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Filer man killed after hitting house on Idaho highway
A Filer man is dead after hitting a house on an Idaho…
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Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 149 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare is leveraging a lease that expires at the end of June to permanently close a small office in Preston.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Fish and Game officials recently received a video shot by a sportsman in spring of 2020 who believed the bear was a young grizzly near the…
Continue ReadingThe unofficial kick-off to the summer travel season is just around the corner, but with surging demand for fuel, rental cars, airfare and hotel…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to allow the state Legislature to intervene in two lawsuits that challenge the same restrictive voter initiative…
Continue ReadingThe director if the Idaho Department of Finance is warning people of the risks of investing in…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Monday the recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Cup Scholarships to Idaho colleges and universities.…
Continue ReadingThe Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) will hold a media briefing about COVID-19 in Idaho at 2:30 p.m. (MDT) Tuesday, May…
Continue ReadingThe Teton County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho Fish and Game are asking the public for information regarding the recent vandalism of several access…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband, after the judge told her that her explanation for the man’s death did…
Continue ReadingA new property tax law that aimed to lessen the burden on homeowners has city officials sounding the…
Continue ReadingIdaho education officials say the state’s primary challenge in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is helping students make up lost ground due to…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho man is missing after a weekend boating accident on the Salmon River.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Democratic Party Chair Fred Cornforth announced Monday party has hired Jared DeLoof to serve as Executive Director heading into the 2022…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 329 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingOne of the key provisions of the Agreement is that the Naval Reactors Facility (NRF), operated for the NNPP by the Naval Nuclear Laboratory, would…
Continue ReadingThe number of fatal crashes on American roads increased in 2020, but AAA says Idaho was not part of the deadly…
Continue ReadingAnti-government activist Ammon Bundy is running to be Idaho’s next governor, according to documents filed Friday with the Secretary of State’s…
Continue ReadingScientists say the outlook for the western U.S. fire season is grim because it’s starting far drier than 2020’s record-breaking fire year.…
Continue ReadingTwelve young local writers were declared winners of the Idaho PTV PBS KIDS Writers Contest…
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Jackie Caivano Scholarship recipients have been selected. …
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Behavioral Health Council released the first draft of its strategic plan to improve care for Idahoans with mental health and substance use…
Continue ReadingThe Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at Idaho National Laboratory is getting an overhaul that will shut it down for nine…
Continue ReadingA local hero is posthumously being honored for his…
Continue ReadingRigby Police are offering a “community recovery meeting” on Monday for the families affected by the shooting at Rigby Middle…
Continue ReadingEast Idaho Railroad will be removing the unused railroad crossing at Park Avenue, south of W Broadway on Monday and Tuesday, May 24th and…
Continue ReadingAccording to the probable cause affidavit, it all started when police attempted to arrest 26-year-old Brendon Earl Nichols for failing to comply with…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Transportation Department reports US 20 is blocked about three miles east of the Island Park…
Continue ReadingBy looking at which skills can lead to certain careers, users can then see what training is needed for that job McConnell…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 168 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.1% in April, dropping slightly from 3.2% in…
Continue ReadingThe Ada County prosecutor’s office has received online criticism after promoting its services in honor of Crime Victims’ Rights Week last month…
Continue ReadingState Representative Priscila Giddings (R-D7) announced she has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of…
Continue ReadingSome Idaho taxpayers will see a one-time tax rebate this summer as part of the income tax legislation passed earlier this year.…
Continue ReadingScientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound stainless steel lid on one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors for a…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the key to keeping Idaho bears wild is to never let them have access to human food because a…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Supreme Court is issuing updated guidelines for COVID-19 precautions in Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingThe lessons learned in 2020 by state education leaders will start being applied as schools reopen in the…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 188 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths…
Continue ReadingThursday was the last day of training for the six recruits. Wednesday and Thursday the men have been practicing in a live burn…
Continue ReadingAttorney General Lawrence Wasden is warning Idahoans about scam fundraisers related to the recent shooting at Rigby Middle School.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Little will be in Idaho Falls on Thursday to discuss the 2021 Idaho Legislative…
Continue ReadingThe Shoshone-Bannock Casino Hotel is returning to full-time…
Continue ReadingA 65-year-old of Pocatello man and owner of a tanker testing and repair company, KCCS Inc., pleaded guilty to making an illegal repair to a cargo…
Continue ReadingLt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is running for governor.…
Continue ReadingThe hero teacher who disarmed a sixth grader after firing a gun in an Idaho school earlier this month is breaking her…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho National Laboratory released its annual economic impact summary Wednesday. It shows that INL continues to be a major contributor to…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 240 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death…
Continue ReadingA judge has ordered that a 16-year-old boy stand trial as an adult on a murder charge after police believe he was involved in a home invasion and…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- Two levies Bonneville School District 93 had on the ballot Tuesday have passed. The two-year $5.8 million supplemental…
Continue ReadingU.S. Senator Jim Risch announced the selection of six local businesses to be honored as Idaho Small Businesses of the Month for May…
Continue ReadingFive eastern Oregon counties have voted in support of considering becoming part of Idaho.…
Continue ReadingBased on the CDC’s new guidance for individuals who have been fully vaccinated and the input from associates, Smith’s Food & Drug is updating its…
Continue ReadingWith a potentially ferocious wildfire season threatening to ignite across the western U.S., a push is on to persuade wildland firefighters to get…
Continue ReadingStatewide survival of collared mule deer fawns and elk calves was above average through the end of April.…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed a bill primarily intended to thwart medical marijuana initiative backers from collecting signatures at pot shops in…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site program has adapted to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to ship waste out of the state…
Continue ReadingA scheduled execution for an Idaho man with terminal cancer has been canceled so the state’s Commission of Pardons and Parole can consider whether…
Continue ReadingAn autopsy is scheduled for next week with the Ada County Coroner’s office in…
Continue Reading‘Help Wanted’ signs are glaring at drivers along Yellowstone Ave. in Pocatello, begging people to apply for a…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 193 new COVID-19 cases and 4 new deaths…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little will be in Idaho Falls Tuesday. He will provide remarks at the Mountain America Center groundbreaking at 4 p.m.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little signed the last of his “Building Idaho’s Future” bills this week, making investments in education and Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingThe southwestern Idaho city of Caldwell is stopping all new residential development for four months because city leaders say a new property tax law…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Tuesday Lori Wolff will take over as administrator of the Division of Human Resources…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office is joining the Idaho Transportation Department in getting extra patrols on the road for seat belt…
Continue ReadingIt’s election day for taxing districts across the state. Only a handful of issues are on the ballot.…
Continue ReadingBonneville County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the 800 block of N. Eve Dr. Saturday afternoon to a disturbance between…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education approved requests from each of Idaho’s four-year institutions to hold current resident undergraduate tuition…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little has appointed Lori McCann of Lewiston to the Legislature to fill a seat left empty after the previous lawmaker resigned amid a…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 371 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths over the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho refugee center plans to begin helping three times as many people resettle in the U.S. under new refugee policies recently announced by the…
Continue ReadingAs Idaho drivers return to the road in droves, gas prices continue to climb across the state. …
Continue ReadingAn Idaho couple has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of a young…
Continue ReadingIn 2020, 44 Idaho police officers had their law enforcement certifications revoked because of misconduct, law enforcement records…
Continue ReadingIf you can’t file your 2020 Idaho income tax return by the May 17 deadline, you can get an automatic extension if you pay enough of your total tax…
Continue ReadingThe company will continue its I-15 route from Las Vegas all the way to Los Angeles,…
Continue ReadingThe city of Boise has lifted its mask requirement and will no longer restrict crowd…
Continue ReadingSentencing for the man charged in the Fourth of July shootings in a Coeur d’Alene park has been moved to July…
Continue ReadingA Boise man who was convicted of soliciting the murder or kidnapping of a little girl who he was later convicted of sexually abusing has been…
Continue ReadingWoolstenhulme also addressed the idea that the levies will lead to higher taxes. He explains there would not be an increase, due to how much the…
Continue ReadingTo identify Bradley’s remains, scientists from DPAA used dental and anthropological analysis. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical…
Continue ReadingA climber was killed and another was seriously injured when they were hit by a falling block of glacier ice in Alaska’s Denali National Park and…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 173 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths…
Continue ReadingAs a reward for students who met their accelerated reading goal, students made cars out of boxes, and showed them off at a car show at…
Continue ReadingWashington state’s top Democrats have come out against a proposal from U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, to remove four hydroelectric dams on the…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little is accepting applications for the Panhandle Region representative on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission following the retirement…
Continue ReadingRepublican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday offered differing views on the outcomes of Idaho’s longest ever legislative session after lawmakers…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little says the state House’s decision to recess rather than officially adjourn like the Senate did will create major dysfunction in…
Continue ReadingThe 16 African Blackfooted penguins bring in visitors from all…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 149 new COVID-19 cases and zero new deaths…
Continue ReadingMay is Wildfire Awareness Month, and with fire season already upon much of the State of Idaho, the BLM is asking for the public to help prevent…
Continue ReadingDuring this National Police Week, Governor Brad Little is showing our law enforcement Idaho “backs the blue” by providing $1,000 hazard pay…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho man scheduled for execution in three weeks is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the state from moving forward with his lethal injection…
Continue ReadingThe longest ever Idaho legislative session has been filled with unusual events and ended in uncharted ground shortly before midnight…
Continue ReadingThe lawsuit against a retired Idaho gynecologist accused of using his own sperm to inseminate a patient seeking fertility treatments has been…
Continue ReadingStudents from Moscow and Nampa have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2021, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced…
Continue ReadingThis nonprofit is the voice for lost, missing, or neglected animals of the Fort Hall Reservation and surrounding…
Continue ReadingIdaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed a property tax relief bill that opponents say is deeply flawed but backers say is better than…
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