Idaho

Police say Lori Vallow helped keep kids' bodies hidden

Prosecutors say the mother of two children who were found dead in rural Idaho months after they vanished in a bizarre case that captured worldwide attention had conspired with her new husband to hide or destroy the kids' bodies.

July 1

Court documents: Mom of missing Idaho kids found dead believed they were 'zombies'

Police discovered the remains of 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and her 7-year-old brother, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, on June 9 at property belonging to their mother’s new husband. T

June 23

Human remains found at property of man tied to missing Idaho kids

Chad Daybell, who married the children’s mother, Lori Vallow Daybell, was taken into custody after investigators searched his property, according to police in the small town of Rexburg. He has not been charged, and his attorney, Mark Means, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

June 9

Marijuana sales along Oregon/Idaho state line are 420% higher than Oregon average

Oregon sells marijuana legally. Idaho does not. And that is apparently why sales at shops in Oregon along the Idaho border are booming.

January 18

Court: Idaho must give transgender inmate gender surgery

Idaho’s Republican governor vowed Friday that his state would not pay for the gender reassignment surgery of a convicted sex offender after an appeals court ruled the state was responsible for providing the $20,000 to $30,000 procedure.

August 24, 2019

Idaho firefighters respond to fire alarm at animal shelter, discover cat triggered it

Idaho firefighters responded to a fire alarm that went off at an animal shelter and turned out to have been called in by a cat.

July 28, 2019

Idaho fish and game commissioner resigns after hunting 'family of baboons'

One of Idaho’s current fish and game commissioners is being asked to issue his resignation after photos from his hunting trip in Africa – which include a picture of him standing over a “family of baboons” he killed – appeared online.

October 16, 2018