Soap opera star Jay Pickett dies while filming movie in Idaho, director says
Jay Pickett’s director and co-star said the 60-year-old died last week while filming the upcoming movie “Treasure Valley” in Idaho.
6 people killed in Truckee plane crash, cause under investigation
Six people were on a twin-engine jet that crashed and burned Monday near a golf course in the Lake Tahoe area. All six were killed in the crash, authorities said Wednesday.
Fishing industry devastated by warming waters in US West
Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California.
Satellite video shows smoke from western wildfires blowing across US
Video from space shows smoke from wildfires burning in the western U.S. blowing across the country, reaching as far as New York.
‘Scary’: Fuel shortage could ground firefighting aircraft
Airport officials facing jet fuel shortages are concerned they’ll have to wave off planes and helicopters that drop fire retardants during what could be a ferocious wildfire season, potentially endangering surrounding communities.
6th-grade girl shoots 3 at Idaho school before being disarmed by teacher, authorities say
A sixth-grade student was taken into custody Thursday after bringing a gun to school in Idaho and shooting multiple people, authorities said. She was disarmed by a teacher.
3 Idaho National Guard personnel killed in Black Hawk crash
Three National Guard pilots were killed in a crash Tuesday night outside of Boise during a routine training flight.
San Jose State Spartans defeat Boise State Broncos in Mountain West Football Championship
The San Jose State Spartans defeated the Boise State Broncos during the Mountain West Football Championship, held Saturday in Las Vegas.
Anne Frank memorial in US defaced with swastika stickers
The United States' only memorial to Holocaust victim Anne Frank was plastered with stickers depicting a swastika, a symbol appropriated by the Third Reich during the World War II era and used by white supremacists.
Years-old murder shook town; new arrest causes aftershocks
The tragedy had become a Wild West legend, the kind of thing folks shared when they were a few too many drinks deep into the night.
Overtaxed Idaho health facilities on brink of rationing care
What was once a facility with family practice doctors and an urgent care that treated things like cuts and colds has become a COVID-19 clinic.
Plan released to reduce massive wildfires in US West
The plan released by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management aims to limit wildfires in a 350,000-square-mile area of mainly sagebrush habitat that includes parts of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah.
Idaho man arrested for flouting mask order at outdoor worship service: 'Unbelievable'
A man who was arrested for singing maskless at an outdoor worship service in Moscow, 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.