The Latest Breaking News from Idaho

Will parts of Oregon really secede to join Idaho?

Movement would merge parts of rural Oregon with neighbouring Idaho

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

Idaho man dies while fighting as volunteer in Ukraine

An Idaho man who volunteered to join the Ukrainian military has died of a shrapnel wound sustained during a Russian attack in Luhansk

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

‘Monster’ hybrid trout an absolute beauty – and a record catch

An Idaho angler has established a new state catch-and-release record after reeling a 36-inch rainbow-cutthroat hybrid trout from Henrys Lake.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 14, 2022

All candidates for Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction — Terry Gilbert (D) and Debbie Critchfield (R)  — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. 

Ballotpedia · Oct 7, 2022

‘It’s on us to fight’: the student climate activist energizing a US school board

Shiva Rajbhandari is the first student elected to a school board in Idaho as boards nationwide become increasingly politicized

The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022

Mom's triple murder case paused for competency determination

An Idaho judge has postponed the trial of a woman charged with conspiring to kill her two youngest children and her fifth husband’s late wife until officials can determine if she’s mentally competent

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Attorneys debate abortion rights, state’s new laws in front of Idaho Supreme Court

BOISE, Idaho — An attorney for Planned Parenthood on Thursday argued that the Idaho Constitution grants citizens the right to privacy, which should include the right to end a pregnancy.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

Kidnapped twice by the same man years apart – the staggering real-life story of Jan Broberg

A new Peacock drama is based on a mind-boggling 1970s kidnap case in Idaho when a trusted church member and father of five abducted an adolescent family friend twice. Victim Jan Broberg, who told her story to Sheila Flynn, appears onscreen before the first episode to warn viewers that similar…

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022

Editorial: Idaho leaves college students in the lurch with reproductive health

After the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the constitutional right to an abortion, Washingtonians knew their conservative Idaho neighbors would lean hard against a woman's right to choose. Few suspected, however, that things would get so out of hand that the University of Idaho would stop distributing contraceptives based on a…

Tribune News Service · Oct 4, 2022

In Idaho, we’re seeing how freedom of speech is being curtailed around abortion

In red states, women’s options and speech are being dramatically constrained by the misogynist laws that have sprung into effect since the reversal of Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US · Oct 3, 2022