All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2015 // Three people who were injured when a drunken driver crashed his truck into a northern Idaho home have filed a lawsuit against the bar where the man drank before the accident. The Coeur d’Alene Press reported that the...
Apr 16 2015 // The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared two northeast Nevada counties natural disaster areas due to the lingering drought with an emergency order that also makes emergency low-interest loans available to farmers,...
Mar 16 2015 // An Idaho Falls, Idaho man has been sentenced for filing false car insurance claims.The Idaho Attorney General’s Office says Robert C. MacNeilage was sentenced last week to an intensive treatment and education program...
Mar 12 2015 // A bill that would allow the popular ridesharing company Uber to bypass local city ordinances and operate how it wants in Idaho is headed to the House floor.The House Transportation and Defense Committee endorsed the...
Mar 9 2015 // Three women who say they were sexually abused by a sixth-grade teacher 45 years ago have sued the Oregon school district that employed him.The federal lawsuit also lists the teacher as a defendant. The complaint says the...
Mar 9 2015 // Uber said it was suspending its operations in Boise, Idaho, after reaching an impasse in negotiations with city leaders over new regulations. “Steep and growing costs that come from offering thousands of free rides...
Mar 5 2015 // Idaho citizens could soon be sharing the road with driverless cars.A Senate panel considered a bill earlier this week that would allow companies to test self-driving cars on Idaho highways. Senate Transportation Committee...
Mar 2 2015 // Uber said on it was suspending its operations in Boise, Idaho, after reaching an impasse in negotiations with city leaders over new regulations.“Steep and growing costs that come from offering thousands of free rides...
Feb 26 2015 // Medical identity theft jumped 22 percent last year as more U.S. health data becomes electronic and easier for cyber criminals to steal from doctors’ offices, hospitals and insurers.Incidents of medical identity theft...
Feb 17 2015 // Reinstating Arkansas’ voter ID law, imposing new restrictions on lawsuit damages and eliminating the lieutenant governor’s office are among the dozens of ideas lawmakers would like to put on the ballot in...
Feb 12 2015 // Anthem Inc. said on Wednesday its millions of customers can sign up for free credit monitoring and identity-theft protection services this week following a massive cyber attack involving stolen U.S. Social Security...
Jan 12 2015 // A new University of Idaho report says 2014 was another record year for Idaho farmers and ranchers.Researchers say sales of milk, livestock and crops reached nearly $10 billion, the fourth year in a row that cash receipts...
Jan 8 2015 // Two drivers for the ridesharing company Uber that Boise, Idaho officials say failed to have commercial transport service driver’s licenses but picked up passengers have been cited.City spokesman Mike Journee told...
Jan 5 2015 // A 4.9 magnitude earthquake in a remote Idaho county triggered rock slides that blocked some road lanes Saturday but did not cause any major damage or injuries.Hours later around midnight, quakes of magnitude 4.0 and 3.6...
Jan 2 2015 // Boise, Idaho officials say Uber ignored its promise to not charge for driver services within city limits while negotiating an operating agreement for the rideshare company.The city sent Uber a cease and desist letter...
Dec 29 2014 // Leavitt Group of Boise has hired Randon Lessing, Norah Culbertson and Brie Homan in Idaho.Lessing is a loss control consultant developing and supporting safety programs. Culbertson is an operations specialist with...
Dec 22 2014 // A former accountant for the Nampa School District in Idaho is being paid $160,000 in a settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit she filed nearly three years ago. The Idaho Press-Tribune reported that Danielle Sisayaket...
Dec 15 2014 // Three straight years of dry conditions and below-average snowpacks have cost farmers in Eastern Oregon tens of millions of dollars.The irrigation supply for farmers in Malheur County who get their water from the Owyhee...
Dec 15 2014 // Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. has filed a lawsuit against a railway company after a large freight carrying french fries traveling to Georgia spoiled because it wasn’t properly sealed.According to the lawsuit, the...
Dec 1 2014 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal announced he is retiring.His retirement is effective on Dec. 31. Deal was appointed by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and began his eight-year tenure on Jan. 2,...