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Voters are choosing candidates for city councils and mayors in Meridian, Eagle, Garden City, Kuna, Star, Nampa, Caldwell and Middleton in the 2023 Idaho general election

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and EPA have updates on the southside lead site. 

Idaho Statesman reporters conducted background checks on dozens of Treasure Valley candidates on the November ballot. Here’s what we found.

Nampa’s nine city council candidates shared their views in a Thursday evening forum with the city’s rapid growth taking center stage.

Nampa’s nine city council candidates shared their views in a Thursday evening forum with the city’s rapid growth taking center stage.

Nampa’s nine city council candidates shared their views in a Thursday evening forum with the city’s rapid growth taking center stage.

Miners are suffering from an advanced version of black lung disease known as progressive massive fibrosis. It’s the result of digging at increasingly thin coal seams. That means they’re also cutting into quartz, which creates silica dust. Advanced black lung results from breathing in that blend of silica and coal dust.

On Nov. 7, Nampa will be holding its first-ever local city council elections divided by district. Six new districts mean residents now only vote within their district.

The filing period has concluded for Nampa’s first-ever district-based elections, with a total of nine Nampa City Council candidates throwing their names into the ring. On Nov. 7, Nampa voters

For decades, coal operators, federal regulators and politicians have come up short in preventing miners from getting the disease. For miners with black lung, the inaction has been deadly.