Stories from Thursday, April 18, 2024

April 11, 2024, Boise, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers spent much of an unexpectedly long and sometimes contentious legislative session focusing on bills targeting LGBTQ+ residents by limiting health care and reading materials and installing protections for teachers who don’t use the pronouns transgender students use...

April 15, 2024, Boise – Ernesto Garibay Garza, 62, of Alamo, Texas, pleaded guilty to extorting H-2A agricultural workers and tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced Monday. According to court records, Garza worked as a supervisor and foreman of farm workers at F.D.C., an agricultural services company that operates farms throughout Idaho, including in Glenns Ferry. ...

April 9, 2024 - The ECEM put on a training rail car incident response for Emergency Responders. The class was a one day event that instructed on all matters that pertain to assisting the community should a rail car incident take place. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper’s online edition...

BOISE, Idaho — April 11, 2024 — Can’t file your 2023 Idaho income tax return by the April 15 deadline? Pay enough of your total tax due by April 15, and you can get an automatic six-month extension. To qualify, you need to pay one of the following: 80% of the estimated tax you owe for 2023...