Regional News Archives

Caldwell woman sentenced for bank fraud

February 25, 2022 11:00 AM News Team

A Caldwell woman was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for bank…

Man sentenced to federal prison for vehicle break-in and credit card fraud scheme

February 24, 2022 3:55 PM News Team

A Miami Beach, Florida man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for wire fraud stemming from his participation in a vehicle break-in scheme…

Boise man sentenced to 4 years for methamphetamine distribution

February 24, 2022 3:17 PM News Team

A Boise man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for distribution of…

Man pleads guilty to methamphetamine trafficking

February 24, 2022 10:36 AM News Team

A California man pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to…

Boise man pleads guilty to transportation for prostitution and money laundering

February 23, 2022 12:09 PM News Team

A Boise man pleaded guilty to transportation for prostitution and money…

1 injured in officer involved shooting

February 22, 2022 4:19 PM News Team

An investigation is underway in Boise after a person was shot Tuesday…

Helicopters crash near Utah ski resort in training accident

February 22, 2022 10:51 AM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Blackhawk helicopters crashed near a Utah ski resort Tuesday morning, forcing the closures…

Utah police: Man told 4-year-old to fire at officers

February 21, 2022 5:58 PM Associated Press

MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Police believe a man told his 4-year-old child to fire at officers following a dispute over his order at a McDonald’s…

Snow biker killed in avalanche in southern Montana

February 20, 2022 11:05 AM Associated Press

COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — An investigation is underway after a snow biker was killed in an avalanche in southern Montana. The Gallatin National…

Juneteenth could become Utah’s newest state holiday

February 20, 2022 6:00 AM Associated Press

By BRIDGER BEAL-CVETKO The Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Juneteenth could soon be designated a state holiday in Utah, thanks to a bill passed…

Magic Valley group sentenced to prison for federal drug crime

February 18, 2022 4:12 PM News Team

Three Idaho men were sentenced to federal prison this week for their participation in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin in the…

Bonner County man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child

February 18, 2022 11:54 AM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Sagle man on…

Cold War ‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen dies at 101

February 17, 2022 7:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Andy Rose, CNN A US airman who became known as the “Candy Bomber” for his unique supply drops in Germany after World War II died…

Judge: Coal mine permit didn’t analyze environmental harm

February 17, 2022 12:26 PM Associated Press

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Office of Surface Mining failed to adequately analyze…

Utah governor says he’d veto school voucher proposal

February 17, 2022 12:11 PM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is planning on vetoing a school voucher measure advancing through the Republican-majority statehouse.…

Wyoming school bus driver accused of DUI, open container

February 17, 2022 12:00 PM Associated Press

CHEYENNE Police in Wyoming arrested a school bus driver taking high school students to an activity in South Dakota for suspected DUI and having an…

Fatal crash east of Powell

February 16, 2022 5:57 PM News Team

On Wednesday, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 30 on US 14A east of Powell,…

$800 million Meta data center announced in Kuna

February 16, 2022 5:36 PM News Team

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instrgram, announced Wednesday it plans to build an $800 million data center in…

Caldwell man sentenced to 8 years for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute

February 16, 2022 3:49 PM News Team

A Caldwell man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to…

Utah Jazz lifts vaccine rules as lawmakers push to ban them

February 16, 2022 11:15 AM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will no longer be required for fans wanting to see the Utah Jazz play at…

Kevin Costner lobbies Utah for more tax rebates for films

February 16, 2022 9:32 AM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in…

Why avocado shipments from Mexico to the US were stopped: A death threat to a safety inspector

February 16, 2022 5:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Matt Rivers, CNN Business The suspension of avocado imports from Mexico came after a US safety inspector received a credible death threat,…

Fruitland man sentenced to more than 9 years for federal gun crime

February 15, 2022 4:06 PM News Team

A Fruitland man was sentenced to 110 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of a…

Caldwell man sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography

February 15, 2022 3:38 PM News Team

A Caldwell man was sentenced to 324 months in federal prison for possession of child…

Utah’s GOP-led death penalty repeal measure falls vote short

February 15, 2022 2:22 PM Associated Press

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers rejected a proposal to abolish the state’s death…

Utah proposes panel to decide when transgender athletes play

February 14, 2022 9:52 AM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday to create a commission of political appointees to make…

Gun sale surge brings record money for conservation grants

February 12, 2022 10:56 AM Associated Press

Tax receipts from surging gun and ammunition sales have boosted money for a U.S. conservation program to a record level.…

Utah tackling skyrocketing catalytic converter theft

February 12, 2022 10:10 AM Associated Press

A statewide analysis of police records from the attorney general’s office shows the theft of catalytic converters from cars in Utah has surged by…

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs $193M tax cut into law

February 11, 2022 4:38 PM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a $193 million tax cut into law. Cox said in a statement that…

Speed investigated as cause for fatal crash

February 11, 2022 2:58 PM News Team

On Friday, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 326 on Interstate 80 east of Laramie, Wyoming. …

Ada County man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor

February 11, 2022 10:55 AM News Team

ttorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Kuna man on…

Man pleads guilty to firearms violation and assaulting federal officer

February 11, 2022 12:47 PM News Team

A Greenleaf man pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm and assaulting a federal…

Driver inattention investigated as possible cause for fatal crash

February 11, 2022 12:47 PM News Team

On Thursday, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 101 on Wyoming 220 west of Casper,…

Superintendent of Public Instruction appoints chief of staff

February 11, 2022 10:59 AM News Team

Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder has appointed Chad Auer as the Wyoming Department of Education’s Chief of Staff.…

New alumni relations leader named at University of Idaho

February 11, 2022 10:59 AM News Team

Vandal alumna and Idaho non-profit leader Amy Lientz joins the University of Idaho as assistant vice president for alumni relations, effective…

Study: Fewer crashes after Utah sets strictest DUI law in US

February 11, 2022 4:36 AM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say car crashes and traffic deaths dropped in Utah after the state enacted the…

Officers save man from frozen pond

February 10, 2022 5:29 PM News Team

This dramatic video of an ice rescue in Utah shows the dangers of venturing out onto ice this time of…

Canada’s COVID-19 trucker protests go global

February 9, 2022 5:13 AM CNN

A trucker protest that has clogged the streets of the Canadian capital for weeks has spread to cities across the world, and impeded access to the…

Man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

February 8, 2022 5:59 PM News Team

A Hope, Idaho man was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute…

Utah lawmakers exempt media from public records fee proposal

February 8, 2022 3:25 PM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers on Tuesday exempted members of the media from a proposal to allow governments to…

Boise foothills residents and recreationists asked to take precautions as coyote mating season arrives

February 8, 2022 12:35 PM News Team

Amid increasing reports of coyote activity in the Boise foothills, including the Hulls Gulch and Military Reserve areas, Fish and Game is asking…

US report finds Mexico is dominant source of fentanyl trafficked into US

February 7, 2022 10:08 PM CNN Newsource

By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years,…

An 8-year-old Idaho boy snuck a book he wrote onto a library shelf. More than 100 people are waiting to check it out

February 7, 2022 2:52 PM CNN Newsource

An imaginative boy who loves comic books now has a graphic novel of his own on the shelves of his local…

Suspect arrested in Washington state grocery store shooting

February 8, 2022 7:51 AM Associated Press

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of opening fire inside a grocery store in Washington state, killing…

Fatality crash in Jerome County

February 7, 2022 10:43 AM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash that occurred on Sunday at 8:04 p.m., at 750 Golf Course Road, in Jerome…

Fatal crash near Cheyenne

February 7, 2022 10:45 AM News Team

A medical condition is being investigated as a possible cause for a fatal crash north of Cheyenne,…

Former State Senator Leland Christensen passes away

February 5, 2022 2:59 PM News Team

JACKSON HOLE Wyoming (KIFI) – The office of U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis announced the lawmaker’s death on Thursday. He served as State Director…

Magic Valley man sentenced to 10 years in drug distribution case

February 4, 2022 3:54 PM News Team

A Gooding man was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for distribution of…

Mountain home man pleads guilty to federal drug and gun charges

February 3, 2022 3:58 PM News Team

A Mountain Home man pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and unlawful possession of a…

Nampa man sentenced for distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl

February 3, 2022 10:33 AM News Team

A Nampa man was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison for distribution of illegal…

Wyoming Governor appoints new district court judge for the Sixth Judicial District

February 3, 2022 10:33 AM News Team

Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Matthew Castano to be a District Court Judge for the Sixth Judicial District serving Crook, Weston and Campbell…

ESPN to have all-woman crew for Warriors-Jazz game next week

February 3, 2022 9:07 AM Associated Press

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will…

New Zealand announces plans to reopen to the world

February 2, 2022 8:42 PM CNN Newsource

By Julia Hollingsworth, CNN New Zealand has announced it will begin reopening to the world, signaling an end to nearly two years of tough border…

California man sentenced to federal prison for passing counterfeit currency

February 2, 2022 4:20 PM News Team

A San Leandro, California man was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement for passing counterfeit…

IDOC seeks walkaway from South Boise Women’s Correctional Center

February 2, 2022 11:48 AM News Team

The Idaho Department of Correction is searching for a South Boise Women’s Correctional Center resident who walked away from the…

Crash sends 2 to the hospital

February 2, 2022 11:55 AM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a crash that occurred on Tuesday at approximately 8:20 p.m.…

University of Utah suspends all fraternity and sorority social activities following second sexual assault report

February 1, 2022 10:40 PM CNN Newsource

Amanda Musa, CNN The University of Utah has suspended all social activities at fraternities and sororities after two reports of sexual assault that…

Utah, home of conservative Trump critics, hosts GOP meeting

February 1, 2022 10:07 PM Associated Press

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the Republican National Committee are meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss a series…

Man dead, woman hospitalized in shooting at Post Falls home

February 1, 2022 5:54 PM Associated Press

POST FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Police in northern Idaho say a woman was hospitalized and a man died in a shooting at a Post Falls home on Tuesday…

Twin Falls County man arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of a child

February 1, 2022 4:46 PM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Twin Falls man on…

Bill raising fees on public records passes Utah House

February 1, 2022 3:41 PM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House passed a proposal Tuesday to increase fees on requests for public records from so-called vexatious requesters.…

Oregon falls short of booster shot goal, but new cases drop

February 1, 2022 11:14 AM Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials have fallen far short of a goal to get COVID-19 booster shots into the arms of an additional 1…

Montana highway patrol settles with Wyoming man over crash

January 31, 2022 5:07 PM Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state of Montana has reached a $270,000 settlement with a Wyoming man who was forced into a ditch to avoid colliding with…

10 movies you’ll want to see from the Sundance Film Festival

January 31, 2022 2:07 PM Associated Press

By LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival are usually accompanied by descriptions of the looming…

Utah state workers get days off to sub amid teacher shortage

January 31, 2022 12:26 PM Associated Press

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is allowing state workers additional time off to help combat the labor shortage facing…

Utah’s COVID surge is hitting the homeless population hard

January 29, 2022 6:00 AM Associated Press

COVID-19 cases have surged in Utah throughout January, and that’s causing a problem for people who are unsheltered and don’t have a place to…

Mail began to pile up at a home. The local mail carrier noticed and saved a woman’s life

January 28, 2022 4:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Smart, CNN A New Hampshire postal worker is now a local hero after she helped save a woman’s life. Newmarket mail carrier Kayla…

Oregon hospitals near breaking point during COVID-19 surge

January 28, 2022 4:21 PM Associated Press

Health officials say Oregon hospitals are near their COVID-19 breaking point as the state is expected to reach peak hospitalizations in coming weeks.…

Ada County man sentenced for petit theft

January 28, 2022 11:58 AM News Team

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced an Ada County man was sentenced Wednesday, January 26, for petit…

Nampa woman pleads guilty to theft of government money

January 27, 2022 4:24 PM News Team

A Nampa woman pleaded guilty to theft of government…

Groups challenge Montana wolf hunting, trapping regulations

January 27, 2022 11:57 AM Associated Press

Two wildlife advocacy groups are challenging changes to Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulations, arguing they were made without public…

50,000 N95 masks donated to Hawaii Department of Education

January 27, 2022 6:05 AM CNN Newsource

Hawaii Pacific Health donated 50,000 N95 masks for students, faculty, and support staff with the Hawaii Department of…

Woman admits to wire fraud scheme to embezzle from employer

January 26, 2022 2:37 PM News Team

An Osburn, Idaho woman pleaded guilty to wire…

US Coast Guard finds body while searching for 39 people from capsized vessel off Florida coast

January 25, 2022 4:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Tina Burnside and Jason Hanna, CNN The US Coast Guard has recovered a body during a search for 39 people whose vessel capsized over the weekend…

SH-55 north of Smiths Ferry reopened

January 25, 2022 12:54 PM News Team

Idaho State Highway 55 (SH-55) north of Smiths Ferry reopened Monday to traffic in both directions following cleanup of the rockslide this past…

Boise multi-employer job fair set for Feb. 2

January 25, 2022 12:50 PM News Team

Idaho Labor is hosting a multi-employer job fair Feb. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Express, 475 W. Parkcenter Blvd., in…

Rare to Idaho, a ringtail was recently found in Twin Falls, and you can see it in a video

January 25, 2022 11:45 AM News Team

There have only been five confirmed sighting of ringtails in…

5 elk die in Wood River Valley after eating toxic yew plants

January 25, 2022 11:17 AM News Team

Despite a 2016 Blaine County ordinance restricting the planting of noxious plants, including exotic yew, three elk, two cows and one calf, were found…

Miami-Dade Police Band Together To Help 7-Year-Old Burn Patient

January 25, 2022 7:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Jacqueline Quynh Click here for updates on this story KENDALL, Florida (WFOR) — The Miami-Dade Police Department…

Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson contracts COVID-19

January 24, 2022 9:28 AM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson has contracted COVID-19 amid a variant-fueled surge that is sweeping Utah and the…

Utah bill to protect pets from domestic abuse moves forward

January 23, 2022 9:59 AM Associated Press

By BETHANY RODGERS Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has advanced a bill that aims to give domestic violence survivors…

She found a $3 million lottery prize in her spam folder

January 23, 2022 7:45 AM CNN Newsource

By Nadeem Muaddi, CNN Your email spam folder isn’t all junk mail. Laura Spears of Oakland County, Michigan, can attest to that, as she recently…

Mysterious ice formations showed up in Chicago this week

January 22, 2022 10:09 AM CNN Newsource

By Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologist You’ve heard of blizzards and maybe even the polar vortex, but have you heard of ice pancakes? What…

Officials identify Colorado skier who died of hypothermia

January 21, 2022 1:26 PM Associated Press

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — Officials in western Montana have released the name of a Colorado skier who died while skiing out of bounds at the Lost…

Oregon residents decry proposed ‘permanent’ mask mandate

January 20, 2022 6:00 PM Associated Press

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of Oregon residents are crying government overreach as officials…

Volunteers build ramp for man’s house so he can live at home

January 19, 2022 4:46 PM CNN

Despite the cold and snow, a local nonprofit and volunteers showed that there is enough warmth in their hearts to change one man’s life for the…

Fatality crash on I-84 west of Wendell

January 19, 2022 2:37 PM News Team

On Wednesday at approximately 5:53 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle fatality crash eastbound I84 at milepost 150, approximately…

Caldwell man sentenced for distribution of methamphetamine

January 19, 2022 12:09 PM News Team

A Caldwell man was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for distribution of…

Utah lawmakers weigh overturning local mask mandates

January 18, 2022 3:40 PM Associated Press

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The GOP-dominated Utah Senate passed a measure Tuesday to block local mask mandates as…

2 cow elk shot out of season on Salmon Road near Riggins

January 18, 2022 3:36 PM News Team

On the morning of Jan. 9, two cow elk were shot out of season along the Big Salmon Road near Riggins.…

Washington students’ test scores drop significantly

January 18, 2022 8:40 AM Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington students took their first state exams last fall since the pandemic began and their scores dropped. The Seattle Times…

1 hospitalized after crash in Jerome County

January 17, 2022 11:20 AM News Team

Idaho State Police is investigating a two-vehicle collision that occurred Monday at 7:25 a.m. at the intersection of US93 and Golf Course Road in…

Tonga remains cut off after a massive eruption and tsunami. Here’s what we know

January 15, 2022 10:11 AM CNN

By Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than…

Scientists see silver lining in fed’s efforts at Lake Powell

January 15, 2022 6:00 AM Associated Press

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last week that it plans to adjust management protocols for the Colorado River in early 2022 to reduce…

Mexico seizes 380,000 boxes of Kellogg’s cereal

January 14, 2022 2:25 PM Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico wants to improve children’s diets, so it seized 380,000 boxes of Corn Flakes, Special K and other Kellogg’s…

A letter from an American soldier has been delivered to his family — 76 years after he mailed it

January 12, 2022 6:41 PM CNN

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Angelina Gonsalves received an unexpected, yet cherished, delivery from the US Postal Service last month — a letter her…

‘She’s amazing’: World War II veteran turns 103 in Black Mountain

January 12, 2022 4:56 PM CNN Newsource

By WLOS Staff Click here for updates on this story BLACK MOUNTAIN, North Carolina (WLOS) — A small crowd gathered…

Governor Little appoints Stuchlik to Third Judicial District

January 12, 2022 11:37 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced the appointment of Kiley Stuchlik to the Third Judicial…

A baby is in stable condition after three people found him in a dumpster and called police

January 11, 2022 6:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson and Christina Maxouris, CNN A newborn baby is in stable condition after people looking through a dumpster found the infant and…

Woman Comes face-to-face with mountain lion in her backyard

January 11, 2022 10:07 AM CNN Newsource

By Maria Cid Medina Click here for updates on this story DALY CITY, California (KPIX) — From the Peninsula to Daly…