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Idaho's Statehood Day to be celebrated in Wallace
WALLACE –– The Fourth of July may get all the big attention this week, but in Wallace, the party starts one day earlier when they celebrate Idaho's Statehood Day. On July 3, 1890, President Benjamin Harrison signed Idaho into statehood and the rest, as they say, is history.
Cow Elk Poached in Idaho – Help Solve the Case
Below is a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. For 2024-2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility of poaching incidents in an effort to reduce poaching. On Memorial Day weekend, a cow elk was shot out of season east of...
Coming Idaho Heatwave Will Fire up Global Warming Crowd
The tree-hugging crowd will blame man-made climate change. The rest of us will call it summer. It’s going to be hot in Idaho next week. It often happens in July. Of course, much can change with long-range forecasts, but let’s say for argument we get a string of days with highs in the triple digits. Will we see some records fall? Possibly, but there have been previous hot summers. The 1930s set all kinds of records across the country. The 1940s came along and there were some of the coldest patches of weather in decades.
Rexburg to party at Porter Park on the 4th of July
The City of Rexburg and the Rexburg Area Chamber of Commerce will once again party in Porter Park on the 4th of July. The party will begin at 9 a.m. before the Rexburg Independence Day Parade at 10 a.m. "It's before, during, and after the parade, so it's really nice...
Idaho's new system for behavioral health goes live Monday
BOISE – Before Monday, a Medicaid patient receiving inpatient substance abuse treatment who needed to transition to outpatient therapy would have to contact multiple organizations and navigate several systems to make sure that happened. As of Monday, Idaho’s fragmented behavioral health care system should be more holistic as the new Idaho Behavioral Health Plan officially went live. The plan means that Medicaid, and some non-Medicaid patients, will have their mental health and substance abuse treatment and health care all overseen by one managed care organization,...
Deadline Approaching for Public Assistance Requests in Idaho
BOISE – The Idaho Office of Emergency Management is reminding eligible state and local governments, as well as certain nonprofits, that the deadline to submit Requests for Public Assistance (RPA) for costs related to the severe storm, flooding, landslides, and mudslides on April 14-15, 2024, is fast approaching. The...
Moscow Police Department Participates in Statewide Impaired Driving Mobilization
This Independence Day, the Moscow Police Department is teaming up with the Idaho Transportation Department’s Office of Highway Safety (OHS) to prevent impaired driving. July 3rd – 10th, law enforcement agencies statewide will dedicate resources to stop drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The 4th of July travel period comes during the 100 Deadliest Days on Idaho roads, between Memorial Day and Labor Day. According to OHS data, 31 people have been killed in crashes in Idaho since Memorial Day this year.
Blackfoot man dies by suicide after crash into power pole that started fire
BLACKFOOT — A coroner has ruled that a man died by suicide following a car crash Thursday night. Authorities responded to the wreck at 1100 West at 480 North, outside Blackfoot around 5 p.m. A 2014 Chevrolet Silverado was heading southbound when it crashed into a power pole, injuring two of the three occupants.
Coeur d’Alene has a hate crime problem. City Council is addressing it with a new ordinance
COEUR D’ ALENE, Idaho – It has been a tough 2024 for Coeur d’ Alene’s public image. A NCAA women’s basketball team was verbally attacked with racial epithets in March, followed by a group of Indigenous teenagers being similarly harassed over Memorial Day weekend. Coeur d’Alene City Council voted unanimously to approve a hate crime ordinance Tuesday.
Warm, breezy with a few thunderstorms for Wednesday
Mostly clear overnight with a low around 49°. South southwest winds around 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly Sunny this Wednesday, with a high near 80°. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. A few thunderstorms are possible for the afternoon and evening.
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