Latest Idaho Headlines
All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Idaho’s Elmore County Disaster Area: USDA
Apr 3 2014 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added a southern Idaho county to its list of Idaho regions considered natural disaster areas because of drought. The department designated Elmore County a primary natural disaster...
Idaho Hockey Fans Sue over Arena’s Large-Small Beers
Mar 24 2014 // A handful of Idaho hockey fans have sued a Boise, Idaho, arena saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer. The lawsuit says CenturyLink Arena, home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team,...
South Dakota Robocall Scam Falsely Using Houston Insurance Firm’s ID
Mar 21 2014 // An automated phone message reaching South Dakota residents has been prompting MasterCard customers to enter their card numbers in the dial pad. The South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley warns consumers that this...
Idaho Hockey Fans Sue over Arena’s Large-Small Beers
Mar 13 2014 // A handful of Idaho hockey fans sued a Boise arena on Tuesday, saying they were duped into thinking a $7 beer contains more brew than a $4 beer. The lawsuit says CenturyLink Arena, home of the Idaho Steelheads hockey team,...
Idaho Senate Panel Passes Sobriety Testing Bill
Mar 12 2014 // A bill that would allow Idaho judges to require alcohol breath testing twice a day for some probationers is headed to the full Senate. The bill sponsored Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, gives counties the option to...
Idaho House Backs New Legal Shield for Ski Areas
Mar 10 2014 // House members voted in late February 61-8 to give Idaho ski areas expanded protections from lawsuits that arise when their customers are hurt in terrain parks or swept up in in-bounds avalanches. The measure moved to the...
Idaho Worker Awarded Damages for Reporting Safety Violations
Mar 4 2014 // A northern Idaho jury has awarded $56,000 to an excavation crew foreman who said he was fired for reporting safety violations on the Sand Creek Byway. The Bonner County Daily Bee reported the Bonner County jury on Friday...
Idaho Principal Who Got Axed Files Notice Of Lawsuit
Feb 28 2014 // A fired northern Idaho high school principal who says she was discriminated against because of her race has filed a notice of her intentions to bring a lawsuit against the Kamiah School District. The Lewiston Tribune...
Idaho House Panel Oks Biometric Protections
Feb 28 2014 // Businesses that collect and use hair samples, finger prints and retina scans to identify their customers could face tough sanctions for inappropriately handling such material, under a measure headed to the Idaho House. The...
Idaho House Backs New Legal Shield For Ski Areas
Feb 27 2014 // House members voted 61-8 to give ski areas expanded protections from lawsuits that arise when their customers are hurt in terrain parks or swept up in in-bounds avalanches. Tuesday’s vote moves the measure to the...
Proposal To Raise Speed Limits In Idaho Clears Senate
Feb 27 2014 // A bid to increase speed limits on Idaho roads raced to a victory on the Senate floor, as lawmakers voted 30-4 to send it on to the House. Legal speeds would jump from 75 to 80 mph on the interstate and from 65 to 70 mph on...
Attorney General Supports National Notification Standard for ID Theft
Feb 24 2014 // U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, citing the recent massive data theft at retailer Target Corp., urged Congress on Monday to enact a national standard for notifying consumers about such breaches. “This would empower...
ID Theft Complaints Up 18% in Illinois, AG Says
Feb 24 2014 // Illinois’ attorney general says the number of identity theft complaints received by her office rose 18 percent last year. Lisa Madigan says her office received about 3,000 complaints in 2013, up from about 2,500 the...
Former Idaho Councilman Sentenced For Insurance Fraud
Feb 24 2014 // A former Nampa City Council member in Idaho was sentenced in February to 90 days in jail and 12 years of supervised probation for insurance fraud. Terms of the sentence given to Bob Schmidt on in 3rd District Court require...
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....
