The U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Regional office in Missoula has released an eight-page emergency logging plan covering more than 5 million acres across Montana and the Idaho Panhandle, responding to widespread wind damage that struck the region in December 2025 and April 2026. Scope of the Project The plan targets forest land across a broad […]

Idaho recorded the second-lowest payment error rate in the country for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during fiscal year 2024-2025, according to federal data — a ranking that places the state far ahead of most others as new national penalties for high-error states loom on the horizon. The state’s error rate came in at […]

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador is urging state residents to check their homes after releasing a list of 24 consumer products subject to federal recall for June, covering everything from children’s toys and nursery furniture to motorized off-road vehicles. The recalls were issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and span a wide range […]

Idaho state agencies have been told to keep their budgets flat for the coming fiscal year, following a directive from the state’s top financial officer after lawmakers approved roughly $143 million in spending cuts for fiscal year 2027. Lori Wolff, director of the Division of Financial Management, sent a memo to agency heads late last […]

The Idaho Republican Party wrapped up its state convention last week with a newly updated party platform that takes a bold stance on two significant policy fronts: a call to eliminate property taxes entirely and a push to sever the state’s reliance on accrediting organizations deemed too progressive for Idaho’s K-12 schools and colleges. Property […]

The Idaho Department of Correction has published step-by-step procedures governing how firing squad executions will be carried out as the state prepares for a July 1, 2025 implementation date — making Idaho the first state in the country to designate the firing squad as its primary method of execution. How the Process Will Work Under […]