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YOUTH RISK SURVEY
Idaho youth survey finds 22% of teens consider suicide
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A state survey of Idaho youth shows that 22% of high school students say they've seriously considered suicide. That remains the highest rate measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in a decade. The survey also found fewer teens reported being bullied on school property, smoking or having sex than in previous years.
CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM
Idaho child protection panels say they lack information
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Those reviewing Idaho child protection cases say they're not getting access to all the documents required to do their work. The Idaho Press reported that members of the Legislature’s Child Protection Legislative Oversight Committee have asked child welfare officials to look into ensuring the citizen review panels receive sufficient information. Lawmakers last year created the panels in each of the state’s seven health districts to review all child protection cases. The legislation followed studies showing significant problems in Idaho's child protection system. Welfare officials assert that state law doesn't specify additional access to members of the panels.
AP-US-GRIZZLY-BEARS-RECOVERY
Feds agree to review grizzly protections in contiguous US
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials will review whether they are doing doing enough to protect grizzly bears across the contiguous U.S. states after advocates sued the government to try to restore the animals to more areas. A federal judge approved a settlement Monday and said the review must be completed by March 31, 2021. The Center for Biological Diversity said in a lawsuit that officials should consider restoring grizzlies to areas of California, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and Oregon. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species in the U.S., except in Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears live in portions of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington state.
WOLF PLANS
Washington agency to look at other wolf management tools
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife tells Gov. Jay Inslee it will try "previously unused tools" to protect cattle and avoid shooting wolves in the Kettle River Range. But Capital Press reports the department did not specify any new tactics. The department was responding to Inslee's complaint that recurrent culling of wolves in the northeast Washington mountain range is unacceptable.
MUSEUM DONATION
Museum of Idaho receives $500,000 donation for new exhibit
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The Museum of Idaho has received a $500,000 donation that will be used to create a permanent exhibit telling the history of eastern Idaho. The Post Register reports that Westmark Credit Union made the donation Friday at the museum in Idaho Falls. The new exhibit will be part of an expansion taking up two floors. The exhibit will cover prehistory of the region up to the present. Museum spokesman Jeff Carr says the region has fantastic social, cultural and environmental history that has sometimes gone unappreciated.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS BY POLICE
AP Exclusive: Accidental shootings show police training gaps
SEATTLE (AP) — Law enforcement officers across the U.S. accidentally fire their weapons every year, and experts say it’s because of a lack of training. An Associated Press review found accidental shootings occurred in recent years at law enforcement agencies small and large and at the local, state and federal level. They sometimes injured officers, suspects or bystanders, or even caused deaths. While countless officers safely perform their duties every day, some experts say even a small number of accidental shootings is unacceptable because they are preventable.
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