BOISE -- Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, introduced a bill Tuesday, Jan. 14, to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs and allow commitment in treatment facilities for substance abuse disorders. The legislation is intended to shift the state’s drug approach from arrest and incarceration…

GRANGEVILLE – “I was driving from town to home [on Mt. Idaho Grade Road] on Monday [Jan. 6] and when I hit the drive-in corner I thought, ‘something doesn’t look right,’” Chris Wagner said.

GRANGEVILLE – How will the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests be managed in the coming decades? What are the plans to guide the complexity of resource management decisions to be made across four million acres of national forest?

BOISE -- Idaho is consistently one of the states with the highest reported rates of suicide. In 2017 the CDC reported suicide as Idaho’s 8th leading cause of death, climbing from 10th place in 2013. Nationally, Idaho’s rate of suicide is 58 percent higher than the US average, growing from a …

KAMIAH – “I want people to be informed – educated – about who they are hiring for home inspection services,” stated Dean Kalmukos.

GRANGEVILLE – “What is employee engagement?” Syringa Hospital Human Resources Director Katy Eimers asked the board of trustees at the Dec. 17 meeting during a presentation on the hospital’s recent “employee engagement survey.”

GRANGEVILLE — It’s time to chase the winter blues away by laughing a little. How so? Grab a book and join the 2020 Let’s Talk About It discussion at the Grangeville Centennial Library.

GRANGEVILLE – “The main sticker shock is the amount of infiltration and inflow [I&I] in your system,” said David Watkins, J-U-B Engineers, speaking to the Grangeville City Council last Monday, Jan. 6, on their 2019 study findings of the municipal wastewater infrastructure.

GRANGEVILLE – Tova Cladouhos recently completed a new project – following prodding from her family.

BOISE – Look for special coverage of the 2020 Idaho Legislative Session online and in print, reported by interns provided through the University of Idaho.

Syringa Hospital’s Julie Hammatt, NP, and Maja Ledgerwood, LCSW, DSW, will present Healthy Mind and Body “Dealing with our Weight and Well-being” sessions Thursdays, Jan. 16 and 23, noon to 1 p.m., at the Soltman Center. The community is invited to attend these free seminars where topics wil…

Need a cheap place to stay? According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Kooskia is ranked seventh in the state for having the cheapest rent.

BOISE -- Steven Detmer was born in Cleveland, Ohio. As a child he remembers his grandfather saying that no grandson of his was going to be brought up in Cleveland. His grandfather took the family west and they settled in Cottonwood.

GRANGEVILLE – Grangeville city administrator Tonya Kennedy has received her state advanced certification from the Idaho City Clerks, Treasurers, and Finance Officers Association (ICCTFOA).

After several years of stagnation, Idaho County enjoyed healthy business growth in 2019, according to Kathryn Tacke, regional economist for the Idaho Department of Labor out of Lewiston.

By far the most-viewed image on the Free Press Facebook page last year was of a forest green wagon – a Subaru? with an out-of-state plate? – stuck up to the running boards, drifted slightly sideways, listing slightly driver’s-side, toward the Salmon River, wheels bound in muck that had been …

GRANGEVILLE – Syringa Hospital Board members received a deeper look at value-based care when a representative from Caravan Health visited the Dec. 17 meeting.