All the headlines from our Idaho Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 3 2018 // Dean Cameron, director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, has been elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.Cameron is the first Idaho Insurance Commissioner ever elected to...
Nov 5 2018 // An eastern Washington man found not guilty of three counts of involuntary manslaughter in a criminal trial following a boating crash on Lake Coeur d’Alene in northern Idaho has been ordered to pay $600,000 in a civil...
Oct 31 2018 // A resident of Richardson, Texas, who recognized a suspected arsonist from a television news report has been awarded a $500 check for his call that will lead to the arrests of three suspects in the fire of the Owens Sausage...
Oct 29 2018 // Mike Cunningham has been named new co-owner of Shook-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Idaho, which will now do business as Leavitt Inland Pacific Insurance Services. Amy Shook remains with the agency as manager and a licensed...
Oct 29 2018 // A fraud investigation initiated by the Idaho Department of Insurance lead to the criminal prosecution of a local trucking company owner who pocketed insurance premiums.DOI investigators teamed with the state Attorney...