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State News

What's happening in Idaho? For information and details regarding Idaho news, see our articles below.

Updated 13 hours, 22 minutes ago

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore

The six-county district along the Idaho-Oregon border includes three counties in the Boise metropolitan area

Updated 12 hours, 42 minutes ago
Election 2024: 146,000 Idaho voters and counting have already voted by absentee ballot

An additional 173,000 Idahoans have already voted by early in-person voting for the general election

Updated 13 hours, 22 minutes ago
Steelhead returns so far mark the highest annual returns in last seven years, could climb

The fish start arriving late summer, and by fall, they are well distributed in Idaho rivers stretching from Lewiston, Riggins, Salmon, and Challis, and provide…

Updated 2 days, 12 hours ago
Poachers are exploiting the high demand for eagle feathers that are sacred among Native Americans

America's golden eagles face a rising threat from a black market for their feathers used in Native American powwows and other ceremonies, according to wildlife…

Updated 3 days, 10 hours ago
Hunter kills a charging grizzly in East Idaho, marking the third incident since June

An elk hunter shot and killed a grizzly bear in East Idaho on Saturday after it charged at him, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish a…

Updated 3 days, 10 hours ago
Police investigate after a dead infant is found in a baby box at an Idaho hospital

Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday.

Updated 4 days, 11 hours ago
Idaho gets behind land lawsuit

A coalition of counties in Arizona and New Mexico, the New Mexico Federal Lands Council and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau.

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Three states renew their effort to reduce access to the abortion drug mifepristone

The states argue they have legal standing because access to the pills “undermine state abortion laws and frustrate state law enforcement,” they wrote in court …

Updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Hundreds of thousands spent in support and opposition of Idaho’s Proposition 1

Groups opposing Proposition 1 have spent more than $460,000 in electioneering communications this year.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Idaho revamps execution chamber so docs can access deep veins after failed lethal injection attempt

The failed execution attempt prompted the state to begin renovating its execution chamber to add a room where a doctor can insert a central venous line.

Updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Election 2024: Early voting begins Tuesday in Ada, Bonneville, Kootenai and other Idaho counties

The deadline for registered voters to request an absentee ballot at www.voteidaho.gov is Oct. 25.

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Avista customers in Idaho will see a drop in monthly bill starting this month

Avista filed a power cost adjustment and fixed cost adjustment with the commission in late July.

Updated 3 weeks, 2 days ago
‘The next era for us’: Idaho’s Wassmuth Center for Human Rights to open doors of new building

While Idaho is not always at the forefront of combatting discrimination, there were times in Idaho’s history when the state was, Bruce-Bennion said, referencin…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Election 2024: More Idahoans under 30 have registered to vote in the past month than any other age group

Chelsea Carattini, spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s Office, said Idaho anticipates a record turnout in November.

Updated 1 month ago
How to request an absentee ballot for Idaho’s November election

VoteIdaho.gov website from Secretary of State’s Office offers several election 2024 resources for Gem State voters