$20,000 reward offered for 14-year-old who vanished nearly a month ago
By Laura Studley, CNN It’s been nearly a month since Jashyah Moore was last seen at deli near her home in East Orange, New Jersey. On…
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Utah House OKs congressional map carving up Salt Lake County
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Utah House approved new congressional maps Tuesday that set…
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Bear 399’s yearlings are safely collared
Thanks to the effort of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service, among others federal agencies the famous Bear 399 along with…
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4th inmate dies in as many weeks from Wyoming prison
The Associated Press TORRINGTON, Wyo. (AP) — An inmate who died Wednesday is the fourth death in as many weeks at the Wyoming Medium Correctional…
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Endangered missing persons located
The Pendleton Police Department is asking for your assistance in locating two subjects and/or their vehicle.…
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‘Dixie’ name change vote to come next week at Legislature
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to vote on a name change for southern Utah’s Dixie State University next week. Fox13 reports a…
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Crash west of Burley
On Wednesday at 3:15 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle crash on I-84 at the 201 off ramp just west of…
Continue Reading Honolulu police officer helps save baby who stopped breathing
By Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — A Honolulu Police officer is being…
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Jazz star Donovan Mitchell out with ankle sprain vs Hawks
ATLANTA (AP) — Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell is not playing against the Atlanta Hawks because of a sprained right ankle. Mitchell injured the…
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3 vehicle fatality crash in Twin Falls County
At approximately 8:19 p.m. on Wednesday, Idaho State Police investigated a three-vehicle, fatality crash at the intersection of 3700 N and US93, in…
Continue Reading Terminally ill 9-year-old surprised with a trip to Disney World
By Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Rutherford County family…
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Many women have left the workforce. When will they return?
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. economy rebounds from the ongoing pandemic, many women…
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Portland, Oregon, mayor proposes increasing police budget
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A year after Portland’s police department underwent massive budget cuts…
Continue Reading 9-year-old unlocks her dad’s phone with his face to call 911 as carbon monoxide filled her house
By David Williams, CNN A quick-thinking 9-year-old in Brockton, Massachusetts, is being credited with saving her family after her parents were…
Continue Reading Hawaii girl continues fight against rare brain tumor
By Mika Miyashima Click here for updates on this story KAHALUU, Hawaii (KITV) — The family of a young O’ahu girl,…
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Nampa man pleads guilty to distribution of methamphetamine
A Nampa man pleaded guilty to distribution of…
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Idaho Board of Scaling Practices announces new executive director
Shawn Inman was officially announced as the organization’s new executive director Friday, October 29 at the Idaho Board of Scaling Practices…
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Utah woman left with unsettling questions after concrete chunk crashes through windshield
A driver who was injured by a piece of concrete that flew through her windshield said Tuesday that the ordeal left her with some unsettling…
Continue Reading Judge rules Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, won’t undergo psychiatric evaluation in lawsuit over helicopter crash photos
By Jenn Selva and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, will not have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in her lawsuit…
Continue Reading Romney defends filibuster amid Democrats’ calls to change it
Republican Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday defended the filibuster and blasted Democrats calling for its elimination, dismissing their latest discussion…
Continue Reading He just won a $2 million lottery — for the second time
A Maryland man just claimed his second $2 million lottery prize, after winning the first one several years…
Continue Reading Luke Bryan helps Tennessee woman with flat tire
By Melissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA, Tennessee (WSMV) — When you get a flat tire on a…
Continue Reading Human remains have been found inside a vehicle connected to a 1998 missing persons case
By Lauren M. Johnson and Rebekah Riess, CNN A vehicle that was tied to a missing person’s case from 1998 was found in Arkansas with human…
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WHP trooper injured in crash Thursday
On Thursday at 8:53 a.m., a Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle collision. …
Continue Reading Woman found dead inside abandoned Denny’s restaurant, police say
By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Authorities are…
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Utah health care provider to require COVID vaccines
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest health care provider has announced that it will require all its caregivers to be fully vaccinated against…
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Report: At least 59,000 meat workers caught COVID, 269 died
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A U.S. House report says at least 59,000 meatpacking workers became ill with COVID-19 and 269…
Continue Reading Christmas trees in short supply this year after damaging extreme summer heat
By Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story SILVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — The rain we’re having is welcome…
Continue Reading Police investigate death of resident at Idaho State Correctional Institution
At the request of the Idaho Department of Correction, Ada County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a resident at the Idaho State…
Continue Reading Missing hiker ignored calls from rescuers because it was an unknown number
By David Williams, CNN A Colorado rescue team has some simple advice for lost hikers or anyone else who might find themselves stranded in the…
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Cause of Montana Amtrak derailment still under investigation
By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A preliminary report on an Amtrak train derailment in Montana last month…
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Police: Man in Wyoming facing DUI blames 4-year-old son
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — A man in the U.S. state of Wyoming allegedly tried getting out of a drunken driving charge by claiming his 4-year-old son was…
Continue Reading How a plane crashed with more than 20 people on board and everyone survived
When a plane carrying baseball fans to a playoff game crashed in Houston Tuesday, one passenger remembered hearing the words “get out, get out” as…
Continue Reading 112 semi-truck tires nabbed from Wyoming business
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Dozens of tires have been stolen from a business in the Gillette area. GCR Tires and Service employees arrived to work…
Continue Reading Child with special needs forms friendship with sanitation worker
No one is more excited to see the garbage truck driving down their street than Emma Grace Johnson, a 5-year-old with special needs who lives in…
Continue Reading Halloween skeletons with masks and vaccines: Man’s front yard message
A Grafton nurse practitioner and the nine skeletons on his front lawn have a message for passers-by, ‘get…
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Farmer fined $304K over alleged water theft during drought
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A farm in southeastern Washington has been fined $304,000 by the Washington state Department of Ecology for irrigating 250…
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Bail denied for California mom in drunken teen party case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge in Northern California has denied bail for a former Silicon Valley mother accused of hosting alcohol-fueled parties…
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Oregon kills 3 more wolves for attacking cattle
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Officials say Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife employees fatally shot three additional wolves from the Lookout…
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Utah lab to analyze DNA evidence from Atlanta child murders
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says a Utah laboratory will examine DNA evidence from a string of killings committed during the…
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Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Last week, police in southern Oregon raided a site that had roughly two tons of processed…
Continue Reading Man donates kidney to brother fighting cancer
Community support for a Midland County man as he continues his six-year battle with blood…
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Environmentalists secure water rights for Great Salt Lake
By BEN WINSLOW FOX-13/KSTU FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — In an effort to help save the shrinking Great Salt Lake, environmentalists are attempting a…
Continue Reading Vehicle of family that went missing 20 years ago discovered in Ohio River
By Amanda Watts, CNN The vehicle belonging to a woman who went missing with her two children nearly 20 years ago was recovered from the Ohio River,…
Continue Reading University of Montana students call for professor to be fired or resign
About 150 students rallied in front of Main Hall on Friday afternoon and called for the University of Montana to fire computer science professor Rob…
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Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The National Park Service has scaled back the search for Kim Crumbo, a conservationist from Utah who disappeared along with his…
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Wyoming district where student arrested extends mask mandate
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A mask-wearing mandate will continue for at least another month in a Wyoming school district…
Continue Reading John Deere workers go on strike after rejecting wage deal
About 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against farm and construction equipment maker John Deere early Thursday…
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California coronavirus death count tops 70,000 as cases fall
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s coronavirus death toll has reached another once-unfathomable milestone:…
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Early winter storm brings snow to US Rocky Mountains
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An early winter storm is forecast to bring the first heavy snowfall of the season to portions of the U.S. Rocky Mountains…
Continue Reading Please don’t kiss the runners at this year’s Boston Marathon
By Jason Hanna, CNN In normal times, Boston Marathon runners might be offered an encouraging kiss from college students around the halfway point. But…
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Toddler missing for three days found safe in woods
By Kelly Murray, CNN A 3-year-old boy who vanished Wednesday afternoon near Magnolia, Texas, was found Saturday morning alive and well. Christopher…
Continue Reading High School’s homecoming queen considered royalty among her classmates in Kansas
The first day of classes, pep rallies, prom and graduation are just some of the big moments in a high schooler’s…
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Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump
By MATTHEW DALY and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah…
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Oregon gov. seeks disaster relief for salmon industry
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is requesting disaster relief from the federal government for the state’s strained commercial salmon…
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Man arrested after chase, shootings near Zion National Park
ROCKVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man who is suspected of shooting at vehicles and causing a lockdown of a tourist town outside of Zion…
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COVID cases continue to decline in Oregon
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s weekly COVID-19 case count, hospitalizations and deaths continue…
Continue Reading Court reverses man’s murder conviction, death sentence
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s court of appeals reversed the murder conviction and death sentence of a Black man,…
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Washington woman dies from rare J&J vaccine complication
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health authorities say a woman in her late 30s has died from a rare blood-clotting syndrome after receiving the…
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Third-party conservative challenges Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee
Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin is launching a campaign to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee in Utah.…
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Reported COVID-19 cases continue to decline in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of newly identified coronavirus cases has declined in Oregon for a fifth week in a row. Oregon recorded about…
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Investigators do not suspect foul play in fatal Wyoming fire
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Investigators say they do not believe foul play was involved in a house fire that killed a southern Wyoming man and displaced…
Continue Reading 79-year-old hiker reported missing at Utah park is rescued
The Associated Press Authorities say a 79-year-old hiker reported missing at Utah’s Zion National Park has been found alive. Nellis Air Force Base…
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Wyoming librarians under fire for books about sex, LGBTQ
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Prosecutors in Wyoming are evaluating whether to file criminal charges against officials at a…
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Washington state minimum wage to be $14.49 next year
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s minimum hourly wage will rise to $14.49 next year, up from the current $13.69. The Seattle Times reports the increase…
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Marie Osmond takes singing career in new symphonic direction
The coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt.…
Continue Reading Driver fatigue investigated as possible cause for fatal crash north of Evanston
A fatal crash occurred around milepost 12.3 on US 189 north of Evanston Wednesday. …
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Driver fatigue being investigated as possible cause for fatal crash east of Rock Springs
A fatal crash occurred around milepost 9.1 on the Interstate 80 Service Road east of Rock Springs, Wyoming Tuesday. …
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Utah football player’s slaying under investigation
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Investigators have made no arrests but say they have several promising leads in the shooting death of University of Utah…
Continue Reading Greyhound settles lawsuit over immigration sweeps on buses
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s…
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Graves of 19th century migrants found on trail in Idaho
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Cadaver dogs have found what are probably seven graves of mid-1880s migrants who died in south-central Idaho on the…
Continue Reading NTSB reviewing Amtrak train’s black box and video to determine cause of derailment in Montana
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have arrived at the site of Saturday’s Amtrak derailment in Montana that left three dead…
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States with the most new small businesses per capita
To find the top 20 states with the most new small businesses per capita, Simply Business analyzed the Census Bureau’s Business Formation Statistics…
Continue Reading Utah’s Lowe killed in shooting less than a year after Jordan
Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe has died in a shooting at house party less than a year after teammate Ty Jordan was killed in an accidental…
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1 killed, WSU football player hurt in shooting near campus
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed one person and critically injured another near…
Continue Reading Coroner identifies remains inside 500-pound alligator as man who went missing after Hurricane Ida
A Louisiana coroner has identified the remains found inside a 504-pound alligator as Timothy Satterlee Sr., 71, who went missing last month as he…
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Oregon school board won’t fire teacher refusing to wear mask
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) — A school board in Redmond, Oregon, has rejected a district recommendation to fire a teacher for refusing to wear a mask during…
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BYU Provo announces significant changes to student housing program effective fall 2022
Brigham Young University has announced significant changes to its student housing program effective fall semester 2022. Beyond their first two…
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Fatal crash on I-84 east of Boise
Idaho State Police investigated a crash eastbound on I-84 at milepost 66, east of Boise Wednesday around 11:47…
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Ada County caregiver sentenced for forgery
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced an Ada County woman was sentenced Tuesday for…
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1 hospitalized after crash near Burley
On Tuesday at approximately 5:00 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a two-vehicle, injury crash on I-84 near milepost 220, east of…
Continue Reading A Texas couple wore face masks at a restaurant to protect their immunocompromised infant. The owner asked them to leave
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A Texas couple who landed themselves a rare night out with friends says it was cut short when the restaurant kicked them out…
Continue Reading Young person returns home to find unknown man in his house
By ROB POLANSKY Click here for updates on this story OLD LYME, CT (WFSB) — A young person came home to find an unknown…
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Driver fatigue being investigated as possible cause for fatal crash north of Lingle
A fatal crash occurred around milepost 112 on US 85 north of Lingle, Wyoming…
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Vandalism at Sikh temple investigated as possible hate crime
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington state are searching for a man they say vandalized a Sikh temple south of Seattle in what’s being…
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Utah’s newest license plate honors Martin Luther King’s work
Utah’s newest license plate features an outline of the state and five hands of different colors holding it into…
Continue Reading Juvenile killed in rollover crash
Idaho State Police investigated a single vehicle fatality crash on State Highway 24 at milepost 37, just west of Kimama Friday around 4:30…
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Helena hospital critical care at capacity amid virus surge
By IRIS SAMUELS Associated Press/Report for America HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Critical care resources are at maximum capacity at St. Peter’s…
Continue Reading Grandpa stranded at motel by his son
By Monica Garcia Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO) — Gerald Goins, 84, has been calling this…
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Judge tosses lawsuit against Mormon church use of donations
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by a member of one of Utah’s most prominent families and brother of a former…
Continue Reading Idaho man jailed for role in Nevada ranch standoff suing US
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Idaho man who served more than four years in federal custody for his part in an armed 2014…
Continue Reading Oregon surpasses 300,000 confirmed and presumed COVID cases
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — During the weekend, Oregon surpassed 300,000 confirmed and presumptive…
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Washington hospital execs: little capacity to help Idaho
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington hospital officials say the state is facing its own COVID-19 crisis and has little…
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Groups push to resume enforcement in Montana mining dispute
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmental groups have filed notice they plan to sue Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration after it…
Continue Reading Idaho man arrested after hit-and-run, pursuit in Utah city
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah say an Idaho man was arrested Sunday after he rammed a police car with his truck and tried to hit two other…
Continue Reading Northern Idaho’s anti-government streak hampers COVID fight
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Northern Idaho has a long and deep streak of antigovernment activism…
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80% of Oregon’s new COVID cases are among unvaccinated
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Oregon and clog the medical system,…
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Another murder hornet nest found in northwest Washington
BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — State officials say a second nest of murder hornets has been located this year in northwestern Washington state near the…
Continue Reading 13 hospitals to postpone non-urgent surgeries amid surge
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thirteen Utah hospitals will postpone many non-emergency surgeries starting next week as health care workers are overwhelmed…
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New clinics to open at ISU Meridian Sam and Aline Skaggs Health Science Center
Fulfilling a mission to improve access to health care and increase available health care services for Idahoans, residents of Meridian, Boise and…
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