A 21-year-old Kamiah, Idaho, woman was injured Monday in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 195 near Uniontown, Wash.

For 06-08-2010

BOISE – A North Idaho legislator has filed a lawsuit against the state over secret tax deals that allegedly allowed some wealthy and politically connected taxpayers to get millions in breaks. Those deals violated the Idaho Constitution, which requires taxing to be “uniform,” said state Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow.

A North Idaho legislator has filed a lawsuit against the state over secret tax deals that allegedly allowed some wealthy and politically connected taxpayers to get millions in breaks. Those deals violated the Idaho Constitution, which requires taxing to be “uniform,” said state Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow.

Lines of thunderstorms have been spotted on National Weather Service radar this afternoon near Lake Coeur d'Alene and south of Colville, forecasters said.

Union Pacific Railroad is offering free train rides across the Rathdrum Prairie on June 22 as part of a wider effort to prevent collisions at rail crossings.

Idaho tax collectors want another $11 million transfer from the state general fund to bolster the account they use to write refund checks to taxpayers.

Organizers of a Fourth of July fireworks show in this lakeside town say the economic downturn will force them to scale back on the 30-minute spectacle of lights.

Two men were injured Saturday in a rear-end crash on Highway 95 near Athol.

The state Department of Labor says the unemployment rate posted a decline for the third month in a row, falling to 9 percent as Idaho employers took on more workers.

After yesterday’s break in a wet week, showers have returned. By late afternoon, scattered thunderstorms and strong winds up to 29 mph are predicted.

The Idaho Panhandle National Forests will waive entrance fees on Saturday and Sunday for day-use areas that are not part of larger campgrounds.

Conservation and fishermen’s groups are suing the Washington State Department of Ecology to allow more water over dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect salmon and steelhead.

Starting June 12, users of wireless microphones or similar equipment will have to stop using the 700 MHz band width because the Federal Communications Commission has reassigned it to emergency service providers for radio and data transmission.

Legislation proposed by freshman U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho has been latched onto by the Obama administration, which last week introduced its own bill modeled after Minnick’s. Both bills would make it easier for the president to push Congress to slice specific items out of big spending bills, by letting the president select items from a bill and send it back to Congress for a fast-track, up-or-down vote. Minnick’s is called the “Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010,” or the BELT Act, while the Obama administration’s is the “Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010.”

BOISE – Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has announced fines against two groups that launched last-minute campaign attacks against an Idaho Supreme Court candidate without following the disclosure requirements of the state’s Sunshine Law. Idaho Citizens for Justice is being fined $1,300, and Citizens for Commonsense Solutions is being fined $600. The latter group provided half the funding for the former, which paid for nearly $40,000 in ads and fliers attacking Judge John Bradbury and touting sitting Justice Roger Burdick. Burdick, who was running against Bradbury, won last week’s election.

Legislation proposed by freshman Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick to make it easier for the president to push Congress to slice specific items out of big spending bills has been latched onto by the Obama Administration, which last week introduced its own bill modeled after Minnick’s.

Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has announced fines against two groups that launched last-minute campaign attacks against an Idaho Supreme Court candidate without following the disclosure requirements of the state's Sunshine Law.

Thursday morning broke with sun after a week with record precipitation levels. By evening the precipitation should return, forecasters say.

BOISE – Just because a road easement was granted years ago along someone’s lakefront property doesn’t mean the property owner has given up the right to build a dock on the lake, the Idaho Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The high court’s ruling puts an end to the Idaho Transportation Department’s repeated objections to certain landowners’ dock permits, and an attorney for the two landowners who won the case said he estimates another half-dozen Lake Coeur d’Alene owners are ready to submit their dock permits now that this case has been decided.