Stories from Wednesday, June 14, 2023

A sure sign the politics of Idaho have changed for the worse is when attacks on good legislators begin weeks after the Legislature adjourns and a full year before the next election. That’s what is happening in our state right now. Billboards have surfaced like weeds in Canyon County attacking Rep. Julie Yamamoto, chair of the House Education Committee, and in Moscow attacking Rep. Lori McCann, vice chair of the House Education Committee and also a board member of Idaho Business for Education...

Travis Randal Strickland, age 42, passed away in Bend, Oregon on June 4 after a 21-month battle with glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain cancer. Throughout his diagnosis, Travis held onto his hope in Jesus and lived every day loving God and loving others. ...