...AIR STAGNATION ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...An extended period of stagnant air, with light winds
and little vertical mixing.
* WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest and west central
Idaho and northeast and southeast Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 1 PM MST Friday, and this time may be extended.
* IMPACTS...Periods of air stagnation can lead to the buildup of
pollutants near the surface.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will be strong enough today,
Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons in portions of the Upper
Treasure Valley and Western Magic Valley to limit stagnation.
However, parts of the zones will experience stagnant air and
were therefore included in this advisory.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
An Air Stagnation Advisory concerns itself with meteorological
conditions only. For more information on air pollution in Idaho,
visit website www.deq.idaho.gov. For Oregon, visit website
www.oregon.gov/deq.
If possible, reduce or eliminate activities that contribute to
air pollution, such as outdoor burning, and the use of
residential wood burning devices. Reduce vehicle trips and
vehicle idling as much as possible.
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Raul Labradore gives and interview during an election night event at the Grove Hotel in Boise on Tuesday.
Former four-term GOP Congressman Raúl Labrador was comfortably leading Boise attorney Tom Arkoosh in the race for Idaho attorney general Tuesday night, with partial results tallied at press time.
"We're going to win, and we're going to win big," Labrador declared. "And we're excited about the opportunity to serve the people of Idaho."
Labrador, who defeated current longtime Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in the May GOP primary, ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, losing in the primary to current Gov. Brad Little.
“I think the fight that the people of Idaho expect from the attorney general right now is to take it straight to the federal government" for "encroaching" on rights, he told the Idaho Press Tuesday night. "I will be very aggressive in doing that.'
Arkoosh, a longtime independent, was backed by a long list of prominent Republicans, though he ran as the Democratic nominee. He and his supporters said the attorney general’s duties are too important for them to be politicized, and he pledged to follow Wasden’s lead in office.
Arkoosh said he was glad he ran against Labrador. “I think he’ll do what he promised, I think he will advocate for cultural values rather than constitutional values,” he said.
Wasden’s office had clashed with ultra-conservative lawmakers in recent years when they didn’t like his legal opinions, though Wasden made a point of saying he was providing accurate information about what’s legal and what’s not. That prompted the Legislature to increasingly hire its own private lawyers, at taxpayer expense, to pursue often unsuccessful legal fights over legislation that courts ruled unconstitutional.
Labrador, 54, holds a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. He practiced immigration, criminal and administrative law in Idaho and served two terms in the state House of Representatives before first being elected to Congress in 2010.
In Congress, he co-founded the House Freedom Caucus and worked on legislation on immigration and criminal sentencing reform. Since his run for governor in 2018, he’s worked as an attorney and lobbyist; he served a year as Idaho Republican Party chairman, from June of 2019 to June of 2020.
“I’m excited to fight for you once again,” Labrador told cheering supporters on election night. “The people of Idaho deserve an attorney general who understands that his job is to represent the people and not the bureaucracy of Idaho.”
Betsy Z. Russell is the Boise bureau chief and state capitol reporter for the Idaho Press and Adams Publishing Group. Follow her on Twitter at @BetsyZRussell.
