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State News

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

Updated 3 hours, 30 minutes ago

UPDATE: A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread

The single-pilot tanker plane disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many wildfires spreading acr…

Updated 4 hours ago
Headless, pawless grizzly left in river by Montana wildlife officials stirs outrage

The carcass serves as a grisly reminder of how residents “failed” the bear, wildlife advocates say.

Updated 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
FEMA approves funds to help combat Gwen Fire near Lewiston, Idaho

An additional $985K was granted for future wildfire mitigation

Updated 5 hours, 30 minutes ago
'Reservation blackout' for Idaho State Parks begins Aug. 1

The 2025 reservation blackout is necessary for Idaho State Parks to transition to a new, better reservation system.

Updated 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
Idaho Attorney General joins emergency appeal to halt EPA's carbon rule

25 states say Biden administration rule threatens to shutter the country’s remaining fleet of coal-fired power plants

Updated 8 hours, 10 minutes ago
People flee town near Moscow, Idaho through a tunnel of fire and smoke as Western wildfires spread

Multiple communities in Idaho have been evacuated after lightning strikes sparked fast-moving wildfires.

Updated 1 day, 1 hour ago
US promises $240 million to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest

The Columbia River Basin was once the world’s greatest salmon-producing river system, with at least 16 stocks of salmon and steelhead. Today, four are extinct …

Updated 1 day, 1 hour ago
Lightning and a burning car pushed into a gully are blamed for wildfires scorching the West

A 42-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a wildfire that has become California’s largest this year.

Updated 1 day, 3 hours ago
State Highway 3 closed east of Lewiston due to fire

Closure begins just south of Juliaetta in Latah County

Updated 1 day, 7 hours ago
Colorado judge temporarily blocks Kroger-Albertsons grocery ‘megamerger’

U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson have also challenged the merger of supermarket chains in court.

Updated 1 day, 8 hours ago
Wildfires prompt California evacuations as crews battle Oregon and Idaho fires stoked by lightning

Oregon's governor has activated National Guard troops to the Durkee Fire, which merged with another large blaze and is burning near the Idaho state line.

Updated 2 days ago
Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US

Patrick Nauman, the owner of Weiser Classic Candy in the small town of Weiser, Idaho, near the Oregon border, said driving into town Wednesday morning was “lik…

Updated 3 days, 6 hours ago
Nashville grapples with lingering neo-Nazi presence in tourist-friendly city

Elsewhere in the country, white supremacist groups have made similar — but often isolated — appearances this year

Updated 1 week ago
Idaho inmate who escaped after hospital attack set to be sentenced

Nicholas Umphenour shot two of the correctional officers, prosecutors say.

Updated 2 weeks ago
US Forest Service pilot hikes to safety after helicopter crash near central Idaho wildfire

The Forest Service and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident