The Latest Breaking News from Idaho

Idaho mother and son charged with kidnapping over out-of-state abortion

Rachael and Kadyn Swainston accused of taking underage girl to Oregon for abortion without her parents’ knowledge

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2023

Idaho left early education up to families. One town set out to get universal preschool anyway

A one-stoplight farming community in conservative Idaho has embraced a goal that backers describe as progressive: universal preschool

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

How the US supreme court and an Idaho couple upended wetlands protection

Experts fear half of the 290m wetland acres have lost federal protection and could be at risk from developers

The Guardian - US · Oct 29, 2023

Who is Bryan Kohberger? The criminology graduate charged with the Idaho college murders

Speculation and rumour have swirled in the months following Bryan Kohberger’s arrest, as conspiracists and armchair detectives paint all manner of pictures of the accused killer. But who really is the former PhD student? Sheila Flynn reports

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow to be sent to Arizona to face new charges

If found guilty of the conspiracy charges in Arizona, Lori Vallow could face another life sentence

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges

A woman sentenced to life in prison in Idaho in the murders of her two kids and another woman will be taken to Arizona to face additional charges

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West

Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as fires bore down.

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2023

Idaho judge orders JJ Vallow’s body to be released to next of kin

Grandparents, Larry and Kay Woodcock, have been waiting years to be able to give murdered 7-year-old proper burial

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

‘Moment of annularity’ sweeps across parts of US as millions watch eclipse – as it happened

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse to be visible in California, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and the Gulf of Mexico

The Guardian - US · Oct 14, 2023

No Preliminary Injunction Against Idaho Law Mandating Public School Students Use Bathrooms "That Correspond[] with Their Biological Sex"

The court had earlier issued a temporary restraining order against the law, to maintain the status quo; but now that it has gotten more full briefing, it declined to block the law (but also declined to dismiss the challenge to the law).

Reason · Oct 13, 2023