Clark Corbin

Clark Corbin

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Clark Corbin is a senior reporter at the Idaho Capital Sun. He has more than a decade of experience covering Idaho government and politics. Prior to joining the Idaho Capital Sun, he covered every Idaho legislative session from 2011-2020 gavel-to-gavel, first for the Idaho Falls Post Register and most recently with Idaho Education News. His reporting in Idaho has helped uncover a multimillion-dollar investment scam and exposed inaccurate data that school districts submitted to the state. Prior to moving to Idaho, he worked for a family of small weekly newspapers covering the Kansas City area, where he was born and raised.

Corbin is based in Boise and enjoys skiing, mountain climbing, traveling, scuba diving and listening to live music.

Crews building transmission line use equipment to help fight wildfires near Oregon-Idaho order
Idaho

Crews building transmission line use equipment to help fight wildfires near Oregon-Idaho order

Aug 13, 2026
Clark Corbin
Correction: This story was updated at 4:10 p.m. Aug. 14, 2026, to correctly reflect the name of the transmission line. It’s the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line. Crews building the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line recently repositioned their crews and...
Justice Robyn Brody to become chief justice of Idaho Supreme Court 
Idaho

Justice Robyn Brody to become chief justice of Idaho Supreme Court 

Aug 13, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robyn Brody will become chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court effective Oct. 1, officials the Idaho Judicial Branch announced Thursday. Brody, who was first elected to the Idaho Supreme Court in 2016, succeeds Chief Justice...
Little’s challengers in Idaho gubernatorial race express concern over nuclear innovation campus deal
Idaho

Little’s challengers in Idaho gubernatorial race express concern over nuclear innovation campus deal

Aug 13, 2026
Clark Corbin
Three of Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s opponents in the 2026 general election say they have concerns with Little’s proposed partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy to bring a new nuclear lifecycle innovation campus to Idaho. Idaho selected as potential...
Australia and New Zealand fire personnel arriving in Boise to help fight US wildfires
Idaho

Australia and New Zealand fire personnel arriving in Boise to help fight US wildfires

Aug 11, 2026
Clark Corbin
Up to 250 fire specialists from Australia and New Zealand are arriving in Boise this week to help fight wildfires across the Western United States. Idaho governor, Forest Service chief say significant wildfires are stretching resources thin The incoming fire...
Idaho governor, Forest Service chief say significant wildfires are stretching resources thin
Idaho

Idaho governor, Forest Service chief say significant wildfires are stretching resources thin

Aug 07, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho Gov. Brad Little and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Friday that firefighting resources are stretched thin as significant wildfires burn across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and much of the Western United States. As a result, both officials called...
Wilderness in Idaho, the West is subject to review by Trump administration, Wilderness Society says 
Idaho

Wilderness in Idaho, the West is subject to review by Trump administration, Wilderness Society says 

Aug 07, 2026
Clark Corbin
Officials at the nonprofit Wilderness Society say more than 1 million acres of wilderness and wild lands in Idaho could be affected by a federal policy review being undertaken by U.S. Department of Interior officials. In June, officials with the...
Idaho governor’s race: Pickens, Stegner say they are in it to win it
Idaho

Idaho governor’s race: Pickens, Stegner say they are in it to win it

Aug 04, 2026
Clark Corbin
Democrat Terri Pickens and independent John Stegner said they each will run active, statewide campaigns in their efforts to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Brad Little, who is seeking a third term. Little, Pickens, Stegner, a Constitution Party candidate who legally...
New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, store spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste 
Idaho

New nuclear campus deal would require Idaho to accept, store spent nuclear fuel, radioactive waste 

Aug 03, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho would be required to accept spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste if the state becomes one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses. Idaho selected as potential host site for new DOE Nuclear Lifecycle...
Idaho Gov. Little declares wildfire disaster emergency, authorizes Guard to help along Oregon border
Idaho

Idaho Gov. Little declares wildfire disaster emergency, authorizes Guard to help along Oregon border

Jul 29, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a wildfire disaster emergency Tuesday and deployed the Idaho National Guard to help fight the Big Grass Fire burning along the border of Oregon and Idaho, Little’s office announced Wednesday. Unhealthy air from wildfires could...
Unhealthy air from wildfires could linger in Boise. Here are trusted air quality tools in Idaho.
Idaho

Unhealthy air from wildfires could linger in Boise. Here are trusted air quality tools in Idaho.

Jul 29, 2026
Clark Corbin
With air quality reaching unhealthy levels in Boise and much of Idaho this week due to wildfire smoke, local officials are recommending the public take health precautions and seek out free resources to learn more about air quality levels. On...
Idaho selected as potential host site for new DOE Nuclear Lifestyle Innovation Campus 
Idaho

Idaho selected as potential host site for new DOE Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus 

Jul 28, 2026
Clark Corbin
Idaho is one of five states selected by the U.S. Department of Energy as a potential host site for new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, federal officials announced Tuesday. The campuses are designed to strengthen and modernize the country’s nuclear fuel...
Former Boise State QB named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy
Idaho

Former Boise State QB named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy

Jul 27, 2026
Clark Corbin
Former Boise State University quarterback Tony Hilde has been named executive director of Idaho Technical Career Academy virtual public charter school, officials with the school announced last week. Hilde has been with the school since 2025, when he was hired...