Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Bad Weather Means Tougher Firefighting Across Idaho, Montana
Aug 17 2007 // Hundreds of homes across Idaho remained threatened by wildfires this week, and meteorologists said firefighters shouldn’t expect any help from the weather. More than 611,000 acres, or 954 square miles, had been...
Aggressive Wildfire Puts Firefighters on Defense in Idaho
Aug 14 2007 // Two cabins and a large outbuilding burned as wind-whipped flames flared 200 feet high Sunday on the Zena/Loon wildfire in north-central Idaho. No injuries were reported, but firefighters struggled to protect buildings in...
North Idaho School District Sued over Face Paint Removal
Aug 13 2007 // A north Idaho school district is being sued by the parents of two junior high school students who say their children were burned when their face paint was removed after they waited too long to do it themselves. Georgeanne...
Texas AG Says Health Spa Chain Exposed Customer Records to ID Theft
Aug 7 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott cited Minnesota-based Lifetime Fitness and subsidiaries LTF Club Management Company L.L.C. and LTF Club Operations Company Inc., for systematically exposing its customers to identity...
Mass. Enacts ID Protection Law with Security Freeze Provision
Aug 6 2007 // Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has signed legislation that requires businesses and government agencies to promptly notify consumers when private information such as Social Security and driver’s license numbers have...
Business Moves
Aug 6 2007 // Safeco Seattle-based Safeco has expanded its sales organization from five to nine regions, and has named executives to lead two of the territories. “Independent insurance agents have consistently told us they want...
Calif. Prosecutors to Fight ID Theft, Privacy Violations
Jul 30 2007 // In an effort to bolster personal privacy and intellectual property rights, California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that District Attorneys in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego will begin receiving funds...
Merck Asks Judge to Reduce $47.5 Million Vioxx Award to Idaho Man
Jul 17 2007 // Merck & Co. is urging a New Jersey judge to slash a jury’s $47.5 million award to an Idaho postal worker who successfully sued the drugmaker over a heart attack he blamed on Merck’s since-withdrawn Vioxx...
Washington Casualty Reinstated in Idaho
Jul 13 2007 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has reinstated the license of Washington Casualty Co., a subsidiary of FinCor Holdings Inc., allowing it to underwrite insurance in the state. The reinstated license validates WCC’s...
Mich. Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for ID Theft
Jul 11 2007 // A man convicted of trying to sell the Social Security numbers and other information for thousands of people to undercover agents was sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said. Binyamin Schwartz, 29, of...
Tenn. Requires Stores to ID Beer Buyers Regardless of Age
Jul 5 2007 // Comer Wilson hasn’t had to show his ID to buy beer in a while. Maybe it’s the 66-year-old man’s long white beard. Starting July 1, gray hair was no longer good enough. Wilson and everyone else are now...
Washington Casualty Co. Reinstated by Idaho Department
Jun 25 2007 // FinCor Holdings Inc. announced on Friday, June 22 that its Washington Casualty Co. (WCC) subsidiary has had its license to underwrite insurance fully reinstated in Idaho by the Idaho Department of Insurance. FinCor...
N.H. Joins Maine in Opposing Federal Real ID Program
Jun 12 2007 // Calling the federal Real ID Act “repugnant” to the state and federal constitutions, New Hampshire lawmakers voted to join other states — including neighboring Maine — in rejecting the federal Real ID Act as...
Maine Gov. Baldacci Expected to Sign Bill Blocking Real ID
Jun 8 2007 // Gov. John Baldacci is expected to sign a bill prohibiting Maine from implementing Real ID, the national identity card system that’s been vilified by critics as unworkable and too expensive, a spokesman said...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
Texas AG cracks down on lender for ID theft exposure
Jun 4 2007 // Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ohio-based CNG Financial Corporation and subsidiaries Check ‘n Go of Texas Inc. and Southwestern & Pacific Specialty Finance Inc. have been systematically exposing their...
PIA of Oregon/Idaho Names New Board, Award Winners
May 25 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho announced its new officers and presented a number of awards at its 40th Annual Convention and Trade Show in Sunriver, Ore. Pete Lackner, owner of Rose City Associates, was...
Sinking Idaho House Not Covered by Insurance
May 21 2007 // Tresia Stones woke up one morning last month to discover her Idaho house was settling into a sinkhole, cracks creeping across the ceiling and gaps appearing between the floor and the walls. Stones gathered her family and...
Idaho Passes Insurance Laws
May 17 2007 // Idaho has passed several laws this legislative session that have been signed into law and will take effect July 1. The laws include: *HB 088: Amends Idaho Code § 41-5403 to add a risk based capital trend test for property...
Trial Begins for Man Suing Idaho Hospital in Malpractice Case
May 10 2007 // Lawyers for a man who blames an eastern Idaho hospital for brain damage during surgery for a minor wrist injury have begun presenting their case to a jury. Brock Higham is suing the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,...
