Idaho Flag Status — Is the Flag at Half-Staff Today?
The current status could not be loaded just now. The national status is on the main flag page.
Who lowers the flag in Idaho
In Idaho, flags are lowered by the Governor and announced through the Governor’s newsroom feed. Idaho has no standing flag-status page, so an order is found among press releases. The state is split across two time zones, which matters on the last evening of an order: the northern panhandle reaches sunset an hour after the south.
The flag of Idaho
A blue field carries the state seal: a miner and a woman representing justice flank a shield with farmland, mountains, and the motto “Esto perpetua” — the only state seal in the U.S. designed by a woman, Emma Edwards Green.
Idaho on the American flag
Idaho’s star joined the national flag on July 4, 1890 — the Fourth of July after admission, as the Flag Act of 1818 provides.
Sunrise and sunset in Boise
The flag is raised at sunrise and lowered at sunset. Today at the state capital:
How Idaho became a state
Mining boomed across Idaho Territory after gold strikes in the 1860s. The state joined the Union on July 3, 1890 as the 43rd state, and its volcanic plains and irrigated farmland later made it the country’s leading potato producer.
Admitted July 3, 1890 — the 43rd state.
Idaho at a glance
Did you know
- Idaho produces about a third of all U.S. potatoes.
- Hells Canyon, on the Idaho-Oregon border, is North America’s deepest river gorge.
- Idaho has 3,100 miles of navigable whitewater rivers — more than any other state in the Lower 48.
- Sun Valley is widely credited with launching American destination skiing.
Born or raised here: Ezra Pound (poet; Hailey) · Sacajawea (Lewis & Clark interpreter; Lemhi region) · Lana Turner (actress; Wallace) · Picabo Street (Olympic skier; Triumph) · Philo Farnsworth (television inventor; raised in Rigby)
Official source
Orders are announced by the Governor’s office.
Common questions.
Is the flag at half-staff in Idaho today?+
The status above answers that for today. A national half-staff order applies in Idaho as it does everywhere else; the Governor can also lower flags within the state independently.
Who orders flags to half-staff in Idaho?+
In Idaho, flags are lowered by the Governor and announced through the Governor’s newsroom feed. Idaho has no standing flag-status page, so an order is found among press releases. The state is split across two time zones, which matters on the last evening of an order: the northern panhandle reaches sunset an hour after the south.
Does a county order mean the whole of Idaho lowers its flags?+
No. A county or single-facility order (the State Capitol, for instance) applies only where it says it does. This page shows those separately from the statewide status precisely so the two are never confused — if the status above reads full-staff, Idaho has no statewide order in effect regardless of any local one.
When should the flag be raised and lowered in Idaho?+
The flag flies from sunrise to sunset. Today at the state capital, Boise, those times are shown above. On the final day of a half-staff order that runs "until sunset", the flag returns to full height at the local sunset — which is why the West Coast stays lowered a few hours after the East.
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