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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Little won't commute sick death row inmate's sentence
Clemency requests are rarely granted in the United States
US affirms new interpretation for high-level nuclear waste
The Energy Department was shipping high-level waste to Idaho until a series of lawsuits between the state and the federal government in the 1990s
Idaho governor taps Bellevue mayor for legislative seat
Burns was one of three recommendations put forward by Democrats
Lawsuit challenges Idaho's new congressional district map
Fourth lawsuit against the redistricting commission and Secretary of State Lawerence Denney
Businesses: Idaho education politics are hurting state
Primary talking points in getting the cuts this year were objections to social diversity and critical race theory
NASA sends U of I student research to International Space Station
A team of University of Idaho College of Engineering students will travel to Kennedy Space Center to witness the Dec. 21 SpaceX launch that will send their res…
Inmate arrested after apparent beating death at Idaho prison
Cummings was serving three sentences for possession of a controlled substance convictions
Idaho health officials report state's 1st COVID omicron case
the variant was confirmed in a lab sample from an Ada County residents over age 50
Idaho education official applauds vaccine mandate injunction
The board in voting to comply cited unknowns in how long the lawsuit could go on
Federal judge to decide if transgender athlete case is moot
Idaho passed the nation’s first transgender sports ban last year
Lawsuit seeks to stop wolf trapping and snaring in Idaho
A primary change in the new law allows the state to hire private contractors to kill wolves
Union Pacific train derails in central Idaho
The train was carrying a mix of commodities
Police: Graffiti in tunnels near Boise's Anne Frank memorial
Graffiti included spray-painted swastikas and other hate speech
Bundy: Campaigning counts as court-ordered community service
Bundy’s arrest came the next day in an auditorium used for lawmakers considering a measure on coronavirus-related liability
E. Idaho man arrested in connection with U.S. Capitol attack
Court documents include several images from videos that authorities say show Tew inside the U.S. Capitol