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State News

What's happening in Idaho? For information and details regarding Idaho news, see our articles below.

Updated 1 day, 17 hours ago

One way to appreciate teachers: These schools provide their day care

In states such as Idaho, where funding for early childhood education is limited, some schools are spearheading ini…

Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?

Idaho one of eight states where the strain of bird flu that has killed millions of wild birds in recent years has been found

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
International migrants were attracted to large urban counties last year, Census Bureau data shows

Among counties with more than a half-million residents, Ada County, Idaho, which is home to Boise, and two Utah counties that are home to the city of Provo and…

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
School grants, student pronouns and library books among the big bills of Idaho legislative session

Legislative leaders originally aimed to wrap the session up in March, but a dispute over the Idaho Transportation Department budget made the work stretch into …

Updated 4 weeks ago
In triple-murder trial, prosecutor says Chad Daybell built 'alternate reality' to gain sex and money

“The evidence will show that this was a convenient narrative,” Wood told jurors. “This narrative gave them the pretext to remove people from this world for the…

Updated 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Warning light prompts Boeing 737 to make emergency landing in Idaho

The issue was determined to be a faulty cargo hold indicator, Air Canada said in an email, without elaborating

Updated 1 month ago
Idaho inmate who escaped during hospital ambush faces court hearing. Others charged delay cases

Deputy Ada County prosecutor Brett Judd said the state wasn't immediately ready to proceed, but would try to be ready for a 1:30 p.m. hearing set by Magistrate…

Updated 1 month ago
Child dies, 2 adults hospitalized in a crash in Idaho, police say

The semitruck driver, a 47-year-old man from Twin Falls, was also wearing a seatbelt and wasn't transported to a hospital, police said.

Updated 1 month ago
Idaho lawmakers pass bills targeting LGBTQ+ citizens

Protesters toss paper hearts

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Chad Daybell on trial after deaths of wife and 2 children found buried in Idaho

Daybell also is charged with insurance fraud in connection with Tammy Daybell's death and two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and grand thef…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Men described as Idaho prison gang members appear in court on hospital ambush and escape charges

Dean agreed to keep the bond for both men set at $2 million after prosecutors said they were a danger to the community and flight risks.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Deaths of dog walker, 83, and resident of a remote cabin possibly tied to escaped Idaho inmate

Investigators said Thursday that while on the run, Meade and Umphenour may have been responsible for the deaths of two men, one in Nez Perce County and the oth…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Idaho prison gang member, accomplice sought after ambush in custody, may have killed 2, police say

Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, the man who police say shot two Idaho corrections officers early Wednesday to break Meade out of cust…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Escaped white supremacist inmate and accomplice still at large after Idaho hospital ambush

Three corrections officers were shot and wounded during the attack — two allegedly by Umphenour and one by responding police.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Idaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital

One officer shot by the suspect was in critical but stable condition, police said, while the second wounded officer had serious but non-life-threatening injuri…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Idaho considers a ban on using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care

If the legislation is enacted, Idaho would become at least the 10th state to ban Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care for people of all ages