State News
What's happening in Idaho? For information and details regarding Idaho news, see our articles below.
Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
Stolen fishing lure bench returned
Boo Boo getting better
Judge: Expert can examine Duncan
BOISE - A federal judge says prosecutors can have their own psychologist interview a convicted child killer as they fight to prove he was competent when he waived his right to appeal his death sentence.
Fire destroys home
INKOM (AP) - Fire officials say a home in the eastern Idaho town of Inkom was completely destroyed in a fire.
Family members sue over helicopter crash
LEWISTON (AP) - Family members of two Idaho Fish and Game Department employees killed in a 2010 helicopter crash are suing the owners of the helicopter and a mechanic, alleging the helicopter had failed two inspect…
Paraglider found
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Searchers have found a paraglider who went missing in central Idaho during a week-long gliding competition.
Idaho Briefs August 29, 2012
Man found shot to death near Lake Lowell
Fire evacuees get brief chance to visit homes
BOISE (AP) - Authorities are giving residents of Pine and Featherville a brief window of opportunity to go back home to check on their property and gather belongings.
Juvenile center faces shortfall
LEWISTON (AP) - Officials who oversee a regional juvenile detention center in northern Idaho's Nez Perce County are looking for way to reduce a $485,000 operating shortfall.
Hotshot team cites safety issues in deadly Idaho fire
BOISE - An elite federal firefighting team declined to join efforts to douse a deadly northern Idaho wildfire last week, citing safety concerns on the day before a 20-year-old firefighter was killed.
Air tankers set record
Firefighter killed in north-central Idaho
BOISE - A 20-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter died after she was struck by a falling tree in north-central Idaho, highlighting the dangerous job crews face as at least a dozen blazes continue to burn across…
State agency says school laptop program on track
BOISE - State officials negotiating to supply every high school teacher and student with a laptop under Idaho's contested education reforms report that they're still on track to get the program started this fall - …
Missing man sought
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Searchers in southern Idaho are looking for the body of a Washington state man presumed drowned in the Snake River.
Firefighters pulled back from central Idaho blaze
BOISE (AP) - Firefighters were pulled back from a small but dangerous wildfire burning northwest of Stanley in central Idaho, where several campgrounds have been evacuated.