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Idaho voters can help pick the state’s official gun in 2026 general election
Winning $1M Idaho raffle ticket sold in Kootenai County
Idaho company recalls nearly 3,000 pounds of ground beef for E. coli risk
An Idaho-based company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
Idaho senators urge Trump to reverse course on pot policy
Idaho’s U.S. senators have sounded the alarm with President Donald Trump over his recent decision to relax federal marijuana restrictions.
Medical education plan heads to Little, Legislature
The 2025 Legislature called for subsidizing 30 additional medical school seats over the next three years, enabling Idaho students to pay in-state tuition to attend out-of-state medical schools. The Legislature said…
Idaho’s replica Liberty Bell to be restored for America250 celebration
daho received the bell in the 1950s, Idaho State Historical Society Executive Director Janet Gallimore said.
Conservation groups file lawsuit challenging commercial marina in Idaho
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Idaho Conservation League filed a lawsuit earlier this month challenging a commercial marina and luxury housing dev…
Idaho Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit over Medicaid mental health contract
The Idaho Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit from a bidder for an Idaho Medicaid contract to run mental health services.
Idaho’s cattle industry driving record-high cash in 2025, other farmers struggling under inflation
Windstorm causes loss of historic trees on University of Idaho campus
he Presidential Grove, a historic living monument along Hello Walk in front of the Administration Building on the Moscow campus, began with a Colorado blue spruce planted in April 1911 by President Theodore Rooseve…
Severe weather causing multiple road closures, traffic delays across Idaho
Multiple road closures across Idaho are currently in effect due to extreme winds and thunderstorms. Widespread incidents are causing traffic impacts such as downed trees, power lines, toppled semi-trucks, and more.
High winds batter water-logged Northwest, killing Idaho man and cutting power to half a million
High winds toppled trees and power lines across parts of Washington state and Idaho, killing one adult and critically injuring two children, knocking out power…
Thousands of Idahoans cancel health insurance plans on exchange ahead of subsidies ending
Overall, enrollment in health insurance plans on Your Health Idaho rose by 3% this year compared to last year, with more than 120,000 Idahoans enrolled in plans on the state exchange. But the exchange also saw twic…
Former Idaho American Legion leader indicted for fraud
Abrahamson made his first appearance Monday at the Middle District of Florida federal courthouse in Fort Myers, Florida. His criminal case is cross-listed in t…
School buses crash in Idaho with several kids hurt, including 1 flown to hospital
The three students who were treated at a nearby hospital all appeared to have non-life-threatening injuries like broken noses, Foster said. Idaho state police …
Idaho’s projected budget deficit estimated at $40 million heading into 2026 legislative session
Idaho’s state budget is projected to end the current fiscal year 2026 with a deficit of $40.3 million, according to the last major revenue report that the stat…