Nicole Blanchard
Investigative Reporter at Idaho Statesman
Investigative reporter @IdahoStatesman (mostly outdoors/environment). @MedillSchool & @IdahoStateU grad. Nervous human. Tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
spokesman.com | Nicole Blanchard
BOISE – For former U.S. Forest Service smokejumper Wayne Williams, the best part of reading an Idaho author’s recent book was finding out what happened to the dog at the end. Williams was one of the first responders who helped rescue survivors, recover the deceased and clear the wreckage of the June 1979 plane crash chronicled in the book “In Selway Shadows: Last Flight of 148Z,” written by Richard Holm, a backcountry pilot based in McCall, Idaho, and published in March.
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1 week ago |
idahostatesman.com | Nicole Blanchard |Rose Evans
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors — a ruling that cements similar laws in more than a dozen other states, including Idaho. The Tennessee law, like Idaho’s, centers on medical care for transgender youth that addresses gender dysphoria, or feelings of distress when a person’s body or presentation doesn’t match their gender identity.
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yahoo.com | Nicole Blanchard
The Idaho Supreme Court partially ruled in favor of a nonprofit that sued state officials over what the group called “misleading, inaccurate and prejudicial” proposals for a ballot initiative to let Idaho residents vote on abortions rights and other reproductive health care.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Nicole Blanchard
Congressional Republicans have revived plans to sell public lands as part of ongoing negotiations on the federal budget reconciliation bill. A draft released Wednesday by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee detailed plans for "mandatory disposal" of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service Land for housing. It lists several states where disposal would be eligible: Idaho, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
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2 weeks ago |
idahostatesman.com | Nicole Blanchard
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomSenate draft mandates BLM and Forest Service land sales for housing use. Up to 3.2 million acres could be sold across 11 western states, including Idaho. Conservation groups decry proposal over access, lack of housing affordability requirementCongressional Republicans have revived plans to sell public lands as part of ongoing negotiations on the federal budget reconciliation bill — and now Idaho’s public lands could be sold, too.
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