Nearly every county in Idaho held a consolidated election on Tuesday. More than two dozen Idaho school districts asked voters to approve funding, either through levies or bonds. In total, they added up to nearly a quarter of a billion dollars,

Mayor Paul TenHaken, for example, was elected in a 2018 election that saw 30.50% voter turnout. But last April, with four city council seats on the ballot, the city saw a record low 7.70% turnout, which TenHaken has at times called "abysmal" and "embarrassing."

Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon decried low voter turnout in this week’s nonpartisan elections — which included more than two dozen school bond and levy proposals.

In a relatively low-profile election with no candidates for elected office on the ballot, Bonner County residents voted in favor of school funding and against fire agency budget expansions across the board.

Voters turned out on election day and chose Rachel Moorhouse and Suzette Moore to lead the Free Library District that includes all unincorporated parts of Ada County.

A ballot measure that required 66.67% to pass fell short in Idaho's May 2025 consolidated election. Now the Star Fire Protection District's new station, Station

For anyone not paying attention, or worse, getting their news from CNN, MSNBC, etc., the Sunday Coeur d’Alene Press “Opinion” is an easy-to-understand simplification of why Donald Trump is President,

I hope everyone reading this took the time to vote last Tuesday. Local elections, whether for library or sewer boards, school levies, or fire and paramedic funding, may not seem