All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 19 2019 // The Idaho Department of Insurance revoked the insurance producer license of Bryce Joseph Vance for violations of the Idaho Insurance Code and imposed an administrative penalty of $46,000. Vance was charged and admitted to...
Aug 22 2019 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Idaho tree-trimming company after an employee was killed and another was injured when the work platform of a bucket truck fell about 65 feet.The Times-News...
Aug 21 2019 // Senator Jeff Merkley once shadowed a cannabis grower and dispenser as he tried to pay his state taxes. He stuffed a backpack with $70,000 in $20 bills and drove 50 miles — unguarded — with the bulging bag in...
Aug 14 2019 // The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time.Mid-year premium growth reported by the 15 excess and surplus...
Aug 12 2019 // The Nez Perce Tribe has filed a lawsuit to force a Canadian company to clean up an idle central Idaho mining area – which the company says it plans to do if it gets approval from U.S. officials to restart mining at the...
Aug 1 2019 // Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year.Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to hit the state hard. One state official, who believes climate...
Jul 24 2019 // Some employees were evacuated from the Idaho National Laboratory in southeastern Idaho while crews fight a wildfire burning near the nuclear energy research site. INL officials say non-essential employees were evacuated...
Jul 1 2019 // A crop insurance company has agreed to pay a southwestern Idaho farming family $3.48 million following a lawsuit.The Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho agreed to pay Nate and Kristin Pancheri for damage to their...
Jun 24 2019 // A crop insurance company has agreed to pay a southwestern Idaho farming family $3.48 million following a lawsuit.The Idaho Statesman reported that the Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho agreed to pay Nate and...
May 20 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company’s modular...
May 7 2019 // Amazon has resolved the workplace violations cited against the online retail giant’s temporary distribution center in Idaho.The Idaho Statesman reported the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the...
Apr 30 2019 // Two U.S. senators on Monday urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to finalize a long-delayed rule that would require the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones.The U.S. Congress tasked the...
Apr 11 2019 // An earthquake that struck Tuesday in a rural area near the Idaho-Montana border was felt as far away as Helena and was followed by multiple aftershocks, but no damage was immediately reported.The main quake struck just...
Mar 11 2019 // An Idaho jury has awarded more than $4.8 million to a woman injured in a U-turn accident after deciding it was partially caused by a sheriff’s deputy.But the Idaho Statesman reports that Chellus Dawn Towell will...
Mar 6 2019 // The Idaho Supreme Court says individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied – but didn’t outright say – something defamatory.The ruling was handed down this week in a lawsuit brought by former...
Feb 5 2019 // A company has filed a lawsuit against Idaho State Police and Ada County after authorities seized nearly 7,000 pounds of cannabis from a truck headed to Colorado, the Idaho Statesman reported.Authorities who stopped the...
Jan 21 2019 // Market Detail: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc.’s (www.btisinc.com) Victory Workers’ Comp program offers instant online price indication, fast quote turnaround times and no broker,...
Jan 3 2019 // An Idaho law has gone into effect that requires ignition interlock devices to be installed on the vehicles of first-time convicted drunken drivers.Beginning Jan. 1, all first-time DUI offenders were required to have the...
Dec 17 2018 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Apex Insurance Benefits LLC in Blackfoot, Idaho.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Troy Goodwin, owner of Apex, will join Hub Mountain and report to Tara Tandrow,...
Dec 17 2018 // NAS Insurance Services LLC has expanded its senior management team with several new appointments, including naming Marcus D’Anna chief financial officer.D’Anna’s appointment as CFO comes after five years...