Idaho

Bryan Kohberger’s immediate family will be allowed to attend the entirety of his upcoming capital murder trial, the presiding judge ruled. This decision was one of two orders from 4th District Judge Steven Hippler publicized on the court’s website Wednesday. He wrote in the three-page order surrounding the defense’s request to allow members of their client’s family — his parents and siblings — ...

Boise resident Margaret Mortensen received an unconventional birthday gift this month: U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, recognized her big day in Congress.

Sheriff’s deputies in a western Idaho county will soon be able to stop and interrogate any person they believe to be in the country without authorization.

While the Trump administration continues to paint China as the primary loser in an ongoing trade war, experts and economists are asking a broader question: Could U.S. states that trade with China — like Idaho — be facing significant impacts? President Donald Trump has put a 145% import tax on China, and in return China has placed a 125% tariff on U.S. goods. The tit-for-tat trade war isn’t the ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued an executive order Tuesday directing the Idaho Department of Lands to increase forest management activities on federal national forests in Idaho and reduce the risk of wildfire.

Friday, April 25 is the deadline to register to vote online in advance of the upcoming May 20 local election.

Jordan Redman was late for an Idaho House committee meeting.The chairman, Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, called the morning Health and Welfare Committee meeting to order that day in March, with one member short. He paused, noticing the Coeur d’Alene Republican’s absence. “I’m sure he’s at another committee introducing another RS,” he said, a term for draft legislation.

One of the two surviving roommates of four University of Idaho students who were killed will be allowed to testify at suspect Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial that the intruder she saw inside their off-campus home had “bushy eyebrows,” the presiding judge ruled Friday. Ada County Judge Steven Hippler said that the roommate’s testimony was “remarkably consistent” over the course of five ...