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Superintendent in shock after two razor-thin school funding losses

An opposition campaign helped sink two Coeur d’Alene levy measures, including a $25 million perpetual supplemental levy.

Judge orders NIC trustees to reinstate Swayne

The Friday evening order leaves the NIC with two presidents on the payroll — and opens a new round of turmoil, as a regional panel considers pulling the beleaguered community college’s accreditation.

Coeur d’Alene trustee calls anti-levy campaign “disgusting” and “un-American”

The district has two significant levies coming up on the March ballot.

Moscow house where four students were murdered will be demolished

The owner donated the house to the university.

‘No additional chances:’ NIC faces another threat to accreditation

“(NIC’s board of trustees) fails to sufficiently appreciate the jeopardy it is placing the institution in with respect to the welfare and viability of the institution,” the head of a regional accreditation board wrote Thursday.

A behind-the-scenes look at another U of I abortion controversy

The University of Idaho became a flashpoint in the national abortion debate in late September. But even before that, the issue has put the U of I on the defensive. Here’s what we learned.

Green appeals for funding to offset costs stemming from student slayings

Gov. Brad Little has requested $1 million to help cover costs for additional security and counseling.

North Idaho College leaders urged trustees to reinstate Swayne

Returning Nick Swayne to the president’s job was one of several steps NIC should take to save its accreditation, college co-CEOs Lloyd Duman and Sarah Garcia said on Dec. 19. Trustees hired an interim president two days later.

Suspect arrested in connection with U of I slayings

Friday’s arrest comes 47 days after four students were found dead in an off-campus house — in a brutal crime that has drawn international media attention and shaken the close-knit University of Idaho campus community.

UPDATED: State Board pledges to stand behind NIC’s students

“Regardless of what happens through this process, the credits you’ve earned, whether you are alumni or you just finished your exams for the last semester, those credits are good, and they will be recognized throughout the state of Idaho,” State Board of Education President Kurt Liebich said Wednesday.