Canyon County News

Canyon County dispatchers say fire crews are currently fighting a 13-acre brush fire in rural southern Gem County near the border of Canyon County.

Parents and students at a Caldwell high school found out Wednesday that the school doesn't have accreditation, and it doesn't stop there School officials will attend a meeting Friday with the State Board of Education to address a laundry list of concerns about Heritage Community Charter School.

Sgt. Tim Randall says when police arrived they found one man had been stabbed in the neck, with the wound extending to his mouth.

Officials in southwestern Idaho say a Michigan man was injured when his sport utility vehicle was struck by a freight train.

Emergency crews in Canyon County are responding to a crash involving an SUV and a train east of Parma.

Melissa Sue Robinson, the first transgender person in America to ever win a State Senate or any Primary not only accomplished this against a popular Democrat and activist, but she also did this in Idaho's district 12.

A bankruptcy trustee has filed a motion asking a federal bankruptcy judge to make a summary judgment and order Canyon County to turn over $171,000 the county received from former Prosecutor John Bujak before Bujak filed for bankruptcy.

Two team cars plastered with logos and vinyl wraps drove next to each other. A motorcycle sped to the left of them, a photographer hanging off the end, and a cyclist squeezed in between.

Melissa Sue Robinson expected to lose Tuesday's Democratic primary for District 12 Senate to veteran Nampa campaigner Maria Mabbutt.

At approximately the halfway mark at today's Stage 1 race of the Exergy Tour , American Elizabeth Newell was leading the pack-but the hardest part of the course is ahead of her and the more than 100 other women who want to grab her lead.

The Southwest Idaho Juvenile Detention Center is bringing back its garden project this year, with a goal of raising 2,000 pounds of produce to donate to local charities.

The Treasure Valley is home to hundreds of gang members. Local police say with gang members come gang crimes.

On Wednesday, May 16, Michael Joe Brown, a 27-year old Caldwell man was taken into custody as he arrived at a local attraction to meet up with who he thought would be a juvenile female.

Sheriff's deputies are searching for a man suspected of stealing a woman's purse in Canyon County about 1:40 p.m. today.

Thursday night around 10:30 p.m., Caldwell Police responded to a call of shots fire at a business on S. Montana.

Nampa's Valley Crisis Center is home to dozens of women who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

Voter turnout was lower than normal for a primary election in Ada County at just 17 percent.

An autopsy has revealed that a Nampa man died of single gunshot that was likely fired from a Nampa Police officer's gun during a confrontation early Wednesday morning at a Nampa apartment complex.

Anthony Polisso, 27 of Caldwell, has allegedly led Canyon County authorities on three high-speed pursuits during the past three weeks.

As Canyon County GOP presidential caucus chair, the confusion and excitement over the March 6 Idaho Republican caucuses pushed him into the spotlight.