Boise (670 KBOI News) – Do you like to yakk on the phone as you’re driving? Maybe check your texts or email? It could cost you if a bill headed to the Senate floor becomes law. Senate Bill 1283 would make it illegal to hold a phone to your ear, or look at the screen while…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – A bill which would require online retailers to collect Idaho sales tax is headed to the Idaho House floor for debate. It’s the sixth time Twin Falls Rep. Lance Clow has sponsored the bill…he told the House Revenue and Taxation Committee it’s a matter of fairness. “This has been an unfair advantage…… MORE
Idaho Governor Butch Otter is hailing a plan announced by the Trump Administration, which allows short-term, non-Obamacare compliant health insurance plans to be issued for up to a year, instead of just 3 months. Short-term health plans aren’t required to comply with the Affordable Care Act. Otter told 670 KBOI’s Nate Shelman the President’s plan…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – In the wake of Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida, calls are going out in the media and in Congress for expanded, “universal” background checks. But Greg Pruett, President and founder of the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, says as we saw in mass shootings like Sulfur Springs, Texas, San Bernadino, California, and…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Here’s a happy update on a story we’ve been reporting today. The Boise Police Departed is reporting the two teenage girls from La Grande, Oregon missing since this past weekend have been found. A press release reports they were found in Boise, and have since been reunited with their family.…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – A bill which would make it illegal for slower moving vehicles to impede faster-moving vehicles on freeways is headed to the full House floor for debate. House Bill 471 cleared the Transportation and Defense Committee on a 14-3 vote…the bill’s sponsor, Representative Lance Clow of Twin Falls says they’re not telling…… MORE
Meridian (670 KBOI News) – It’s not that Boise isn’t growing, because it is…but Meridian is growing faster, if ACHD impact fees are any indication. Craig Quintana with the Ada County Highway District says Meridian paid nearly $8.6 million in impact fees last year, while Boise, which is twice as big, paid half as much… “Meridian…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Do you have an Idaho Commercial Drivers’ License? You might want to read and heed, then. The personal information of about 140 CDL holders was compromised when two ITD email accounts were hacked in December. Information that may have been exposed include drivers’ license numbers, Social Security or Taxpayer ID numbers,…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The Bureau of Land Management is making good on its promise to pay a reward to anyone who helped them catch a graffiti vandal. Last year, someone used purple, red and white spray paint the Black Cliffs along the Boise River east of town on Highway 21. A tipster helped them…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – House Bill 463, the $202 million tax cut and reconciliation bill, is headed to the Idaho Senate after clearing the House on a party-line vote. Some Democrats, including Representative Hy Kloc of Boise, said the money would be better used for education, and to keep districts from having to ask taxpayers…… MORE
Tori D here…before I get into the meat of this, if you or someone you know is struggling with domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text “START” (78278) to Crisis Text Line at 88788. I woke up to my work email buzzing at 6:30AM today, and I opened an email…
Join us Monday, August 22nd at the Western Idaho Fair for Chris Janson! Make sure you get there early because we’ll have a special Pre-Party for the first 75 people at the gate at 5pm catered by Costa Vida, plus your chance to upgrade your seats and win prizes from your favorite Kissin Country Artists!
From pillows to rugs and shot glasses, Wanda June has pretty much everything you need to brighten up your home.
Sam Hunt’s daughter’s name might sound familiar since she shares it with a well known actress.