New leadership at ICL + Judge declines to halt pro-Prop 1 ads + Column: Idaho faces water threat

By Christina Lords | Editor-in-Chief

“I’m really focused on both growing the conservation community and connecting – or reconnecting, depending on how long people have lived in Idaho – with the conservation values and the actions that’s needed to protect this great state.” - Idaho Conservation League Executive Director Courtney Washburn

Idaho Conservation League Executive Director Courtney Washburn (Photo courtesy of Courtney Washburn)

ENVIRONMENT

‘Everyone has a voice’: Idaho Conservation League names new executive director

By Clark Corbin

The new role represents a homecoming for Courtney Washburn, who previously served as the Idaho Conservation League’s community conservation director and statehouse lobbyist from 2006 to 2015.

Volunteers pass boxes of signatures supporting a ballot initiative to end Idaho’s strict ban on abortion on July 2, 2026, outside the state Capitol in Boise. (Photo by Abigail Gerstein/Idaho Capital Sun)

ELECTION 2026

Canyon County judge declines to halt pro-Prop 1 ballot initiative ads amid lawsuit

By James Dawson

A Canyon County judge has rejected a request by anti-Proposition 1 campaigners to halt TV ads from airing that promote the ballot measure days before the election.

In an opinion released late Friday night, Judge Davis VanderVelde found the ads did not violate Idaho campaign finance laws and declined to keep them from being broadcast by local stations.

COMMENTARY

Idahoans must – once again – fight off a serious federal water threat

By Jim Jones

Quiet acquiescence to the water grab is unacceptable. Bipartisan public outcry could stop it, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.

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