Many Idahoans identify as pro-life because they want to protect unborn children, strengthen families and value human life. Those convictions d…
Way back a half-century ago, when I arrived at the University of Idaho, the cost of a higher education was not a big concern.
A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students. Lafayette County Metro Narcotics issued the warning Tuesday, though it said it had no “confirmed information” that kratom contributed to either death. Kratom has come under increasing scrutiny over the past decade from U.S. health officials and states. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends against using it. An industry group says the FDA and states that have banned kratom are conflating the natural product with synthetic and chemically manipulated ones.
RUPERT — The city of Rupert has proclaimed Sept. 20–26 as Rupert Contraception Week, kicking off a week focused on increasing awareness and ed…
Reporters raise hands to ask a question as President Donald Trump, seated, and from left, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and Abe Sutton, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, listen during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump holds up a printout of a Breitbart article as Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, from left, Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., look on during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump speaks as South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden, from left, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and Abe Sutton, director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, listen during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
President Donald Trump speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, listen during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from right, speaks as President Donald Trump and Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, listen speaks during an event about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday Sept. 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
