Idaho News

The national unemployed rate went up to 10.2% Idaho is not that far behind, with 8.9%. "Mostly just hopeful, there's not a lot out there," said an unemployed Treasure Valley man.

A number of Idaho initiatives received final Congressional approval today as the U.S. Senate approved the conference report for Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations requests.

An Aberdeen man already charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery and other felonies is set for a preliminary hearing on additional charges.

A judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by 268 former University of Idaho employees seeking to have their early retirement benefits restored.

Fewer Idaho prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in murder cases in recent years.

Over the past year, many state jobs and programs have been reduced or eliminated in Idaho.

Economic development officials are promoting a corridor in southwestern Idaho as a health care hub, as they count on an existing hospital and a new Idaho State University facility to attract newcomers.

On September 10, the world changed for a Caldwell teen who fell from a window at the University of Idaho.

A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo, a Republican.

A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo , a Republican.

John Foster, Communications Director/Senior Advisor for walt Minnick, sends this update: I wanted to clarify from our official office some incorrect information you may have received Friday regarding Walt's voting record.

A new study says communities in the heart of the Idaho dairy industry are, amid falling milk prices, weathering the recession better than other rural regions of the state.

Idaho U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Personnel Accept Prestigious Award With Murder Victims in Mind It was a killing spree that took the lives of four residents of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; a random and deadly rampage that left a young Idaho girl without her mother, her mother's fianc, and two of her brothers.

Some law enforcement agencies in Idaho are making the change to high-tech equipment to issue tickets.

Early this week, The City of Boise sent letters to over 3,000 registered voters who live in 10 consolidated polling districts. The city included with each letter an unsolicited absentee ballot request form. According to the Boise Weekly, “Deputy City Clerk Wendy Burrows-Johnson said in September that they consolidate precincts—mainly combining ones within city limits with precincts that straddle city and county lines—in order to save money.”

However, rather than sending only letters to these precincts notifying voters of the change in their voting location, which is a great idea, they sent unsolicited ballot requests to every voter in the affected precincts.

On Thursday, TJ Thomson officially called on the City of Boise to correct this egregious, unequal

University of Idaho scientist Stephen Love says forays into the state's backcountry have taught him the most inhospitable territory is often home to remarkable beauty.

University of Idaho scientists are well known for their work on new potato varieties.

A cheerleader at the College Of Southern Idaho has been killed in a onea 'vehicle accident near Jerome.

At his current injury rate, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter could leave office with a bevy of new parts and scars.He plans to spend several days at home recovering from his third surgery in office, this one to repair a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder suffered recently while clearing brush on his property west of Boise.The longtime jogger and ...

Lynn Guyer said razor wire has been added to a 10-foot-high chain-link fence, some staff changes have been made, and a faulty automated telephone system has been replaced with a person.