4.10.23 - MOUNTAIN HOME – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking comment on a draft water reuse permit for Idaho Power Company’s natural gas plants in Elmore County.

Idaho Power operates two natural gas power plants, Danskin and Bennett Mountain, near the city of Mountain Home, Idaho. The plants produce industrial wastewater that is land applied. Danskin recycled water is applied to 2.17 acres of landscaped berms, and Bennett Mountain recycled water is added to a pond that irrigates the city’s 90-acre golf course. The draft reuse permit is for existing facilities that had previously been exempted from reuse permitting requirements. The draft permit authorizes operations for 10 years.

2.17.23 - BOISE, Idaho – Higher education leaders from across Idaho recently gathered to learn about the cybersecurity threat landscape in higher education and study simple steps school leaders can take to measurably reduce their cyber risk and protect students and faculty.

Washington, D.C. – “We all know what it is like when we have an idea that looks good on the surface but turns out not to work the way we’d hoped. When our good ideas go sour, we face a choice: either we can admit the mistake and turn back to find a better solution, or we can refuse to change course, steamrolling those around us because we don’t want to be wrong. Instead of fixing a problem, the latter choice often hurts those we’d intended to help. 

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Over the past few days, I have received a number of questions from concerned citizens regarding the events that took place in and around Mountain Home High School during the first week of February. I take these inquires seriously. We are all aware that information spreads like wildfire and can have an equally devastating effect when it is not accurate.

I will begin by stating that after a series of meetings, after-action reports, and a thorough investigation, I have learned that an un-informed member of my staff sent out un-substantiated information of an ongoing operation to another law enforcement agency. It has also come to my attention that the decisions made by other law enforcement agencies were based primarily on this inaccurate, incomplete information. We believe that this is an area where all of the agencies involved can work together to improve our communication and prevent these kinds of issues moving forward.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Cellphone data shows that the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November visited the area near the home where they lived and the attack occurred about a dozen times since June, authorities allege in court documents unsealed Thursday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A woman who lived at the home where four University of Idaho students were killed awoke to the sound of crying that night to find a masked man in black clothing who walked past her and toward a sliding glass door, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The DNA of the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students was found on a knife sheath recovered at the crime scene and cellphone data shows that in the months before the attack, he was in the area of the victims' home multiple times, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday.

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) _ A criminology graduate student charged in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week, to stand trial in Idaho.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture.

UPDATE 1.4.23: Kohberger waived extradition Tuesday and is currently enroute to Idaho. Judge Megan Marshal has issued a nondisemination order, which means there will be no further updates until a verdict is reached or the order is modified by the courts.

Six weeks and 5 days after the four University of Idaho students were murdered in their beds an arrest has been made.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Police in southwestern Idaho say they believe they have found the place where the body of a missing 5-year-old boy was temporarily buried, but they still haven't found his remains.

Michael Vaughan, nicknamed ``Monkey,'' disappeared while playing outside his home in the small town of Fruitland nearly a year and a half ago. Police and other law enforcement agencies searched the region extensively for months, but no sign of the child was found.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The killings of four University of Idaho students nearly three weeks ago have grabbed the attention of thousands of would-be armchair sleuths, many of whom are posting speculation and unfounded rumors about the fatal stabbings online.

Relatively few details have been released in the horrific case that has left the small town of Moscow stunned and grieving for Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) _ Police have identified the four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a home near the Moscow, Idaho campus on Sunday.

By The Associated Press

As we approach Memorial Day, let us consider the long and proud history of Elmore County’s veterans. Elmore County itself may well be named for the Revolutionary War veteran John Archer Elmore. The path of this name seems to run from Gen. Elmore to the Elmore mining district in Alabama to the Elmore mine in Rocky Bar to Elmore County.

The Civil War was raging when the Idaho Territory was formed in 1863. The Mountain View Cemetery is the final resting place of veterans from both the Civil War and the Spanish American War, but their stories are largely lost to us.

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Boise, Idaho - November 2, 2021 – Albertsons and Kellogg’s donated 1,000 books to East Elementary School during a donation ceremony at the Albertsons store in Mountain Home. The donated books were provided by Penguin Random House through Kellogg’s Feeding Reading program, which gives customers the opportunity to upload receipts of qualifying purchases to donate a book at www.feedingreading.com. In addition to the books that East Elementary School received, Albertsons also made a donation in the amount of $2,000 to help the support the school and their education programs.

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The Idaho State Museum is inviting the public to commemorate National Native American Heritage Month in November. The month-long observance honors the traditions and celebrates the contributions of Native Americans. The museum will be holding events in-person and virtually throughout the month.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female.

Authorities say a shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school has injured two students and a custodian, and a student suspected of being the shooter has been taken into custody

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The harassment began soon after a report by a 19-year-old intern, who alleged an Idaho lawmaker raped her, became public.

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) _ A former Idaho Supreme Court justice has delivered a petition to the governor's office with more than 16,000 signatures that urges him to veto a bill that would make it more difficult to put voter initiatives on the ballot.

On Saturday, March 20, 2021, at approximately, 5:30 AM, Idaho State Police investigated a fatality crash on State Highway 78 at milepost 58, just west of Grandview.

Ammon Bundy arrested after missing trial on trespass charge

Source: AP - AP Wire Service

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck plunged off a bridge, leaving them dangling above a deep gorge in southern Idaho.

Idaho State Police responded to the accident at about 2:45 p.m. Monday, said ISP spokeswoman Lynn Hightower. A trooper found a man and a woman inside the pickup truck that was dangling, nose-down, off the side of the bridge spanning the Malad Gorge. The gorge is narrow but is roughly 100 feet (30.48 meters) deep below the bridge, roughly the height of a 10-story building. The gorge reaches about 250 feet (76.20 meters) deep at its deepest point.

St. Luke’s Opens a new Dedicated COVID-19 Vaccination Site

The one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be provided on Thursdays, depending on supply

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Legislation to make it illegal to demonstrate at private residences in Idaho was defeated Tuesday in the state House.

By Governor Brad Little - March 4, 2021

Our new president and the Democrat-led Congress are seeking to bail out big, poorly-managed states and punish states that have operated responsibly during the pandemic – a step that would saddle Idaho children with even greater debt and suppress economic prosperity for generations to come.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A former U.S. Army soldier who was court martialed after he left his post in Afghanistan and was captured by the Taliban is asking a federal judge to overturn his military conviction, saying his trial was unduly influenced when former President Donald Trump repeatedly made disparaging comments about him and called for his execution.

Just like adults, children and teens can get very sick from COVID-19. Children may also experience both short- and long-term health problems, and spread COVID-19 to others, including at home and school.

There is no way to tell in advance how children or teens will be affected by COVID-19. However, those with underlying medical conditions or who have a weakened immune system are more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19.

In what appeared to be a clean and respectful voting season, Tuesday night November 2nd was the culmination of each candidate’s efforts to seek the voters mark on the ballots.

In the race for City Council the votes continued to move back and forth with Brennan and Garvey at the top of all 8 precincts for the 2 open seats. Brennan finished with the lead in 5 of the 8 precincts with Garvey taking the other 3. Vote counts in some cases were only a difference of 1 vote.

In the final unofficial results it was a very close race with 35.2% Brennan and 34.4% Garvey. All of the candidates have been campaigning in some cases for many months now and we thank them all for their effort, putting themselves out there and the commitments they have demonstrated to our community.

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AP - Mar 11 - BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The Idaho House on Thursday approved a measure allowing certain school employees to carry concealed guns at school.