Just 15 of the 70 members of the Idaho House gathered in their chamber on Wednesday, in what some legislators billed as an attempt to gather enough lawmakers to convene the House to oppose vaccine mandates. The House is currently in recess at the call of the speaker, so it would be up to Speaker…… MORE
Stage One Fire Restrictions come to an end on Friday in Idaho
Effective Friday, (at 12:01 a.m.), Stage One Fire Restrictions will be removed for federal, state, state endowment, private forest land and rangelands in three Fire Restriction Zones of Southwest Idaho. Those are…the Owyhee Mountains, the Treasure Valley and the West Central Mountains. Lifting the restrictions means the public is free to build a campfire, use…… MORE
State of Idaho reports record number of coronavirus deaths in a single day
Idaho health officials are reporting a record number of coronavirus deaths in a single day. The state reported 55 new deaths — but 30 of them, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says, were Idahoans sick with COVID-19 but who ended up dying in another state. There were also some reporting delays of some…… MORE
Some House Republicans plan a rally at the Statehouse in Boise today
Some Idaho lawmakers are hoping to call themselves back into session this week to take action against President Joe Biden’s recent vaccine mandate. The group plans to hold a rally today on the steps of the Statehouse in Boise. The Idaho Press reports, if enough House members are in attendance to provide a quorum,…… MORE
Idaho set to welcome around 400 Afghan refugees in 2022
Idaho will welcome around 400 Afghan refugees starting in 2022, according to the International Rescue Committee in Boise. The committee along with other participants, spoke at a panel Tuesday about Idaho’s role in resettling Afghans and touched on some of the same topics that Gov. Brad Little and the Idaho congressional delegation addressed in a…… MORE
City of Boise updates COVID-19 policy for events
From Mayor Lauren McLean Coronavirus cases are surging across Boise and the Treasure Valley. Our hospitals, urgent care facilities and emergency rooms are once again overwhelmed and the City of Boise is taking additional steps to protect our community. The city’s COVID-19 event policy is being updated following calls from the community for increased health and safety…… MORE
Saint Alphonsus Urgent Care Clinics reduce patient hours to handle increased COVID-19 workloads
Saint Alphonsus Medical Group’s 11 Urgent Care Clinics will close their doors to patients an hour earlier starting Wednesday. The change in hours is due to overwhelming increase in volumes of COVID-related and non-COVID medical care. The clinics will be closing an hour earlier than normal to allow for providers and staff to care for…… MORE
Scammers continue with another Facebook scam
Scammers recently used their own third-party Android applications (apps) to hijack over 10,000 Facebook accounts. If you were to download and open one of these malicious apps, you’d see a familiar feature: the “Continue with Facebook” button. Legitimate apps often integrate with websites like Facebook to make account creation quick and easy. In malicious apps,…… MORE
Oregon cities losing cannabis tax money to drug treatment
This story was originally written and posted by UPI. For Ontario, Ore., legal cannabis promised a facelift and a path to prosperity for the town of 11,000. UPI reports that after lifting its ban on recreational marijuana in 2018, Ontario had seen an influx of visitors from nearby Idaho (where the drug remains illegal). Malheur…… MORE
Mayor McLean welcomes President Biden to Boise
From Mayor Lauren McLean It was my incredible honor to greet President Joe Biden today and welcome him to Boise. I had the opportunity to speak with him and share the city’s collective values of problem solving and innovation, while highlighting our bold climate action efforts. We discussed Boise’s Climate Action Roadmap, outlining our goals of being…… MORE
