Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ID Theft Complaints Up in Illinois, AG Says
Feb 13 2014 // The Illinois Attorney General’s office says the number of identity theft complaints received by her office climbed 18 percent last year. Lisa Madigan says her office received about 3,000 complaints in 2013, up from...
Former Idaho Councilman Sentenced For Insurance Fraud
Feb 7 2014 // A former Nampa City Council member in Idaho has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and 12 years of supervised probation for insurance fraud. The Idaho Press-Tribune reported that terms of the sentence given to Bob Schmidt...
Dairy Lien Lawsuit Reversed by Idaho Supreme Court
Jan 29 2014 // The Idaho Supreme Court says a lien on cattle feed only lasts as long as the feed does, and doesn’t apply to the animals that consume the food. The ruling reversed a lower court’s decision in a lawsuit between...
Idaho Insurance Department Revokes Father and Son Licenses
Dec 23 2013 // The Idaho Department of Insurance issued orders revoking the Idaho insurance producer licenses held by Adrian Rand Robison and his son, Adrian Russell Robison. Rand Robison was the founder and chairman of the board of The...
Idaho Court: Mormon Church, Members Not Liable In Injury
Dec 4 2013 // The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by a child on a church-organized outing in Idaho six years ago, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled. Justices said there...
Former Idaho Councilman Gets Jail Time For Insurance Fraud
Nov 20 2013 // A former councilman from the eastern Idaho town of Rigby has been sentenced to 150 days in jail and 10 years of probation for insurance fraud. The Post Register reported Lawrence Blackburn was sentenced on Monday....
Two Legacy Network Executives in Idaho Sentenced
Nov 4 2013 // The former founder and chairman of the board of The Legacy Network, an insurance brokerage agency in Rexburg, Idaho, and his son were sentenced in October in United States District Court in Pocatello. The sentencing was...
Idaho Lawsuit Is Latest Claim Against Remington
Oct 28 2013 // Remington Arms Co., maker of one of America’s most-popular hunting rifles, is in court again, this time with an Idaho lawsuit filed by a man who says he was shot through the foot by a defective weapon. Loren Korpi,...
Two Legacy Network Executives in Idaho Sentenced
Oct 22 2013 // The former founder and chairman of the board of The Legacy Network, an insurance brokerage agency in Rexburg, Idaho, and his son were sentenced on Wednesday in United States District Court in Pocatello. The sentencing was...
Idaho Parents Sue Football Helmet Company
Oct 8 2013 // The family of a northern Idaho teenager who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a football game is suing the school district and the maker of the football helmet. The Bonner County Daily Bee reported that Robert Clark...
Idaho Fly Shop Owner Gets Jail Time on Workers’ Comp Law
Oct 7 2013 // A state judge has ordered a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho fly shop owner to serve five days in jail for violating a court order stemming from allegations he failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance. The Idaho...
Idaho Gun Show Canceled Due to Insurance Requirements
Oct 7 2013 // Members of a southwestern Idaho gun club may have to end a decades-long tradition of gun shows because Ada County raised its insurance requirements after two people were injured in an accidental firearm discharge at the...
Idaho Insurance Agents Leery Of Exchange’s Promise
Oct 1 2013 // Insurance agents are still waiting to be convinced Idaho’s insurance exchange will benefit their businesses, though the board that established this Internet marketplace for individual and small business coverage...
Idaho Fly Shop Owner Gets Jail Time On Workers’ Comp Law
Sep 26 2013 // A state judge has ordered a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho fly shop owner to serve five days in jail for violating a court order stemming from allegations he failed to provide workers’ compensation insurance. The Idaho...
Idaho Gun Show Canceled Due to Insurance Requirements
Sep 20 2013 // Members of a southwestern Idaho gun club may have to end a decades-long tradition of gun shows because Ada County raised its insurance requirements after two people were injured in an accidental firearm discharge at the...
Idaho Man Sues Experian, Says Credit Report Wrong
Sep 9 2013 // Jose Luis Calderon says he had the cash to buy a car, but he decided to get an auto loan so he could build up a credit history. It wasn’t until he was turned down that the 27-year-old Nampa man realized he already...
Mississippi Medical Students Get Free ID Theft Insurance
Aug 26 2013 // The University of Mississippi Medical Center said it will give students free insurance against identity theft after an accidental privacy breach. Last week, UMMC mistakenly sent about 190 people an email that had a...
Wildfires Across The West Push Spending Past $1B
Aug 22 2013 // More than 40 uncontained, active and large wildfires dot the western U.S. from Arizona to Washington state and Alaska, taxing national firefighting resources and helping to push spending past $1 billion for the year. The...
The Buckner Co. Opens Third Office in Idaho, Taps Williams
Aug 20 2013 // The Buckner Co. opened a new office in Boise, Idaho and named as head of the operations Chad Williams, who spent the past decade in the Boise commercial insurance arena. Expanding into the Boise market has been a long-term...
Idaho Man Sues Experian, Says Credit Report Wrong
Aug 19 2013 // Jose Luis Calderon says he had the cash to buy a car, but he decided to get an auto loan so he could build up a credit history. It wasn’t until he was turned down that the 27-year-old Nampa man realized he already...
