Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho City Assessing Flood Risks Prior to Federal Maps Release
Apr 26 2017 // Boise, Idaho officials have expressed concerns with federal maps that propose adding hundreds of acres to a flood plain in the city, which could increase the cost and difficulty of buying or developing nearby property. The...
Idaho Governor Issues Warnings over Potential Flood Disasters
Apr 21 2017 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter says residents facing possible flooding in some areas of the state aren’t taking what he calls a potential disaster seriously. About a dozen state and federal officials at a...
River in Idaho Rising Along With Flood Insurance Policy Sales
Apr 10 2017 // Federal officials say the Boise River in Idaho that’s already past flood stage will be raised again as flood insurance sales spike in the region. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Drone Maker DJI Offers Operator ID Framework
Mar 29 2017 // The world’s largest maker of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), China’s DJI, has proposed an electronic identification framework for UAS that would allow authorities in the United States to identify drone owners...
Idaho Jury Awards Ex-Ada County Employee $1.7M in Whistleblower Case
Mar 17 2017 // A former Ada County, Idaho, employee who filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging he was retaliated against and wrongly fired has been awarded $1.7 million. Rich Wright’s attorney said a jury awarded the money to his...
Alliant Acquires Burkhardt Consulting in Idaho
Mar 13 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Burkhardt Consulting LLC. Burkhardt joins Alliant’s employee benefits group, with the firm continuing to service clients from its Coeur...
Florida Starts Issuing Medical Marijuana ID Cards
Mar 1 2017 // Florida health officials who oversee the medical marijuana program have started processing identification card applications for patients and caregivers. The cards, which are issued through the Office of Compassionate Use,...
Snow Damage Found to Be Origin of Idaho Fire
Feb 6 2017 // Investigators from the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office looking into a fire last week at a local business in Council believe the blaze could have been caused by heavy snowfall. Many parts of Idaho have received...
Idaho Insurance Director Tapped for NAIC Committee Leadership Position
Jan 24 2017 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron has been named as vice chair of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Insurance and Annuities Committee for 2017. Director Cameron was elected...
Idaho Governor Orders Cybersecurity Improvements for the State
Jan 20 2017 // Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed an executive order aimed at protecting the state’s computer networks from hackers. The order signed this week creates a director of Information Security position,...
Report: Deportations Under Trump Could Hit 1 in 4 Idaho Ag Workers
Nov 18 2016 // What would happen to an industry that loses one-fourth or more of its employee base? Idaho’s agriculture industry, and particularly its farming sector, might run head-on into that hypothetical question if...
Legal Action Started in Fatal Idaho Trench Collapse
Nov 8 2016 // The widow of a man killed in a trench collapse in Boise, Idaho has filed a precursor to a lawsuit against several government agencies. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a lack of training by...
Idaho College Agrees to Settle VP’s $650K Lawsuit
Oct 27 2016 // The College of Southern Idaho has agreed to pay a former vice president $650,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The Times-News reported in a story on Tuesday that the settlement with Edit Szanto was made through the...
Idaho French Fry Maker in a Twist over Alleged Fry Design Infringement
Oct 17 2016 // Two major french fry producers are facing a court battle over a new twisty fry design. The Times-News reported the J.R. Simplot company of Boise, Idaho filed a patent infringement lawsuit against McCain Foods in U.S....
Workers’ Comp Rates in Idaho to Decrease for 2017
Oct 11 2016 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has received a proposal from the National Council on Compensation Insurance for an overall rate drop of 1.2 percent percent in workers’ compensation insurance to become effective...
Idaho Family Sues Over Baby’s Death in Hospital Medication Mix-up
Sep 2 2016 // An Idaho family is suing a nurse and the health care company he works for after their 7-month-old baby died when given the wrong medication at a Twin Falls hospital. Chance and Tiffany Elliott filed the wrongful death...
Family of Idaho Beating Death Victim Sues Woman’s Treatment Center
Aug 23 2016 // The family of an Idaho woman who was beaten to death in October has filed a lawsuit against the treatment center where the killing occurred. Linda Westmoreland’s daughters, Amanda Ingram and Stormy Dye, filed the...
Former Idaho Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Aug 12 2016 // The insurance license of Zane Amy was revoked following an investigation by the Idaho Department of Insurance that showed he altered documents to get his clients premium discounts. Ae was sentenced for insurance fraud, a...
Idaho High Court Affirms $3.8M Ruling in Liposuction Death
Aug 8 2016 // The Idaho Supreme Court has affirmed a jury verdict for $3.8 million against a southwest Idaho doctor following the death of a woman who underwent a liposuction procedure. The court ruled Thursday in the wrongful death and...
Idaho Rancher’s Family Initiates Wrongful Death Suit
Aug 8 2016 // The family of an Idaho rancher authorities say was shot and killed by two Adams County Sheriff’s deputies has filed a legal notice of their intent to sue the county. The family of Jack Yantis filed a tort claim...
