Idaho

BOISE – It was a scene that doctors saw play out over and over during the COVID-19 pandemic, said David Pate, the former president and CEO of St. Luke’s Health System.

Idaho will try to ban a food assistance program from covering candy and soda.

At the Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls, a program called the Teens at The Art Museum is meant to encourage youth to participate in museum activities.

Garden City couple Garrett Chadderdon and Noelle Storey had largely given up hope when they made the call to Plumbing Solutions of Idaho. In a freak accident, Storey had mistakenly flushed her 3-carat marquise diamond engagement ring down the toilet the night before. They knew the chances of retrieving it were highly unlikely. But plumber Dylan Arteaga and her boss, Andy Sifford, had a plan — ...

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador told the city of Boise it could lose state money if it continues to fly the Pride flag outside City Hall, and he sent a letter to Mayor Lauren McLean telling her to comply with a new state law. Idaho lawmakers this session passed House Bill 96, which allows government entities to display only certain flags, such as the American flag, state flag, city flag ...

Republican Idaho legislative leaders announced Thursday they formed the Idaho Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE Task Force.

Hawk Sahlein installed 12 solar panels onto his Boise home in December 2023 with the hopes that it would build equity onto his home and promote clean energy.

A 40-year-old Twin Falls resident with a criminal history who’s facing deportation could soon be stateless, with no legal right to be anywhere. Binod Shah first came to the U.S. as a refugee, fleeing ethnic cleansing in his home country. He moved to Twin Falls in 2008 and could now be forced to leave his wife and 9-month-old son after he turned himself into Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

High Mountain Smoke Shop operated in Boise for the past five years.Last month, a Boise police officer walked into the store to inform Cody Denton — who managed High Mountain for his mother, the owner — that in the eyes of law enforcement, 85% of the store’s products were illegal in Idaho.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Friday approving a budget increase for the state’s new Office of the State Public Defender.

Within seconds of arriving on the scene, police officers in eastern Idaho shot a teenager whose family says is nonverbal and autistic as he stepped toward authorities with a knife from behind a chain-link fence, a witness’s video shows.

A 47-year-old Challis man, charged with three felonies — including assault with intent to murder — after an armed incident at his home last spring when he fired a gun at two other city residents was acquitted on the charges after a Custer County jury said he acted in self-defense. Curtis Lee Caton, a U.S. Forest Service employee at the time, was held at the Lemhi County Jail for nearly a year ...