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Legals for July, 5 2025
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed Bids for the construction of: Laclede Water District Water System Improvements Laclede, Idaho will be received, by Engineer, either: Physically: to the office of Ardurra, 7950 N. Meadowlark Way Ste. A, Coeur d’Alene,...

A Good Idaho Fireworks Display Will Reset Your Attitude
I have a buddy who watches fireworks from his dairy farm. He lives eight miles away from a baseball stadium where the show takes place. He lives on a hill and actually looks down at the display instead of up in the sky. After a particular...

North America Plywood Market Forecast And Company Analysis Report 2025-2033 Featuring Boise Cascade, Weyerhaeuser, West Fraser Timber, Bluelinx, Potlatchdeltic, South Coast Lumber, Hood Industry, And Royomartin
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) The North America plywood market is projected to grow from US$ 16.82 billion in 2024 to US$ 23.37 billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 3.72%. This expansion is driven by increased government spending,...

Ghost wolves: As Idaho aims to reduce its wolf population, advocates worry counts aren't accurate
Idaho is pursuing a policy to reduce its wolf population from 1,270 to an average of about 500 wolves over six years EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final installment of Howl, a five-part written series and podcast season produced in partnership...

Fallen Idaho firefighters identified in Coeur dAlene ambush
Key takeaways: The fallen firefighters are Coeur d’Alene Battalion Chief John Morrison and Kootenai County Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood. Coeur d’Alene Engineer Dave Tysdal is in critical condition after undergoing two successful...

Opinion: Forget China! Let's Get To Making Fireworks In Idaho Now
With the United States just about on the eve of celebrating our Independence Day, the topic that keeps coming up at fireworks stands throughout the country is the imminent price increase expected to hit Americans in the purses and wallets next...

Mandel's Mailbag: Heisman finalists, revenue sharing and an ACC-Big 12 trade that makes sense
Former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany once famously predicted that the Big Ten’s universities would drop down to Division III if the day ever came that schools paid their athletes. Well, that day came on Tuesday, and Ohio State and Michigan have...
Idaho man who ambushed fire crews wanted to be a firefighter, sheriff says
A man who lit a blaze before fatally shooting two firefighters and injuring a third in north-western Idaho was a 20-year-old transient who once dreamed of being a firefighter, authorities have said. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris offered fresh...

Idaho Power's 20-year Energy Plan Calls for Significant Investment in Energy Resources to Meet Projected Growth
BOISE— Idaho Power’s latest long-range energy plan forecasts unprecedented growth in energy demand and lays out the preferred options for serving customers. The 2025 Integrated Resource Plan was filed with state regulators Friday. It shows that...

New Mexico’s ‘Idaho Stop’ Law Now In Effect: Bike Santa Fe Offers Guidance For Bicyclists And Motorists
BIKE SANTA FE NEWS New Mexico’s “Idaho Stop” Law went into effect statewide on Tuesday, July 1. This law allows bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and treat red lights as stop lights. Bike Santa Fe, non-profit 501(c)3 corporation...

Idaho gunman in deadly ambush of fire crews had 'idolised' firefighters
A 20-year-old Idaho man who fatally shot two firefighters and severely injured a third after luring them into an ambush once dreamed of becoming a fireman himself, police say. Two firefighters were killed and a third injured after Wess Roley shot...

Idaho senators honor fallen firefighters during Senate session
Senator Mike Crapo, US Senator for Idaho | Sen. Mike Crapo Official WebsiteSenator Mike Crapo, US Senator for Idaho | Sen. Mike Crapo Official Website Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch took a moment during the Senate’s vote-a-rama on a...

Ketchum, ITD roadwork prompts business frustration
The owners of two businesses in Ketchum say hits to their business caused by ongoing road construction on Main Street and state Highway 75 were compounded by a recent chip sealing and fog coating project on Washington Avenue. They say those...

We can honor Idaho’s fallen firefighters by reaching out and listening to our youth
This column was first published on June 30, 2025, by FāVS News. Today is a day to mourn. Two firefighters responding to a brush fire at Coeur d’Alene’s Canfield Mountain were shot dead and a third badly injured. Their names and photos were...

How Rebellions' Sunghyun Park is readying to crack the global AI chips market
Rebellions co-founder and CEO Sunghyun Park found domestic success with his energy-efficient Atom series (pictured here) Image: Jae-Hyun Kim for Forbes AsiaA year ago, Sunghyun Park, co-founder and CEO of Seongnam-based AI chip design firm...

Bryan Kohberger is expected to enter a plea deal today in the Idaho student killings. Still, key elements of the crime remain a mystery
By Jean Casarez, Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A month before the scheduled start of his murder trial in the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, defendant Brian Kohberger is expected to enter a plea deal that would...

Idaho sheriff release new details on ambush shooting that killed 2 firefighters
The suspect who allegedly ambushed firefighters on the job in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, had contact and discussion with first responders before shooting at them with a shotgun, killing two of them and critically injuring a third, Kootenai County...

New public lands sale bill leaves Boise Foothills vulnerable, critics say
In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? Tips@idahostatesman.com. A new version of a controversial public land...

Idaho ambush suspect wanted to be a firefighter before deadly attack
Police say that a 20-year-old man who launched an alleged sniper attack on firefighters in Idaho, killing two and severely injuring a third person, had hopes of becoming a firefighter himself. Two firefighters were killed and a third injured after...

Hundreds of Draper youth at church camp in Idaho evacuate as wildfire burns nearby
DRAPER, Utah (KUTV) — Hundreds of youth campers at a church pioneer trek in Idaho had to evacuate as a wildfire burned dangerously close. The Fort Hall Fire started Tuesday afternoon and burned more than 1,000 acres on the Fort Hall Reservation...