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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
US appeals court: Beauty pageant can bar trans contestants
Green, who is transgender, has competed in several pageants including Miss Montana USA, Miss Earth and Ms. World Universal
Idaho lawmakers ask voters to approve special session powers
If voters approve, the Legislature could call itself back into session if 60% of lawmakers in each the House and Senate agree
Idaho: What to expect on election night
Ada, Kootenai and Canyon are the counties to watch due to their size
Attorney defending Idaho’s abortion laws quits AG’s office
Eight attorneys who have left represent 6% of the attorney workforce in the office
US selects proposed plan for open-pit gold mines in Idaho
The most recent proposal differs from a previous 2016 plan by decreasing the mining footprint by 13%
Idaho Supreme Court won't reconsider death row clemency case
Pizzuto has spent more than three decades on death row and was originally scheduled to be put to death in June of 2021
Attorneys general say Albertsons should delay $4B dividend
The company had nearly $29 billion in assets at the end of September, including $3.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents.
US Justice Department sues Idaho city over water pollution
The violations, if proven, could put the city of about 2,100 people on the hook for more than $160 million in fines
Idaho nuclear lab gets $150M to upgrade infrastructure
The U.S. gets about 20% of its energy from nuclear power produced at nearly 100 nuclear plants
Idaho finds another deer with chronic wasting disease
All seven animals that have tested positive in the state were between the towns of Riggins and Grangeville
Idaho man dies while fighting as volunteer in Ukraine
Dane Partridge joined a military unit that included several volunteers from other countries
Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid
Coeur d'Alene has Fred Meyer and Albertsons stores
Idaho nuclear waste treatment plant could start in December
It's a huge economic driver in the state, especially in eastern Idaho, bringing in millions of federal research dollars
Idaho Republicans supporting Democrat for attorney general
Labrador in a statement to The Associated Press called the Republicans endorsing Arkoosh “backroom insiders.”
Mixed results for Idaho sockeye salmon return this year
Young sockeye salmon, both hatchery and naturally reproduced fish, leave the Stanley basin in spring