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Residents of the Lakeland, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls school districts voted Aug. 24 to approve a $9.5 million levy for a technical school. Kootenai Technical Education Center, or KTEC, will train welders, mechanics, builders and health workers. The project ...

The Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University in Pocatello has received accreditation that will enable it to increase its collections and attract more researchers and research grants. The museum, which focuses on anthropology and natural history in ...

A search committee at Boise State University will interview three to five finalists for the job of executive director of the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts over the next few weeks. The leader of Morrison Center is responsible for ...

Idaho public schools are expected to receive about $51 million to protect teaching positions as part of a job-saving measure signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The money is part of a $26 billion bill aimed at ...

By Ysabel Bilbao The University of Idaho has received approval to start its third-year law program in Idaho’s capital following a favorable recommendation by the ABA Accreditation Committee. “The third-year program in Boise will enhance opportunities for our students and ...

Eve Knudtsen heard about a nationwide shortage of skilled auto mechanics and expects it to hit her own auto dealership soon. Knudtsen, co-owner of Knudtsen Chevrolet in Post Falls, already has trouble filling openings for mechanics and technicians. And several ...

Holding up a small vial the size of a fingernail polish bottle, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene‘s Shiva Rastogi points to unseen danger. The brownish, red-colored liquid inside swirls about. When dealing with pathogens in water and the food chain, ...

Micron Technology Foundation is giving $1.2 million to the University of Idaho for research on why Idaho students don’t do better in technology. The four-year gift, announced July 21, will pay for the university to study the root causes behind ...

Some Idaho business leaders say they’re concerned about a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau that ranks Idaho 50th in per-pupil spending on K-12 education, but they’re troubled by a lot more than that. For one thing, students aren’t ...

About 300 Idaho teachers are deepening their knowledge of science instruction at four-day institutes in north and southern Idaho. The Idaho Math and Science Partnership is holding the workshops at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene and the College of ...