
-- Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. announced that Sylvia Wilks has joined the company as its Chief Supply Chain Officer. Wilks will lead the company’s global supply chain, including manufacturing, procurement, engineering, and continuous improvement. Wilks brings more than 30 years of supply chain experience in consumer-packaged goods, food &...
Incredibly Unique Idaho High School Among the Most Expensive in America
If you’re a parent, you already know first hand from this back to school shopping season that school, in general, is expensive. This year, the USA Today estimates that parents with kids in grades K-12 will spend about $875 on supplies, clothes, shoes and other things their child needs going into the new school year.
'Frozen in place': High housing prices, incongruent wages keep Idaho's housing market at standstill
Idaho’s housing market is largely stuck in an expensive place, as is the nationwide market, with high interest rates keeping many people from buying and selling. “We’re all just kind of sitting here frozen in place, waiting for this thing to unthaw,” Idaho Department of Labor Economist Sam Wolkenhauer said. Wolkenhauer on Tuesday provided an overview in a Department of Labor webinar of local and national housing market conditions and...
High school football kicks off in southern Idaho with limited schedule
BOISE, Idaho — The sights and sounds of high school football return to stadiums across Idaho this weekend as the season kicks off with a limited schedule of season openers. More than a dozen teams in KTVB's coverage area open the 2024 campaign Friday night. Homedale plays host to Snake River in a rematch of the 2023 state quarterfinals. The Trojans are No. 2 in the 4A rankings in the preseason state media poll.
Idaho DHW to Suspend Hunting and Fishing Licenses of Delinquent Parents Owing Child Support
BOISE - The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will be taking stronger measures to enforce child support payments by suspending hunting and fishing licenses for non-custodial parents who owe past due child support. The new policy, aimed at ensuring timely and complete child support payments, is set to go into effect on September 1, 2024.
Idaho’s Midget Wrestling Obsession Proves Size Doesn’t Matter
Summertime in the Treasure Valley often means that there are a ton of events going on. Whether it's a concert, a food festival or a community resource event--these are drawing crowds pretty regularly each week while the weather is warm and sunny. One very unique and 'niche' tour is headed...
ID city's 'non-sanctuary' status threatens most vulnerable, critics say
Groups are warning an Idaho city's decision to declare itself a non-sanctuary city could have far-reaching implications. The repercussions are still being felt from the decision by the city of Eagle, near Boise, in July. Sanctuary cities limit their cooperation with the federal government on immigration laws. The Eagle resolution...
Big Retailer With 37 Locations in Idaho is Planning Significant Closures
Last summer, a popular retail chain with 37 locations in Idaho said that they planned to close about 150 stores by the end of August 2024. August 2024 is here and the outlook for that retailer is a little bit bleaker than initially anticipated. UPDATE: Since our original publish date,...
Avista Seeks Rate Adjustment Approval That Would Rebate $6.6 Million to Idaho Customers
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting comments on Avista Utilities’ power cost adjustment application for the electric service it offers. According to the commission, the cost adjustment is used to track changes in revenues and costs associated with variations in hydroelectric generation, secondary prices, thermal fuel costs and changes in power contract revenues and expenses.
Idaho Burns and the Environmentalists Fiddle
The federal government needs to get the hell out of Idaho! The fires currently wiping out our forests and history could’ve been minimized by some simple logic. Instead, policy is being made by tree-spiking, granola-chomping, and hemp skirt-wearing kooks like Tracy Stone-Manning at the Bureau of Land Management. Our forests won’t survive another four years of liberal madness.
Chronic wasting disease detected in north Idaho, local officials continue monitoring efforts
A dead deer in north Idaho was confirmed to be sick with chronic wasting disease, according to a press release from Idaho Fish and Game last week. The always-fatal disease is contagious to other animals and has no cure. The positive test is the first known case in north Idaho. The first known case of the disease in the entire state was in 2021. While cases are now only confirmed...
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