Boise (670 KBOI) – The flu is sweeping the country, and Idaho is one of the states hardest hit so far. Chris Smith with Idaho Health and Welfare says while it may seem worse this year than in years past, only seven people have died so far this flu season, which started in October. “Looking back…… MORE
Washington DC (670 KBOI) – The United Nations General Assembly today voted 128-9 to declare President Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem illegal. Idaho US Senator Jim Risch, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, says the President was perfectly in his rights to make the decision, because…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – It’s the news the City of Boise didn’t want to hear…the Air Force will not base the F-35 at Gowen Field, not at this time, anyway. Air National Guard bases in Wisconsin and Alabama were chosen to receive the first deployments of F-35, while Gowen Field, and bases in Florida and Michigan…… MORE
Garden City (670 KBOI) – It’s almost game time for Santa Claus, but he’s making one more swing through Garden City, to check his list twice. Lieutenant Tom Patterson with the Garden City Police says tomorrow night’s Santa Parade will give good kids one more chance to be recognized, and those who have misbehaved one more…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – The Boise City Council gives the okay for e-bikes — or electric bikes — to start operating on the Greenbelt and in bike lanes. Jimmy Hallyburton with the Boise Bicycle Project says a change was written into the ordnance after the Council heard from the public…allowing the bikes on sidewalks. “Because if…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – It’s official…parking rates and hours in downtown Boise will change on February 1st. The City Council made the new ordnance official at its meeting today, but City Spokesman Mike Journee says they’ll check back in a few months to see if the new ordinance is effective. “We’ve got technology in place now,…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – On January 8th, the gavel drops on the 2018 legislative session, and among everything else on the agenda will be tax reform. District 34 Representative Ron Nate says the repeal of the grocery tax will be back, after being vetoed by Governor Otter last session. Nate says if the grocery tax is…… MORE
Canyon County (670 KBOI) – A police chase that started in Nampa ends in a field outside Caldwell, and an alleged car thief going to jail. The Idaho Press Tribune reports Nampa police responded to a call Monday from a man who said his pickup had been stolen. Officers spotted the truck almost immediately, near South…… MORE
Nampa (670 KBOI) – Orange cones will be going up on I-84 in Nampa in the Fall of 2018, and the Idaho Transportation Department wants to know what you think about it. The ITD’s Jake Melder says the project would widen the freeway to three lanes from the Franklin interchange to the Karcher interchange, east and…… MORE
Washington DC (670 KBOI) – The Congressional Conference Committee apparently reached an agreement on a final tax reform bill. Idaho Senator Mike Crapo says the final details won’t be delivered to Congress until Friday, but he’s seen some of the details already…and it’ll be even better for taxpayers and businesses… “I believe the corporate rate has…… MORE
