On Monday afternoon, Idaho Governor Butch Otter signed and issued a emergency disaster declaration for the counties of Bonner and Kootenai, which have suffered extensive damage from the Cape Horn wildfire near Bayview that began on Sunday. The wildfire has been burning strong for the last 24 hours, torching over 2,000 acres and six homes. Over 200 […]
An Idaho mother was shot and killed by her 2-year-old son while shopping at a Hayden, Idaho, Wal-Mart on Tuesday. The child had reached into his mother’s bag and found a concealed gun, which he then fired. The victim has been identified as Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, of Blackfoot, Idaho. Rutledge, 29, had been shopping with her […]
After the Supreme Court failed to take up the question of same-sex marriage on Monday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco gave opinions overturning the bans in Nevada and Idaho. The opinion stated that the bans violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. It invalidated the arguments that same-sex marriage […]
