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Legals for August, 19 2025

Legals for August, 19 2025

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Hope, Idaho will hold a public hearing for consideration of the proposed budget for the fiscal period October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026...

Attorneys general seek Supreme Court review in veteran's lawsuit against military contractor

Attorneys general seek Supreme Court review in veteran's lawsuit against military contractor

Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined a bipartisan group of attorneys general in supporting veteran Winston Hencely’s lawsuit against Fluor Corporation, a military contractor. The case centers on an incident at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in...

Rep. Matt Simpson hopes death penalty bill shifts legal precedent

Rep. Matt Simpson hopes death penalty bill shifts legal precedent

State Representative Matt Simpson, R-Daphne, discussed working to shift legal precedent regulating the use of the death penalty during a Monday media appearance. Simpson has proposed legislation for the 2026 Legislative Session, in partnership...

‘Crafting a compromise’: Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds celebrate 10 years of wilderness protection

‘Crafting a compromise’: Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds celebrate 10 years of wilderness protection

Some of the newest wilderness areas in America are celebrating their 10th anniversary this month thanks to a years-long bipartisan public lands push that started in Idaho. On Aug. 7. 2015, former President Barack Obama signed the Sawtooth National...

Rt. Hon. Barr. Omosede Igbinedion Thanks Supporters For Edo By-Election Victory

Rt. Hon. Barr. Omosede Igbinedion Thanks Supporters For Edo By-Election Victory

Rt. Hon. Barr. Omosede Gabriella Igbinedion, Member-Elect for Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has expressed heartfelt gratitude following her victory in Saturday’s by-election. In a statement, she acknowledged the...

Lori Vallow Daybell Returns to Idaho to Serve Life Sentences

Lori Vallow Daybell Returns to Idaho to Serve Life Sentences

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Lori Vallow Daybell arrived back in Idaho on Monday, where she will serve multiple life sentences for her role in the murders of her children and conspiracy to kill others. Daybell had been held at Estrella Jail in Maricopa...

Edo by-election results have validated my mandate – Okpebholo

Edo by-election results have validated my mandate – Okpebholo

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, yesterday, said last Saturday’s Edo by-election results have validated his victory in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the State. He stated this when he received the Member-elect for...

Report: Idaho Inmates Make Life a Living Hell for Quadruple Killer Bryan Kohlberger

Report: Idaho Inmates Make Life a Living Hell for Quadruple Killer Bryan Kohlberger

KUNA, ID- Some might say karma has come to bite quadruple-murderer Bryan Kohlberger. According to The New York Post, inmates at the only maximum security prison in Idaho are making Kohlberger’s time in prison “a living hell,” showing even some...

Boise Pride Festival faces $250,000 funding shortfall amid reduced corporate sponsorship

Boise Pride Festival faces $250,000 funding shortfall amid reduced corporate sponsorship

The Boise Pride Festival is facing a significant budget deficit due to lack of corporate funding. BOISE, Idaho — The 2025 Boise Pride Festival is facing a significant funding crisis less than a month before the event, with organizers reporting a...

Idaho Recognizes the Sacrifices of the Military and Families

Idaho Recognizes the Sacrifices of the Military and Families

I was a guest of some Gold Star families at a veteran’s luncheon. It was Friday, before the Twin Falls Air Show. The luncheon guests were treated to a preview of the show after a pork barbecue. And during lunch. There were planes doing rolls and...

Idaho Falls siblings lose both their cars following a hit-and-run crash

Idaho Falls siblings lose both their cars following a hit-and-run crash

IDAHO FALLS — A hit-and-run incident early Monday morning resulted in two cars belonging to two Skyline High School siblings being totaled. Justin Martin, father of Mason and Delila Martin, who own the two cars, told EastIdahoNews.com the family...

Opponents seek to block new campus transgender law

Opponents seek to block new campus transgender law

Attorneys representing two transgender Idahoans want a federal judge to block a new state law restricting access to gender-specific dorm rooms and campus restrooms. They are seeking a temporary injunction on House Bill 264, passed earlier this...

Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) Commences Phase 1 Drilling at Horse Heaven Project in Idaho

Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) Commences Phase 1 Drilling at Horse Heaven Project in Idaho

Highlights Resolution Minerals has commenced a 3,000m diamond core drilling program at the Horse Heaven Project in Idaho. Evolve has been appointed as the drill contractor and is deploying a man-portable modular HQ diamond core drill rig to...

Official Govt & Legal Notices For August 18 2025

Official Govt & Legal Notices For August 18 2025

The official Government and Legal notices for today [August 18] include notification of planning applications registered, notice of intention to construct a controlled plant and notice of intended marriage. List of Planning Applications Advertised...

Coffee Break: 2025 Gubernatorial Races Provide Preview for 2026 Mid-term Elections

The New Jersey and Virginia 2025 gubernatorial elections provide a preview of the 2026 mid-term elections. Virginia looks set to elect its first female governor, with both major parties having nominated a woman. Unfortunately for the GOP, their...

HUD Secretary tours Idaho's first opportunity zone success story

HUD Secretary tours Idaho's first opportunity zone success story

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — A Twin Falls food hall welcomed some high-profile visitors this week as Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner and Sen. Mike Crapo toured the facility to celebrate a successful opportunity zone investment. The 2nd...

Resolution Minerals begins drilling at Horse Heaven Project in Idaho

Resolution Minerals begins drilling at Horse Heaven Project in Idaho

Resolution Minerals Ltd (ASX:RML, OTC:RLMLF) has started Phase 1 drilling at its Horse Heaven Gold-Antimony-Tungsten Project in Idaho, United States, located adjacent to $3 billion-capped Perpetua Resources' Stibnite Gold Mine. The program follows...

Report: Lori Vallow Daybell is heading back to Idaho after multiple trials in Arizona

Report: Lori Vallow Daybell is heading back to Idaho after multiple trials in Arizona

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Lori Vallow Daybell is on her way back to Idaho, where she will serve out the remainder of her multiple life sentences, according to Justin Lum with FOX10. Daybell has spent the last year in Arizona, where she faced two...

Kohberger's sexist, creepy behavior alarmed university faculty and students before Idaho murders

Kohberger's sexist, creepy behavior alarmed university faculty and students before Idaho murders

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

WATCH: Lori Vallow Daybell leaves Arizona jail cell and is flown back to Idaho

WATCH: Lori Vallow Daybell leaves Arizona jail cell and is flown back to Idaho

Lori Vallow Daybell | EastIdahoNews.com file photo PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell is back in Idaho where she will spend the rest of her life behind bars in Pocatello. Daybell has been incarcerated at the Estrella Jail in Maricopa County, Arizona,...

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