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Legislation Supporting Idaho Dyslexic Students Passes Senate

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is one of the few states that does not have laws identifying or addressing dyslexia as a specific learning disability. Now two bills hope to change that – and a has just cleared the floor of the Senate. It’s a mission Robin Zikmund has led for more than four years, inspired […]

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Idaho Black History Museum partners with American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is partnering with the Idaho Black History Museum to raise awareness of the need to bring blood donations from all ethnic groups. BOISE, Idaho — The American Red Cross is facing the worst blood shortage the organization has seen in the past decade. The Idaho Chapter is partnering with the Idaho […]

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Omicron explosion causes service outage nationwide

John Marro, the dean of students at PS 347, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, in New York, takes students’ temperatures as they arrive on the first day after vacation, Monday, January 3, 2022. New York Schools the city reopened on Monday after the holidays despite an upsurge in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo […]

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Cities and counties in Idaho sign national opioid colonies

December 28, 2021 6:35 am Posted: December 28, 2021 6:35 am Update: December 28, 2021 10:06 AM BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Each of Idaho’s 44 counties and 24 eligible cities will participate in national opioid regulations, potentially bringing in $ 119 million to the state, the Republican attorney general said on Monday. Idaho, Lawrence Wasden. […]

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Housing Market Forecast 2022: Utah and Idaho City Prices Peak

As home prices have continued to rise across the country, particularly in the West, a new study suggests prices are “on the verge of flattening” in five of the country’s “most overvalued markets”. country. These markets include two cities in Utah and several other subways in Idaho, Texas, and Arizona. That’s according to a study […]

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Federal judge to rule on transgender athlete case moot

BOISE, Idaho A woman from Idaho said her lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on transgender athletes should continue to go through the court system as she is enrolled as a student at the State University of Boise and plans to play football for the school club team next spring. Idaho passed the country’s first transgender […]

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Housing Market Forecast 2022: These Utah and Idaho Cities Top Countries for Hot Housing Forecast

Salt Lake City tops another national list for its boiling housing market, this time overtaking even its closest competitor – Boise, Idaho. And if you’ve been hoping the West’s wild real estate market may run out of steam in 2022, don’t hold your breath. Realtor.com ranked Salt Lake City as the No. 1 housing market […]

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Viewpoint: Your Idaho Health Open Enrollment / Idaho Community Foundation Mission

Viewpoint focuses on the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange and how the Idaho Community Foundation has been making a difference since 1988. BOISE, Idaho – For those who don’t have health insurance with their employer and aren’t eligible for Medicaid or Medicare, open enrollment is now underway for Your Health Idaho (YHI). But time is running […]

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US clears exploratory gold mine in eastern Idaho

BOISE, Idaho A Canadian mining company that hopes to build an open-pit gold mine in Idaho, west of Yellowstone National Park, may resume exploratory drilling, the US Forest Service said on Friday. The agency said it has approved Excellon Idaho Gold’s Kilgore gold exploration project in Clark County’s Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Excellon Idaho is a […]

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Lennar announces opening of first community in Boise, Idaho

Courtesy of Lennar Lennar makes his debut in Boise, Idaho, with the inauguration of the planned community of Prevail. Prevail will offer a selection of one and two-story single-family homes, including models from two new collections, Summit and Discovery, in Meridian, with the first move-in homes slated for early 2022. “The Boise area is a […]

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Idaho community and state agencies reduce energy use during heat wave

With guidance from Idaho Power, the Idaho state government has put in place ways to support energy conservation efforts this week. BOISE, Idaho – With record high temperatures arriving in the west this week, Idaho residents are looking for ways to stay cool. “Very, very cold,” Annaliese Lewman described the feel of the water in […]

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2 local mayors to lead the Association of Cities of Idaho

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Members of the Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) elected Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England as president for 2021-2022 at the June 17 banquet on the 74e AIC Annual Conference in Boise. Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper as third vice president. The Idaho Association of Cities was formed in 1947 and is a […]

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Cities in Idaho begin to receive new round of federal relief funds

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Governor Brad Little and State Comptroller Brandon Woolf on Monday announced that towns in Idaho with populations of less than 50,000 will begin receiving their share of $ 54 million from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Governor Little and the Idaho Legislature unanimously accepted federal funds, which will be used by […]

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Idaho cities brace for worsening drought conditions

Boise is feeling the effects of the drought. Most of Ada County is considered unusually dry, while the rest of the state experiences moderate drought. BOISE, Idaho – Drought conditions in Idaho continue to worsen as the weather warms. As conditions worsen in other parts of Idaho, the city of Boise is hoping the community […]

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These Idaho Cities Had the Fastest U.S. Growth Rate Between 2019-2020

About 70.5% of Idaho’s people lived in cities in 2020, up from 61.2% in 1980, according to the Idaho Department of Labor. BOISE, Idaho – Idaho continues to grow statewide, with the fastest growing population in the country between 2019-2020. Much of this growth, however, has occurred in urban areas of Idaho. About 70.5% of […]

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Can cities and counties in Idaho legally declare themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries”?

There are more than a dozen Second Amendment sanctuary cities in Idaho, but an Oregon county statement begs the question of whether state law can replace federal law. BOISE, Idaho – “Second Amendment Sanctuary City” is a term that has been more relevant in Idaho in recent years, especially as several cities in Idaho have […]

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Idaho Community Foundation launches new grant for neighborhood projects

Grants provided by Project Neighborly – Idaho will range from $ 250 to $ 5,000. BOISE, Idaho – The Idaho Community Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 1988, has announced it will launch a new grant that will attempt to “foster inclusion and inspire good neighborliness in Ada counties and Canyon “. The program, Neighbor project […]

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Majority of cities in Idaho and counties submit letters of intent to support public safety and pass savings on to property taxpayers

Boise, Idaho – Fifty-four cities and 28 counties have submitted letters of intent to participate in Gov. Brad Little’s plan that uses federal coronavirus relief funds to cover salaries for local public safety personnel and donates to cities and to counties the ability to pass savings on to property taxpayers. Interest in the plan has […]

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These Idaho towns require masks to be worn in public

Several cities in Idaho have signed public health mandates requiring masks to be worn indoors and outdoors. BOISE, Idaho – Editor’s Note: The video above covers exceptions to Boise’s mask mandate and when masks should be worn. Due to the recent increase in the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Idaho, cities in the […]