BOISE — A group of roughly 50 people marched near the statehouse Saturday in support of President Donald Trump's campaign for reelection.

CALDWELL — Canyon County officials announced the appointment of a new magistrate judge Friday. 

RBG Remembrance event 

NAMPA — Idaho’s Latino communities have been hit hard by the novel coronavirus, with the number of COVID-19 cases in these communities exceeding their share of the state’s population.

BOISE — On May 19, June Pack awoke early, as she always does on Election Day, in preparation to open the polls at the precinct she manages. Then she remembered the May primary was being conducted with all-absentee voting, the first time in her 55 years as a poll worker such an election took place.

CALDWELL — The Canyon County Elections Office announced Friday it will open five consolidated voting locations for the Nov. 3 election.

NAMPA — Lactalis American Group, Inc. will host a hiring fair 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the parking lot of the Ford Idaho Center.

BOISE — Flowering Dogwoods, Norwegian Sunset Maples and Thundercloud Plums are among the tree varieties that Boiseans can claim next month as part of a 500-tree giveaway.

Friday

The number of spouses, dead bodies and jurisdictions involved in the cases of Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow have made for no small amount of confusion for anyone looking to understand the case.

BOISE — A group of Idaho physicians is recommending that, as school districts reopen for in-person learning, staff ensure students wear face coverings.

MIDDLETON — Southwest District Health on Thursday responded to inquiries about the death of a Middleton School District employee from COVID-19, saying the employee contracted the disease before in-person learning began. 

All four members of Idaho's congressional delegation said there will be a peaceful transition of power in 2021 should the presidency change hands.

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EMMETT — Emmett High School will close for a thorough cleaning Friday after one student tested positive for COVID-19 and two others are considered probable cases, the Emmett School District announced Thursday. 

BOISE — Boise police have arrested a man they say approached a car with a gun earlier this month after the driver honked the horn at him.

Support potatoes and a cause through potato gleaning

MERIDIAN — Like many other business owners in the Treasure Valley, J.P. Green decided he needed to make changes to reopen his business this spring, after he was legally able to do so, following historic closures meant to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.

BOISE — A federal grand jury earlier this month indicted a Meridian man on 11 counts of wire fraud, one count of mail fraud, and one count of money laundering after prosecutors say he devised a scheme to defraud his employer out of money due to COVID-19 testing.

BOISE — A rally is scheduled for next month in Boise, led by the 33-year-old Meridian man who helped organize a Portland demonstration to support the president, during which a man was killed.

BOISE — Mayor Lauren McLean on Wednesday delivered her inaugural State of the City address, in which she laid out broad goals that will focus on climate change and affordable and low-income housing. 

BOISE — Boise police officers are looking for a man they believe threatened to burn a woman last week because she identifies as being LGBTQ.

BOISE — A Pulitzer-prize winning historian from Sugar City, Idaho, joined City Club of Boise Wednesday to look back on Idaho’s path toward women’s suffrage, a milestone that’s in the spotlight this year as the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification.

MIDDLETON — Middleton School District Superintendent Kristin Beck told the board of trustees Wednesday that a district employee has died from COVID-19.

NAMPA — Community members will host an event next month at the Ford Idaho Center in support of Idaho police officers.

EMMETT — Gov. Brad Little ordered American and state of Idaho flags to be flown at half-staff Wednesday in honor of a pilot who died after a firefighting plane crash earlier this week.

BOISE — On Saturday, Palina Louangketh stood her in kitchen and plunged her gloved hands into a pound of ground pork, rice noodles and vegetables; it was the start of her traditional Lao egg roll recipe.

Watch for the Idaho Press and League of Women Voters candidate survey results starting in early October at vote411.org and idahopress.com/elections.

Dry Creek Historical Society invites the community to the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead Granary grand opening at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, 5006 W. Farm Court, Boise. Proceeds and donations raised at the event will support the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead.

BOISE — Idaho elections officials are aiming for 1 million registered voters in the state this year, many of whom are expected to vote by mail as the pandemic makes normal voting more complicated.