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Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program

Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program

BOISE - The Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit is a new refundable tax credit program that provides nearly $50 million in state funds to pay for eligible nonpublic school expenses for Idaho K-12 students and Idaho disabled students up to 21 years of...

Idaho AG bans ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ signs at public schools, says the ‘political statement’ violates state law

Idaho AG bans ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ signs at public schools, says the ‘political statement’ violates state law

Idaho’s attorney general has ruled that the “Everyone is Welcome Here” signs that stirred up controversy for “inadvertently” sparking division must be removed from every public school in the state. A legal opinion was released on Friday by...

Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Officially Pleads Guilty to Horrific Slayings of Four University of Idaho Students (VIDEO)

Idaho Killer Bryan Kohberger Officially Pleads Guilty to Horrific Slayings of Four University of Idaho Students (VIDEO)

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger officially pleaded guilty to the horrific slayings of four University of Idaho students to avoid the death penalty. Bryan Kohberger was indicted by a secret grand jury last year and charged with four counts of...

Idaho Falls Police hiring new officers – Testing July 26 & test prep on July 12

Idaho Falls Police hiring new officers – Testing July 26 & test prep on July 12

The following is a press release from the Idaho Falls Police Department: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — The Idaho Falls Police Department is hiring new police officers and a testing date just a few weeks out. “Being a police officer gives you an...

Idaho student murder suspect Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty

Idaho student murder suspect Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty

Idaho firefighter improving after deadly Canfield Mountain shooting that killed two others

Idaho firefighter improving after deadly Canfield Mountain shooting that killed two others

Idaho mourns loss of two firefighters in tragic incident

Idaho mourns loss of two firefighters in tragic incident

Senator Mike Crapo | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Mike Crapo | Official U.S. Senate headshot Two firefighters from Idaho, Coeur D’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Harwood,...

Idaho State Police clarify criteria for issuing missing person alerts

Idaho State Police clarify criteria for issuing missing person alerts

MERIDIAN, Idaho – Idaho residents may have noticed an increase in alerts for missing people, prompting questions about the criteria for issuing such alerts. The Idaho State Police has provided clarity on the process, explaining that alerts are...

Idaho firefighter improving after deadly Canfield Mountain shooting that killed two others

Idaho firefighter improving after deadly Canfield Mountain shooting that killed two others

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department provided an update on one of the firefighters critically injured during a shooting that left two other firefighters dead. In a press release, the department said Engineer Dave Tysdal remains...

Idaho potato equipment company sells assets as part of bankruptcy

Idaho potato equipment company sells assets as part of bankruptcy

Published 4:24 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025 A two-row potato harvester manufactured by Double L of Heyburn, Idaho, is shown in this file photo. More than $2 million worth of Double L assets have recently been sold as part of a bankruptcy proceeding....

Idaho Murder Case: Prosecutors Lay Out Gruesome Details of Killings

Idaho Murder Case: Prosecutors Lay Out Gruesome Details of Killings

Who Were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle? Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20, were University of Idaho students who lived in an off-campus apartment. On...

Idaho Republican Party members face threats online, by phone. What police say

Idaho Republican Party members face threats online, by phone. What police say

Idaho Republican lawmakers in recent days have been on the receiving end of threatening messages, the party’s leader said. A post on X threatened violence against members of the party, and Dorothy Moon, the chairwoman of the Idaho Republican...

410,000 Idahoans To Travel for 4th of July Weekend

410,000 Idahoans To Travel for 4th of July Weekend

BOISE - As 410,000 Idahoans set out on a 4th of July vacation, AAA warns travelers to expect record crowds both on the roads and at the airport. Overall, 72.2 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more for the holiday – 1.7 million people more...

STATE OF THE STREAM: Boise River flows set to drop for July 4 Holiday

STATE OF THE STREAM: Boise River flows set to drop for July 4 Holiday

BOISE, Idaho — The Boise River is open for float season! Yet a series of recent rescues and one death are reminding us all that the Boise River is a wild and often dangerous waterway that deserves the utmost respect. With the July 4 Holiday...

Governor Little declares July 2 Idaho Wildland Firefighter Day

Governor Little declares July 2 Idaho Wildland Firefighter Day

BOISE - Governor Brad Little has proclaimed July 2 as Idaho Wildland Firefighter Day. The proclamation recognizes the sacrifice of Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John...

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to Idaho student murders, avoids death penalty

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to Idaho student murders, avoids death penalty

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Tuesday to murdering four University of Idaho students, accepting a plea deal that spares him from the death penalty. The 30-year-old admitted to killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle...

Bryan Kohberger answers ‘yes’ to murder of Idaho students ‘with premeditation’

Bryan Kohberger answers ‘yes’ to murder of Idaho students ‘with premeditation’

Published 3:36 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025 By Alex Brizee and Kevin Fixler / Idaho Statesman Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Boise,...

Bryan Kohberger prosecutor reveals chilling step-by-step account of murderer’s blood-lust killings of 4 Idaho students

Bryan Kohberger prosecutor reveals chilling step-by-step account of murderer’s blood-lust killings of 4 Idaho students

Bryan Kohberger’s first two victims were sleeping when he stole into the off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho around 4 a.m. Nov. 13, 2022. Best friends Maddy Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves were in bed together as he butchered them with a Ka-Bar knife he...

Notorious Idaho murderer avoids death penalty with guilty plea

Notorious Idaho murderer avoids death penalty with guilty plea

Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the murders of four Idaho college students, sparing himself the death penalty and bringing closure to one of the most notorious crimes of recent years. The University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21,...

Bryan Kohberger admits killing four Idaho students, motive unclear

Bryan Kohberger admits killing four Idaho students, motive unclear

A criminal justice student who avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty today to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students carefully planned the attack for months and took multiple steps to cover his tracks, the...

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