A bill — known as the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act — was recently introduced in both chambers of Congress, and enjoys bipartisan support.

Anyone hoping to catch a steelhead this fall might have to temper their expectations after Idaho Fish and Game lowered bag limits due to far fewer fish making their way inland.

The Yellow Pine Country Club is free to play, and you don't even need to bring your own clubs and balls. But tournaments there are part of how the remote, unincorporated town pays for things like fire...

Churches in Idaho now have official guidance on how they can spend money backing – or supporting – ballot initiatives this fall without disclosing their donors.

'Not only were people here having trouble with hunger, but they were having a lot of trouble heating their homes.'

A proposed four million square foot data center and natural gas power plant could be built on public land just southeast of Boise, earning push back from a prominent environmental advocacy group.

Small businesses in the West were hit hard, especially those that mitigate and suppress wildfires on the ground.

Last year, amid rising economic uncertainty and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric Boise Pride lost the backing of some large corporations. This year, the festival is making changes to make it work.

In 2025, roughly 4.5% of Utah homeowners policies — or nearly 1 in 20 — were not renewed by insurance providers. That’s the highest rate in the country, and 1.5% higher than the number two state Calif...

The campaign to uphold Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion has surged past its opponents less than two months before the election according to new campaign finance records.

Unredacted crime scene photos from the killing of four University of Idaho students in 2022 have potentially been released, according to a statement from the Latah County Prosecuting Attorney's Office...

Could the asteroid Psyche be the core of a baby planet? One scientist is trying to figure that out.

Boise State's new president, Dr. David Hahn, sat down for an interview with George Prentice to discuss the current national conversation about the value of higher education, Boise State Athletics’ new...

McClatchy Media fired 10 journalists and 3 editors at the Idaho Statesman Thursday. The layoffs come as part of sweeping cuts by the parent company in newsrooms across the country.

Overdose deaths in Idaho have significantly decreased for the second year in a row. Experts attribute the encouraging trend to a combination of factors, including collaboration and a comprehensive app...

On Wednesday, the Boise Library Commission considered, and rejected, a request to remove a children’s book from its collection.

The Wood River Valley has an extraordinary landscape that allows for sheep ranching to be successful, and is directly due to the mountains, prairies, forests, rivers and lakes that create such an expa...

Hikers tackling the Idaho Centennial Trail may have to update their maps in the coming months.

The Idaho Supreme Court has once again sided with the campaign to restore abortion rights in the state, saying state officials failed to write clear and concise ‘yes’ and ‘no’ statements that will app...

The morning's wet and windy weather kept the fleet of hot air balloons grounded again on Thursday, but pilots showed off their burners for the crowd and looked forward to better flying conditions star...

The Idaho Supreme Court has little time to decide how an abortion rights initiative will appear to voters on their ballot this fall.

A previously unknown arachnid has been found in the remote mountains of North Idaho.

New guidance from the Idaho Attorney General’s Office finds that churches can spend money supporting or opposing ballot initiatives without disclosing their donors under certain circumstances.

The suspect accused of stabbing a Boise man to death on the Greenbelt this summer has been found to be “dangerously mentally ill” and unfit to stand trial – for now.

The fundraising race is heating up in the fight over Proposition 1, the ballot initiative to overturn Idaho’s strict abortion ban.

As millions, no doubt, will commemorate this year’s 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Boise’s World Trade Center Memorial invites something quite personal: peace and solitude.

Micron is putting $10 billion into a new advanced research facility in Boise focused on long-term innovations in memory, computing and semiconductor manufacturing.

On Thursday, AG Raúl Labrador filed an emergency motion to block Judge B. Lynn Winmill's ruling allowing abortions to preserve the health of the mother - including when she's at risk of taking her own...

Boise Parks and Rec say they'll be soliciting public input this fall.

How do you search for water on a moon of Jupiter? Or for life on Mars? How do you catch up with a moving asteroid? Answer: use a Space Robot!

State officials are pushing back against a lawsuit designed to overturn part of Idaho’s campaign finance contribution limits.

Floating down the Boise River is a must-do activity for many people every year, with over 150,000 floaters making the six-mile trip. The float starts at Barber Park and goes down through the Boise Sta...

On Thursday, a federal judge narrowly expanded access to care by ruling a woman can get an abortion if her health is in danger – or if she is at risk of taking her own life.

Conservationists worry that a Trump Administration review of land management rules could threaten these wild places. Here's how to weigh in through public comment portals.

As the school year begins around Idaho, local districts will have new guidance from state officials on how students, teachers and staff can use artificial intelligence.

Store shelves are lined with school supplies this time of year, and some already have decorations for Halloween. But Forest Service workers in Idaho are thinking about Christmas.

Idaho lawmakers are digging into how the state might better regulate health insurance companies that poorly treat their customers and healthcare providers.

Gooding County is home to high-desert landscapes, outdoor recreation and the Hagerman Fossil Beds, where fossils ranging from the Hagerman horse to a three-million-year-old otter and the "bone-crusher...

A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split.

Sorry Idaho, this is some berry sad news. Climate change has pummeled Idaho on several fronts this year. It’s latest victim: our huckleberry season.

The Tartar Fire has burned 138,271 acres and is now 41% contained as of 5:45 p.m. on Aug. 4.

Twin Falls Police have identified the three people killed in Saturday’s mass shooting at In-N-Out Burger.