Montana officials urge judge to lift limit on wolf kills
Montana officials are asking a judge to lift a restraining order that restricted wolf hunting and trapping in the…
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10 days in, no suspect, no weapon in Idaho student slayings
Authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as they slept say detectives have looked extensively into…
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Mayor of Idaho’s largest city launches police investigation
The mayor of Idaho’s largest city has launched an investigation to determine if a police officer, whose ties to a white supremacist group became…
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Lawyers seek to block Idaho execution of terminally ill man
A terminally ill man scheduled to be executed in mid-December for his role in the 1985 slayings of two gold prospectors in Idaho is asking a federal…
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Idaho lawmakers working on additional ‘ESG’ legislation
Idaho lawmakers are planning to bring forward potential new laws in the upcoming legislative session intended to limit state investments or contracts…
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Idaho AG-elect hires former Trump administration attorneys
Idaho will add a new position of solicitor general to challenge federal government actions and policies when Republican Raul Labrador becomes the…
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Coroner: Idaho students were stabbed to death in their beds
Four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a rental house Sunday were stabbed to death in their beds and likely were asleep, a county…
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Foot found in Yellowstone hot pool ID’d as that of LA man
Yellowstone National Park officials say a foot found floating in a hot pool last summer belonged to a 70-year-old man from Los…
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Gabby Petito family settles $3M suit in killing by fiance
The families of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie have reached a $3 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed after authorities concluded he…
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GOP wins slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda
Republicans have won control of the U.S. House, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe…
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Idaho police continue digging in search for missing boy
Police in southwestern Idaho are continuing to excavate the backyard of a home in the small town of Fruitland in connection with the disappearance of…
Continue Reading Idaho Police: No suspect, no weapon in killing of 4 students
Police in the college town of Moscow scheduled a news conference for Wednesday afternoon to discuss the slayings of four University of Idaho students…
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Judge revives limits on wolf killing near Yellowstone park
A Montana judge has temporarily restricted wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone and Glacier national parks and imposed tighter statewide limits…
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Trump seeks White House again amid GOP losses, legal probes
Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will mount a third White House campaign, launching an early start to the 2024 contest.…
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Solar farms in 3 states cited for environmental violations
Four companies that developed solar energy facilities in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois have agreed to pay a total of $1.3 million for violating…
Continue Reading Police: Woman arrested in connection with missing Idaho boy
Police in southwestern Idaho have arrested a woman in connection with the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy who went missing more than a year…
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Police identify 4 University of Idaho students found dead
Police have identified the four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a home near the Moscow, Idaho campus on…
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Idaho settles lawsuit over antiquated anti-sodomy law
People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender…
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Feds resume study of restoring grizzlies to North Cascades
Environmental groups on Thursday hailed a decision by the Biden administration to resume studying whether grizzly bears should be restored to the…
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Idaho House seat goes to Republican after glitch reported
What initially appeared to be a Democratic win in the Idaho House has turned into a Republican victory after a glitch in reporting early voting was…
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Republicans maintain control in deeply conservative Idaho
Idaho Republicans maintained their hold in the deeply conservative state on Tuesday by retaining all statewide offices, a U.S. Senate seat, both…
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Incumbent Fulcher retains US House seat
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher retained his seat in Congress in Tuesday’s election in deeply conservative…
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Idaho GOP US House incumbent Mike Simpson is reelected
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson was reelected Tuesday in deeply conservative…
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Hageman wins Wyoming US House seat after ousting Cheney
Republican Harriet Hageman has beaten a Native American activist to win Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S.…
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Idaho Republican U.S. Sen. Crapo wins fifth term
Idaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo on Tuesday won a fifth term in the deeply conservative state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since…
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Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little easily wins second term
Idaho Gov. Brad Little won a second term on…
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Idaho GOP incumbents Simpson, Fulcher go for reelection
Incumbent Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Simpson and Russ Fulcher are seeking reelection in Tuesday’s election in deeply conservative…
Continue Reading Idaho Republican Sen. Crapo goes for 5th term
Idaho Republican Senator Mike Crapo is seeking a fifth term in the deeply conservative state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since…
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Hageman faces Grey Bull for US House after beating Cheney
The race to choose Wyoming’s next U.S. representative has received a lot less attention since Harriet Hageman beat Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in…
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Gordon wins reelection for Wyoming governor
Following a frst term fraught with a double dose of crises — the COVID-19 pandemic and crash in oil prices that combined knocked the wind out of…
Continue Reading Incumbent Idaho Republican Gov. Little looks for 2nd term
Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little’s reelection campaign strategy involves ignoring his gubernatorial opponents while attacking Democratic President…
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Idaho tax collections back on track after October revenue
Idaho tax collections are back on track after October revenue exceeded expectations and made up for the first three months of the current fiscal…
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Federal court says beauty pageant can bar trans contestants
A federal appellate court says a national beauty pageant has a First Amendment right to exclude a transgender woman from competing, because including…
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State attorneys general sue to block Albertsons’ $4B payout
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons said Wednesday both lawsuits are without…
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Attorney defending Idaho’s abortion laws quits AG’s office
A high-profile Idaho attorney who has defended in state and federal courts some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation is among the…
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Student dies after being struck by vehicle near Idaho school
Authorities say an Idaho high school student died Wednesday morning after being hit by a vehicle while walking near the…
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Wyoming deputy shot, suspect killed in exchange of gunfire
A southeastern Wyoming sheriff’s deputy was shot and a man was killed during an exchange of gunfire at a residence in East Cheyenne,…
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Man convicted of killing Colorado girl who vanished in 1984
A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate was convicted Monday of kidnapping and killing a 12-year-old Colorado girl who went missing nearly 40…
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US selects proposed plan for open-pit gold mines in Idaho
A plan for three open-pit gold mines in salmon habitat in east-central Idaho is one step closer to approval after the U.S. government selected the…
Continue Reading Idaho Supreme Court won’t reconsider death row clemency case
The Idaho Supreme Court says it will not reconsider the clemency case of a terminally ill man who is facing execution for his role in the 1985…
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GOP’s Cheney endorsing Michigan Democrat Slotkin in a first
Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney is expected to endorse and campaign for a Democrat, congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.…
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Idaho nuclear lab gets $150M to upgrade infrastructure
The Idaho National Laboratory in the eastern part of the state will receive $150 million for infrastructure improvements to boost nuclear research…
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Idaho finds another deer with chronic wasting disease
The first confirmed case this year of chronic wasting disease has been detected in a deer in Idaho County in north-central Idaho, state wildlife…
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Wyoming hunter shoots self while fighting off grizzly attack
A hunter accidentally shot himself in the leg while trying to fight off a grizzly bear attack in west-central Wyoming — the second such attack in a…
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Jan. 6 panel issues subpoena to Trump, demanding he testify
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to Donald…
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Bannon gets 4 months behind bars for defying 1/6 subpoena
Steve Bannon has been sentenced to serve four months behind…
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Idaho adds another easement to protect working timberlands
Idaho Gov. Brad Little and other statewide elected officials have approved a northern Idaho conservation easement as part of a program that has…
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Idaho Supreme Court won’t weigh legality of child marriage
A legal loophole in Idaho that allows parents of teens to nullify child custody agreements by arranging child marriages will remain in effect,…
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College wrestler saves teammate from grizzly bear mauling
A college wrestler from a small Wyoming school helped his teammate survive a grizzly mauling over the weekend by trying to wrestle the massive bear…
Continue Reading Idaho tax collections fall short, but budget surplus remains
Idaho revenue from tax collections was $50 million below expectations for the first three months of the current fiscal year, but the state still has…
Continue Reading Grizzly bear attacks, injures antler hunters in Wyoming
A grizzly bear attacked and injured two men who apparently surprised the bruin while they were recreating in the Shoshone National Forest in…
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Former Wyoming man gets 30 days for role in Capitol breach
A former Wyoming man who climbed through a broken window at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection has been sentenced to 30 days in…
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Idaho resumes radioactive waste shipments to New Mexico
Shipments of nuclear waste from the U.S. Department of Energy’s site in eastern Idaho to a nuclear waste repository in New Mexico have resumed…
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Idaho nuclear waste treatment plant could start in December
A nuclear waste treatment plant in eastern Idaho designed to treat 900,000 gallons of sodium-bearing, radioactive waste will likely start operating…
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US agency sued over pollution from retardant drops for fires
An environmental group filed a lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service officials on Tuesday for allegedly polluting waterways during their battles…
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Idaho Republicans supporting Democrat for attorney general
Nearly 50 longtime Idaho Republicans including a former governor and dozens of other past and current officeholders on Tuesday endorsed the…
Continue Reading Early data indicates Idaho wolf population is holding steady
Idaho’s top wildlife official says the state’s wolf population appears to be holding steady despite recent changes by lawmakers that allow expanded…
Continue Reading Idaho Supreme Court hears arguments over 3 abortion laws
The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments in lawsuits over three of Idaho’s abortion laws on Thursday and could hand down a ruling later this…
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Mixed results for Idaho sockeye salmon return this year
More imperiled Snake River sockeye salmon returned to central Idaho this year than in nearly a decade, but biologists are disappointed that few of…
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The Satanic Temple takes aim at Idaho, Indiana abortion bans
Religious organizations have long been involved in the debate over Idaho’s strict abortion laws, with Catholic priests, evangelical Christian groups…
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Transgender inmate who sued Idaho to get $2.5M in legal fees
A federal judge has ordered Idaho and its prison medical care provider to pay more than $2.5 million in legal fees to a transgender inmate who sued…
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Abortion info fight targets university but affects far more
A University of Idaho memo warning staffers not to refer students to abortion or birth control providers has placed the school at the center of a…
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US proposal would permit eagle deaths as renewables expand
The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new permitting program for wind energy turbines, power lines and other projects that kill eagles,…
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Suction-dredge gold miner working Idaho river fined $150K
A suction-dredge gold miner from California who operated in an Idaho river containing federally protected salmon and steelhead without permits…
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Hunter who mistook dog for a wolf is under investigation
Montana authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the shooting of a 6-month-old dog by a woman who skinned the animal and posted pictures of…
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Embattled Boise police chief resigns at mayor’s request
Embattled Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee has resigned at the request of the city’s mayor, Lauren…
Continue Reading Idaho universities disallow abortion, contraception referral
Idaho universities are warning staffers not to refer students to abortion providers or emergency…
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Idaho asks judge to rethink temporary block on abortion ban
Attorneys for the state of Idaho say a federal judge misinterpreted the law when he blocked part of a strict new abortion ban, and they say another…
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Fed escalates its inflation fight with another big rate hike
Intensifying its fight against chronically high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday by a substantial three-quarters…
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Idaho a step closer to having largest research dairy in US
The University of Idaho’s plan to build the nation’s largest research dairy and experimental farm cleared a big hurdle on…
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