Clark Corbin

1 week ago | postregister.com | Clark Corbin

It has been at least 30 years since an Idaho legislative session has featured as many prepared pieces of legislation as the recent 2025 session at the State Capitol in Boise. During the entire 2025 session, legislators and bill drafters prepared 1,378 pieces of legislation, according to the official Sine Die report compiled and published by the Idaho Legislative Services Office. That’s 140 more pieces of legislation than during the previous year’s legislative session.

1 week ago | idahocountyfreepress.com | Clark Corbin

In this file photo from May 2021, an absentee voting drop box was available to voters outside Boise City Hall. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)Friday, May 9 is the deadline for Idahoans to request an absentee ballot for the upcoming May 20 local elections in Idaho, elections officials announced. Idaho voters have until 5 p.m., local time, on Friday to request an absentee ballot, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Clark Corbin

Two bison fight on July 9, 2024, at Yellowstone National Park. (Photo by Pat Sutphin for the Idaho Capital Sun)Yellowstone National Park officials are urging visitors to give wildlife more space after a Florida man approached a bison too closely over the weekend and was gored. On Sunday, a 47-year-old Cape Coral, Florida, man sustained minor injuries that required treatment from emergency medical personnel.

1 week ago | idahocapitalsun.com | Clark Corbin

Carl Crabtree, a rancher and former member of the Idaho Legislature who was known for his support of students and public schools, died Tuesday following a battle with brain cancer, state officials said. Crabtree, a Republican from Grangeville, served in the Idaho Senate from 2016 to 2022. During his tenure in the Idaho Legislature, Crabtree supported literary instruction initiatives and pushed to make kindergarten available all day, not just as a half-day class.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Clark Corbin

The late Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville, works from the Idaho Senate floor at the Statehouse in Boise on Jan. 17, 2022 in this file photo. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)Carl Crabtree, a rancher and former member of the Idaho Legislature who was known for his support of students and public schools, died Tuesday following a battle with brain cancer, state officials said. Crabtree, a Republican from Grangeville, served in the Idaho Senate from 2016 to 2022.