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January 17, 2022

Idaho PD chief under investigation over chokehold demonstration that allegedly injured fellow officer: report

The police chief of Idaho's capital and largest city is being investigated over allegations that he put another officer in a chokehold that resulted in injuries during a demonstration.

January 5, 2022

Sex offender named ‘Pirate’ sentenced for burning disabled woman

A sex offender known as Pirate gets credit for time served, fees and fines for burning a disabled woman.

January 4, 2022

Removal of nuclear waste in Idaho is nearly finished

A lengthy project to dig up and remove radioactive and hazardous waste buried for decades in unlined pits at a nuclear facility that sits atop a giant aquifer in eastern Idaho is nearly finished, U.S. officials said.

December 20, 2021

Idaho murder suspect charged with cannibalism; believed eating victim could 'cure his brain,’ authorities say

James David Russell, an Idaho man accused of killing a 70-year-old man is now charged with cannibalism and allegedly said he believed that eating the victim could "cure his brain," according to court documents.

December 19, 2021

Armed Idaho sheriff charged with threatening girls' group in holiday ding-dong ditch gone wrong

An Idaho sheriff is facing charges for allegedly threatening a church girls’ group at gunpoint during a Thanksgiving ding-dong-ditch activity gone wrong, and now several leaders are calling for his resignation over allegedly disparaging comments he made against members of an Indian reservation nearby his home

December 11, 2021

Omicron in the US: North Carolina, Idaho, Rhode Island report first cases

Health officials in Idaho, North Carolina and Rhode Island reported the states' first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus on Friday. 

December 5, 2021

Idaho Anne Frank memorial defaced with antisemitic imagery: 'Abhorrent'

Antisemitic graffiti was discovered Saturday near the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial in Boise, Idaho, authorities said.

December 2, 2021

Idaho state trooper nearly rammed by pickup truck while helping stranded motorist: dashcam video

An Idaho State Police Trooper was helping a stranded motorist with a flat tire Wednesday morning when the pair had to react quickly to avoid an oncoming pickup truck during a multi-vehicle collision.

November 21, 2021

Michael Joseph Vaughan search: Mom, Idaho police give update on 5-year-old missing nearly 4 months

Michael Joseph Vaughan, a 5-year-old Idaho boy who vanished near his home in July, has still not been found, and on Thursday – 115 days after the child went missing – investigators vowed the desperate search will not end until he is found and brought home.

November 18, 2021

Idaho advances bill easing worker compensation for vaccine side effects, other COVID-related bills

Idaho advanced seven COVID-related bills on Tuesday.