President-elect Jimmy Carter smiled as he addressed a cheering crowd. It was around 4 a.m. on Nov. 3, 1976. The former governor of Georgia — who passed away on Dec. 29 at age 100 and was laid to rest in his hometown on Thursday — had secured a narrow victory against his
Idaho journalist Benjamin Reed received a dog from the Carter family over 50 years ago. He said "Pretzel" was a favorite in the Carter family.
Newly reelected Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus invited President Jimmy Carter to raft the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, writes Rocky Barker.
Jimmy Carter was elected President in a patriotic year. It was 1976, the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Congress had chartered a national Bicentennial Commission overseeing an e
The last time a Democrat won Idaho’s vote for president was 60 years ago, in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson prevailed in a landslide nationally and narrowly in Idaho, and Republicans have won the state easily since.
Former president Jimmy Carter took a float trip on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River which inspired him to save millions of acres of Alaska's wilderness.
Little’s announcement came on the heals of House Speaker Mike Johnson ordering that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day. Johnson’s directive paused a 30-day flag-lowering order following Carter’s death.
At least 28 governors have now ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.
Flags will be raised to full staff on Monday for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to a press release from Idaho Governor Brad Little’s office.
Several state governors have ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.
Mourners and dignitaries gathered at Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a state funeral.
President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.