Idaho News

The number of Idahoans officially listed as unemployed dropped in April, but so did the overall civilian labor force.

The McCall City Council voted April 25 to approve a new citywide mandate on bear-proof trash cans in an effort to curb a problem which Idaho Fish and Game says leads to as many as 100 calls a year from McCall residents complaining about bears.

A mother who chased down a man and ran into his car after he grabbed her 4-year-old says her "mother's instincts" kicked in when she launched her pursuit.

He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho in 2009 to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country.

State wildlife officials have confirmed that wolves killed 31 sheep on a south-central Idaho ranch over the weekend, including a ewe in the process of having triplets.

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

On Saturday, May 18, the College of Western Idaho will honor its 2013 graduating class in a comprehensive commencement ceremony hosted at Taco Bell Arena in Boise.

Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they have arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction.

A small earthquake jolted parts of southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming. The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblor measured at 3.6 magnitude occurred late Wednesday on the Idaho side of the Idaho-Wyoming border.

Five people from Boise and Meridian have been indicted on federal charges for smuggling, money laundering, and selling "spice," a synthetic marijuana product, and authorities say they were operating across the nation.

Idaho U.S. Senator Jim Risch quizzed State Department officials during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday on the latest efforts to secure the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini.

Idaho residents lost more than $2 million to Internet con artists in 2012, according to a report by the FBI's IC3 Internet Crime Center.

BOISE An Idaho soldier who died earlier this month in Afghanistan was brought home today, as part of an honorable transfer.

A bat found in a northern Idaho home tested positive for rabies last week, prompting public health officials to warn people throughout the state to take precautions around bats and make sure that their dogs, cats, ferrets, and horses are adequately vaccinated against rabies.

The Bureau of Land Management , the Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Nevada Department of Corrections are hosting the second of three annual saddle-trained horse adoption events in Carson City on Saturday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center , off Snyder Avenue on the south side of Carson City.

One of the many interesting asides in the lengthy High Country News article about the conservative California emigres who have taken over Kootenai County politics is one about former county GOP chairman Tina Jacobson.

Twin Falls, Idaho New census data shows the Hispanic population in Idaho is growing faster than the general population.. Just in the gem state, it has grown more than 70-percent in the last decade.

Growing our own gardens can be a challenge at times. In Idaho, spring brings winter storms out of the blue and frost can take the whole garden if you aren't paying attention.

The FBI is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man suspected in six bank robberies in Idaho and Utah between December and March.