The Latest Breaking News from Idaho

Idaho Power is pulling out of coal, with plan to exit 50-year-old Wyoming plant

As it proceeds toward a clean-energy future, Idaho Power plans to exit a nearly 50-year-old Wyoming coal plant sooner rather than later, in part by converting parts of the coal plant to natural gas.

Tribune News Service · Jun 18, 2022

Idaho deputy’s chilling response to fatally shooting man in mental health crisis

Michael Trappett was shot and killed while brandashing knife outside parents’ home

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Golden retriever plays fetch and returns with live baby goose instead of ball

Patty Carter, 28, from Idaho, US, captured the surprising moment her three-year-old golden retriever Violet returned from her swim in the pond with a live gosling held gently in her mouth, instead of her ball

Daily Mirror · Jun 15, 2022

Patriot Front: What is the white supremacist group whose members were arrested over failed Pride plot?

Members of far-right collective detained en masse in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, ahead of LGBT+ event

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Idaho police officers receiving death threats after arresting Patriot Front members

Police officers in Coeur d’Alene arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Experts: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists

Experts warn that extremist groups may see anti-LGBTQ rhetoric by influencers as a call to action

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Coeur d’Alene police receive death threats for arresting Patriot Front members

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho made international headlines over the weekend when 31 masked members of a white nationalist group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene. The city’s mayor and police chief updated the public through a news conference on Monday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022

Cops on lookout for threats to Chicago Pride Parade after neo-Nazis targeted similar event in Idaho

“We are going to be vigilant to ensure that this event, as well as others, go off safely,” Police Supt. David Brown told reporters Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2022

Police in Idaho are getting death threats after arresting Patriot Front members

Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend.

WEKU · Jun 13, 2022

Right-wing extremists amp up anti-LGBTQ rhetoric online

A few weeks before 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested for allegedly planning to riot at a northern Idaho LGBTQ pride event, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022