Editor’s note: Portions of this article were originally published on July 3, 2021. It has been updated with new information. IDAHO FALLS – Idaho had been a territory for nearly 30 years when President Benjamin Harrison officially made it the nation’s 43rd state on July 3, 1890. He later paid a visit to the Gem […]
Franklin City, Idaho, residents, out-of-state visitors and family reunions gathered on June 23-25 for the three-day celebration of the 162th year of the first and oldest permanent settlement in Idaho.
Almost instantly, it made national news: Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front had been arrested for "conspiracy to riot" in Coeur d'Alene,.
Joshua Plotner, of Craigmont, paid more than $2,200 to bail out at least seven men facing a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to riot, according to records.