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Idaho’s unemployment rate in July slightly bumped up from last month to 3.8 percent. The Idaho Department of Labor in a news release Friday says continued demand for workers and an increase in people looking for work caused the rate to move from the previous 3.7 percent. The last time state’s unemployment increased was in

WSU ban also includes tobacco cessation products.  Washington State University and the University of Idaho will join more than 1,000 smoke-free college and university campuses nationwide this academic year. The UI’s tobacco-free campus rule took effect July 1 and includes a ban on cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, hookah, all forms of smokeless

Farmers watch a wildfire burn in stubble after plowing a line around it between Berger and Magee roads northeast of Genesee on Thursday. Firefighters from the Genesee, Moscow and Troy rural fire districts; Idaho Department of Lands and Whitman County Fire Dist. 14 responded to the fire. The fire appeared to be burning stubble and

$10 million bond would pay for new police station, fire equipment, streets and infrastructure. The question is: what else will they use the money for?  Moscow voters have a big decision to make next spring, when they will be asked to vote on a $10 million general obligation bond. If approved, the bond would be used

There will be a strong police presence on the Snake River this weekend patrolling popular party spots for returning college students. Twice in the past 4 years a massive crowd of Washington State University students trashed the Dunes near Lower Granite Dam. The US Army Corps of Engineers had to shut down the Dunes following

In this article, Alex states, and critiques, 15 common arguments against immigration ranging from “Immigrants abuse the welfare state” to “Immigrants are especially crime prone” to my favorite, “It’s easy to immigrate to America and we’re the most open country in the world.” For those on either side of the issue, or on the fence,

A top National Rifle Association (NRA) official described Hillary Clinton‘s gun control policies as “evil” in a fiery message to the gun group’s members. “In short, there [is] nothing under Hillary’s ‘common-sense’ bag of evil gun-ban tricks that she won’t attempt if she takes the White House,” Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA,

Interview with Professor Valentina Zharkova Recent research by Professor Valentina Zharkova (Northumbria University) and colleagues has shed new light on the inner workings of the Sun. The research suggests that the next three solar cycles will see solar activity reduce significantly into the middle of the century, producing conditions similar to those last seen in

Being the in 99th percentile in stature for American males, I was mildly intrigued by the new study, “Height, Income and Voting.” The study finds that in Britain “taller individuals are more likely to support the Conservative party, support conservative policies, and vote conservative.” Specifically, the researchers report that a one-inch increase in height increases support for

From UK’s The Daily Star:  Climate boffins believe the UK’s topsy-turvy climate is in for a chilly twist within the next few years as three major forms of climate change trigger “substantial cooling”.Drastic changes in ocean conditions, greenhouse gases and a weakening of the sun threaten increasingly worsening winters of blistering blizzards and severe snowstorms

CNN has faced a public backlash for editing an interview with the sister of a Milwaukee police shooting victim to make it look as if she was calling for peace and calm, when the full video shows her angry calls for people to take action. We can’t actually report the news, right? We need to