2023 One year ago
The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld that the state’s abortion bans are constitutional, with two justices dissenting. In an opinion, a 3-2 majority denied requests to block Idaho’s three abortion bans in Planned Parenthood v. State of Idaho, which combined three challenges to the laws into one case. In a summary of the opinion, the court states it cannot support the conclusion that the right to abortion is protected in the Inalienable Rights Clause, in the territorial laws of Idaho, or the state Constitution. ... The city of Bovill lies about 35 miles northeast of Moscow, surrounded by the St. Joe National Forest. Bovill boasts a population of about 256 people, a community center, Elk Saloon, Camas Prairie Winery and the oldest wooden opera house in the state of Idaho. The Bovill Opera House, at 412 Second Ave., is a distinct landmark. It has unpainted wood clapboard siding and a tall, false front. The building has been a constant in town since construction was finished around 1911 and was in continuous use until the mid- to late- 1950s. It also survived a fire in 1914 which would destroy much of the downtown commercial area.
2019 Five years ago
The historic — and supposedly haunted — St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax will continue to be open for tours and events after two potential sales of the building fell through. The building has been listed for sale multiple times in recent years, and tours were briefly closed in August when it was on the market. Valoree Gregory, executive director of the Colfax Chamber of Commerce and Colfax Downtown Association, said two prospective buyers — one from Colfax and the other from Coeur d’Alene — are still interested in the building and have not given up on the sale. ... The spacecraft New Horizons made history Jan. 1 when it scanned a now famously snowman-shaped object more than a billion miles past Pluto in a region of space known as the Kuiper Belt. Dubbed Ultima Thule — or “beyond the known world.” It is the farthest object from Earth ever explored. Among the scientists gathered at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland on New Year’s Day was University of Idaho’s physics graduate student Rajani Dhingra. “We had the nerdiest New Year party in the solar system,” Dhingra joked.
2014 10 years ago
After 19 years of waiting, the streak is finally over. Thanks to an excellent performance by guard Lia Galdeira, the Washington State women’s basketball team ended a 36-game losing streak against Washington with a 82-80 victory Tuesday night in Pullman. The last time the Cougars beat their cross-state rivals, on Feb. 25, 1995, Galdeira was less than a year old. She’s a sophomore now, but she played like a seasoned veteran. ... Students returning to Moscow High School from winter break found some of their classes moved across the street to the 1912 Center, a former school. During the holiday break, a water supply line burst at the high school, causing flood damage to the science wing, band room and some locker rooms in an older section of the building. Principal Erik Perryman said the facilities crew has been instrumental in getting the rooms repaired for students to return. The flood brought along water, dirt and mud, and loosened the floor tiles in some of the rooms.
