Idaho’s parole board is scheduled to hold a hearing this week on a request to reduce the sentence of a death row inmate with terminal cancer to a sentence of life in prison.

Associated Press

BOISE – Two lawsuits filed against Idaho’s redistricting commission over a new map redrawing the state’s 35 legislative districts have been consolidated into one lawsuit.

The toll of this summer's widespread drought in Idaho was clear, from early water shutoffs across the state to reservoirs running dry. But the problem started before Idaho was hit by record-breaking heat and parched summer months: An unusually dry spring set the state up for a difficult water year and exemplified how many things affect the precious resource.

BOISE – A Canadian mining company hoping to build an open-pit gold mine in Idaho west of Yellowstone National Park can resume exploratory drilling, the U.S. Forest Service said Friday.

A 5-year-old boy from Fruitland last seen near his home on the evening of July 27 still has not been found, but the exhaustive search for Michael Joseph Vaughan is ongoing.