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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Idaho approves $15M grant to upgrade emergency response system to Next Generation 911
The Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission on July 10 approved a $15 million grant to modernize the state’s emergency response system.
’I just sparked a manhunt.’ Idaho man misidentified as fugitive shares story
But, when Nick read further into the stories and saw the description of the man seen on the trails, he found eerily similar descriptions to what he had been wearing that day. “The person believed to be Travis D…
State of Idaho ends 2025 fiscal year with approximately $345M ending balance
Over the past couple of months, state revenues have come in below forecasts set by the Idaho Legislature in the state budget, the Idaho Capital Sun reported. But legislators and Little left enough of a cushion that…
Idaho legislators celebrate death of proposal to sell off public lands
State GOP legislators thank allies in U.S. Congress as Democrats say public opposition to the selloff tanked proposal
Media outlets want gag order dropped in Idaho murder case, calling it ‘moot’
Hippler is set to hear oral arguments on Thursday, July 17. The judge said during the plea hearing that he planned to keep the order in place until Kohberger’s July 23 sentencing hearing to allow the prosecution an…
Search for suspect Travis Decker underway in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest
Several law enforcement agencies have begun searching Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest for Travis Caleb Decker, who is a suspect in the disappearance and death…
U.S. Supreme Court takes up trans athlete ban in Idaho, West Virginia
The ACLU of Idaho and the national American Civil Liberties Union challenged Idaho’s law immediately, arguing that it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment — which prohibits disc…
We now know exactly what Idaho prosecutors had against Bryan Kohberger
Just seconds after Bryan Kohberger told a 4th District judge Wednesday that, yes, he had “willfully” and “deliberately” murdered four University of Idaho stude…
A Q-Tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students
These details offered new insights into how the crime unfolded on Nov. 13, 2022, and how investigators ultimately solved the case using surveillance footage, c…
Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty
The small farming community of Moscow, in the northern Idaho panhandle, had not had a homicide in about five years when Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Ke…
Idaho doctor and patients sue over new law halting public benefits to immigrants in US unlawfully
The complaint says the new law is vague, contradicts federal law and makes it impossible for health care providers to determine exactly what kind of immigration status is excluded and how to verify that status for …
Judge rejects Kohberger's request to delay murder trial
Bryan Kohberger is headed to trial this summer.
Idaho child gender-affirming care ban in full effect, after lawsuit ends
“Idaho has done what it set out to do – drive out transgender people who don’t want to tolerate the unnecessary hostility toward them,” ACLU of Idaho Advocacy Fellow Jenna Damron said in a statement. “I wish I coul…
USDA to end rule that kept logging from national forests. What’s it mean for Idaho?
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that it plans to remove protections that have prohibited logging and road construction on national forest land across the country, but much of Idaho will be pr…
Idaho Supreme Court overturns earlier ruling in Sun Valley ski death case
Some issues remain as justices stick by new interpretations of state’s ski area liability law