RIGGINS – At its May 18 board meeting, Salmon River Joint School District 243 Business Manager Michelle Hollon said a 9 percent insurance increase will be figured into the 2020-21 budget.

GRANGEVILLE – “I, again, want to reiterate what an excellent job the entire Mountain View staff has done during these challenging times,” Mountain View School District 244 Acting Superintendent Woody Woodford said at the May 18 board meeting. The meeting was call-in for public attendance.

GRANGEVILLE – “The [financial] statements made in recent newspaper advertising and some letters to the editor are completely inaccurate,” Mountain View School District 244 Acting Superintendent Woody Woodford said at the May 18 meeting.

RIGGINS – “We have three main needs,” for the coming year, Salmon River Joint School District 243 Superintendent Jim Doramus at the April 20 board meeting. The meeting was made available via a YouTube video.

RIGGINS – Salmon River Joint School District 243 voted unanimously to pursue a two-week summer school option at its April 20th board meeting.

KAMIAH – Following the registration of Kamiah Joint School District 304 Superintendent Steve Higgins earlier this month, the Kamiah board of trustees announced last week it will soon interview candidates for the position.

Will graduation ceremonies take place across Idaho? That is the question on the mind of many local parents and school administrators.

GRANGEVILLE – Thoughts at the March 16 Mountain View School District 244 board meeting had already centered around COVID-19.

KOOSKIA – “We are trying to break the silence and connect with others to help those in need,” said Clearwater Valley High School junior Martha Smith.

BOISE -- Approximately 200 students from across the state – including from Idaho County -- gathered in Boise last month to learn about government and civic engagement. Idaho’s annual 4-H Know Your Government Conference took place during President’s Day Weekend.

BOISE -- Idaho native Bradley Jay Little, better known as Governor Brad Little, has watched the Gem State tackle change and grow since the late 1950s.

KAMIAH – Kamiah voters narrowly passed a two-year levy March 10.

“You may be hearing a lot of different information about the severity of the coronavirus in different countries. The fact is that the experience has been different. Some countries have done a great job of slowing the spread of coronavirus (such as Singapore) and other countries have not been…

GRANGEVILLE -- Syringa Hospital & Clinics is taking a community education approach to the high number of respiratory complications seen this year.

Grocery store aisles are bare, hand sanitizers won’t be refilled until April, schools are closing, and business sales are slowing down. With five cases of the novel coronavirus reported since Friday, March 13, what does Idaho’s state of emergency mean for citizens?

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 395 on March 11, officially amending Idaho Code and allowing Lewis-Clark State College to offer graduate level coursework. Little was flanked behind his desk by LC State President Cynthia Pemberton, Sen. Dan Johnson of Lewiston, Sen. Carl Crabtree of …

KOOSKIA – The Mountain View School District 244 proposed 2020-21 calendar caused some debate at the regular monthly board meeting held in Kooskia Feb. 24.

GRANGEVILLE – “I don’t know many people who would stand up and say teachers are overpaid,” Region 2 Idaho Education Association director Jason McKinley spoke at the Mountain View School District 244 negotiations meeting Feb. 25.

KOOSKIA – A group of Clearwater Valley High School students are prepared to attend the BPA (Business Professionals of America) state competition in Boise this weekend after qualifying at regionals in December 2019.

KOOSKIA – “What are the drawbacks to a two-year levy?” Mountain View School District 244 vice chair Brad Lutz questioned acting superintendent Woody Woodford.

BOISE -- The presidents of four of Idaho’s higher education institutions -- Scott Green from the University of Idaho, Dr. Cynthia Pemberton from Lewis-Clark State College, Dr. Kevin Satterlee from Idaho State University and Dr. Marlene Tromp from Boise State University -- gave a presentation…

BOISE -- Idaho’s veteran educators are in the limelight after being overlooked last year when lawmakers passed legislation that increased the starting pay for new teachers.

KAMIAH – “Yes, if the levy passes, we plan to open the middle school building,” Kamiah School District 304 Superintendent Steve Higgins said last Thursday. “Many people in the community have made it clear this is what they want; this is important to them.”