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Family of Moscow murder victim starts nonprofit to use DNA and reopen cold cases

The parents of one of the four University of Idaho students killed three and a half years ago have launched a nonprofit in honor of their daughter, aimed at helping other victims of violent crime and their families resolve cases. Steve and Kristi Goncalves, whose daughter Kaylee Goncalves was fatally stabbed in November 2022 in Moscow, co-founded the organization, which will offer private ...
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Idaho lawmaker spends thousands on election ads — against his colleagues

Idaho state Sen. Jim Woodward wasn’t aware of any bad blood with Rep. Jordan Redman — both Republicans serving in the Legislature.That is, until he learned that Redman, of Coeur d’Alene, had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a political action committee that, in turn, spent about $5,000 supporting Woodward’s opponent in the May 19 Republican primary election.
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Idaho clerks have 60 days to verify signatures on reproductive rights, medical marijuana initiatives

May 1—Today is the deadline for supporters who are hoping to qualify two separate ballot initiatives for Idaho's 2026 general election in November to submit their signatures to county clerks for a 60-day verification process. Under state law, county clerks have 60 calendar days — until no later than the end of June — to verify all of the signatures on each of the petitions. After the 60-day ...
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Boise County elected official denies Payette River stabbing, files countersuit

A Boise County elected official accused in a lawsuit of stabbing a teen girl and threatening her mother at knifepoint during an altercation on the Payette River last summer has denied the claims and countersued. At the same time, another county official has asked a special prosecutor and the Idaho Attorney General’s Office to look into the incident and how it was handled by local law ...
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‘An impossible choice’: Trans Idahoans file lawsuit over bathroom ban

A group of transgender Idaho residents filed a lawsuit over a new law that bars people from using restrooms or changing rooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, alleges the state’s new bathroom ban violates the constitutional rights of transgender people and puts their safety and well-being at risk. House Bill 752 makes it a misdemeanor to ...
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‘Morally correct’: Idaho lawmaker, attorney general clash over funds for victims

A Canyon County woman with young kids was the victim in a recent alleged attempted murder case. But she didn’t have access to the Idaho Crime Victims Compensation Program, a state resource that can pay for help like counseling, because of her legal status, Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue said.Instead, the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office worked to fill the gap through non-governmental resources.
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Boise Cascade bought illegally imported timber. Here’s the price it will pay

Boise Cascade admitted to buying timber that was illegally imported from China, and it will cost the company millions. The Boise-based company was fined over $6.3 million for its role in a timber trafficking scheme that sought to evade countervailing and anti-dumping duties, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The fines amount to twice the gross profits the company ...
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‘An enduring mark on our state’: Former Secretary of the Interior and Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne dies at 74

Dirk Kempthorne, the charismatic former Idaho governor who went on to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, died Friday night of complications from late-stage cancer. He was 74. Kempthorne, who also served as a U.S. senator from Idaho and as mayor of Boise, announced his diagnosis in March 2025. He called it maybe the “challenge of my lifetime,” but pledged to fight it “head-on” and ...
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Boise’s viral ‘Dan the Pizza Man’ earned a $170K tip. What Domino’s just did

A Boisean’s simple act-of-kindness-gone-viral is now the inspiration for a coupon code coming to Domino’s nationwide. With a new code rolling out April 30, Domino’s and The Coca-Cola Company are teaming up to honor Dan Simpson, a 68-year-old pizza delivery driver, for going the extra mile on one recent Friday night delivery in Boise. But as Simpson recalls it, it was really only an extra few ...
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Abortion on the ballot in Idaho? Organizers are ‘confident’ initiative qualifies

Idaho voters will likely see a hot-button political topic on their ballots this November as the organizers behind a proposed ballot initiative to carve out reproductive health care rights — including the right to abortion — say they believe they’ve met qualifications two weeks ahead of the state deadline. Idahoans United for Women and Families, a nonprofit that formed in 2024 in response to ...
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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Idaho federal judge criticizes immigrant’s treatment

An Idaho federal judge pushed back against the Trump administration over its immigration agenda in a recent court ruling. The administration has hardened its attitude toward immigrants since President Donald Trump took office after promising mass deportations, for example, by pressuring immigration judges to deport more people. The administration has also pushed for mandatory detention of all ...
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Idaho elected official accused of stabbing girl in attack along Payette River

An Idaho elected official has been accused of holding a woman at knifepoint and stabbing a girl during an altercation with an Ada County family on the Payette River last summer, according to a civil lawsuit the family filed against him and two other men. Boise County Commissioner Darrell “Lindy” Lindstrom and two others are named as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed in Boise County on ...