What about your home insurance? Oh please! Would the wonderful residents of Victoria and subscribers of this newspaper occupy themselves with some subject other than Clover Point? Many of us in the rest of this island would be hard-pressed to point out this place on a map let alone find it on the ground. How about home insurance, for instance? We live in a single-family home in Nanaimo. Our house insurance quote has arrived, the quoted amount has increased 10 per cent since last year and is up 49.6 per cent from the past four years. We insure with a reputable company and have for many years and receive many discounts. Are others having the same experience?
How it All Began
The Western States Trail finds its origins with the Native People who lived as hunters and gatherers as part of sophisticated trade and seasonal migration patterns who moved across the Great Basin from what is modern-day Utah into northern Nevada, California and the mountains around Lake Tahoe. From their various ancestral homes, these routes of seasonal migration proved key. The Washoe people, for example, traveled to the shores of Lake Tahoe “
Da ow aga” (“edge of the lake”) to harvest spring plants, to pick berries and seeds that had both nutritional and medicinal value and to catch the lake’s native fish. With the arrival of white explorers and settlers years and years later, the footprints of the Native People would prove to be a guide, a link through the wilderness, and would aid another group of people on their journey.
What Drivers Need to Know about Idaho s Hands-Free Device law
January 6, 2021
Beginning Friday, January 1, 2021, drivers reported in violation of Idaho s hands-free device code risk receiving a citation.
Since July, Boise Police and law enforcement across the state have been working to educate motorists about the dangers of distracted driving and the state s new hands-free device law.
According to the Idaho Transportation Office of Highway Safety:
241 people were killed in Idaho in crashes attributed to distracted driving between 2014 and 2018.
In 1 in 5 crashes in Idaho, distracted driving is a contributing factor. If you re texting or using a device, you re not driving, said ISP Sgt. Curt Sproat. For a lot of people, devices have become a habit, but it s a very dangerous habit when we re driving. That s why the law is in place and if a citation is the incentive some drivers need to put the device down and focus on the road, officers now have that option.
Hands-free law goes into effect today
Katie Kloppenburg, KIVI
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IDAHO FALLS (KIVI) Starting this Friday, drivers reported in violation of Idaho’s hands-free device code will risk getting a citation.
The law has been in effect since July 1, but Idaho State Police troopers have been educating drivers about the dangers of distracted driving. Since July, there have been more than 700 warnings issued, according to a news release.
“There is nothing on your screen that is worth your life or the life of another,” said ISP Lt. Chris Weadick. “ISP and our local law enforcement agencies are committed to keeping Idaho roads safe. The goal is to change driving behavior and save lives, and we urge all drivers to pay attention when they are behind the wheel.”
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