Last September, a woman found what is likely the first DNA-confirmed death cap mushroom in our region. The extremely toxic fungus is a concern for parents and pet owners, alike.

Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty last summer to murdering four University of Idaho students, will not appear in court Thursday. His scheduled hearing has been vacated and will be reschedule...

The Idaho Department of Labor predicts job growth in the state will continue to rise by 1.3% in the next ten years, but a BSU economist says projecting stability beyond a couple of years in the future...

With Election Day just a few weeks away — and millions of votes already cast — midterm polls are everywhere. While polling can be a helpful tool to understand the electorate, it's not a crystal ball.

Fundraising is showing no signs of slowing down for an Idaho ballot initiative aiming to overturn the state’s near-total ban on abortion.

In the late 2010s, things went south – deep south – very quickly in Mississippi with a scandal fit for a football legend. This week on Scandalized, a network of political figures gets caught up misusi...

Vicki Christiansen, who retired as Forest Service chief in 2021, pointed to aggressive agency mandates to quickly extinguish fires as a possible factor at play during this dangerous season.

the government says the rule is outdated and land protections should be state based

Hundreds of wells in the Treasure and Payette Valleys will have water levels measured this fall in the first widespread water level study in 25 years. The U.S. Geological Survey is working with the Id...

From saving money to skipping traffic jams, it seems the bicycle is becoming the ultimate urban escape from rising fuel costs.

Boise State University’s latest safety report shows liquor law violations have declined by 60% in the last three years.

To kick off season 2, Charlie and Jaci give listeners a brief break from the man at the top, and dive deep on Trump’s top lieutenants, including in his cabinet. This week on Scandalized: Scott Pruitt,...

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.