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Idaho lawmakers will weigh whether to fund several drug-prevention and treatment projects, totaling over $3 million, through the state’s endowment fund from tobacco lawsuit settlement money. 

The legislative Joint Millennium Fund Committee, which oversees the endowment, heard 10 proposals Friday for use of the settlement money, which must go toward drug and alcohol pre...


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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said an Owyhee County man has died after influenza-related illness — the first flu death of the season in the state.

The man was older than 65, but an exact age was not given in a press release issued by the department.

Public health officials said in the release that while a flu season’s timing and length vary, emergen...


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The director of Idaho’s largest state agency will step down by the end of the year. 

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Director Juliet Charron told employees in a letter she’d be stepping ba...


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During the 2026 election cycle, Idaho voters have had very few opportunities to see Republican incumbents answer questions at live, public events. 

For years it was the norm for major candidates in statewide and federal races to appear live and debate each other.

Journalist Betsy Z. Russell asks a candidate question during an Idaho Public Television debate on May 6...

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JEROME – More than $5 million worth restoration projects and forthcoming interpretive exhibits  are being designed to preserve the history and lessons from southern Idaho’s Minidoka National Historic Site. 


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