Now Idaho school districts blindsided as US withholds over $33 million in federal aid Idaho school districts have been unexpectedly hit by a freeze on more than $33 million in federal funding, leaving local education authorities scrambling to adjust budgets and staffing plans just weeks before the new academic year begins. The payments, which had…
Bryan Kohberger, a graduate student in criminology, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. The plea deal allows him to avoid the death penalty in exchange for four life sentences without the possibility of appeal. The killings took place in Moscow, Idaho — a community…
The man who shot dead two firefighters and wounded a third after setting a blaze near a popular mountainside trail in Idaho was described by authorities on Monday as a young transient whose motives remained a mystery a day after the attack. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris identified the suspected gunman in Sunday’s attack as…
Two firefighters were shot dead in an ambush in Idaho, US, while responding to a wildfire. Eleven other firefighters were injured. The suspected shooter, believed to be Travis Decker, was found dead with a firearm recovered nearby. The FBI has deployed technical and tactical assets to the scene. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the…
Police are seen shortly before opening fire on a teen on the other other side of a fence (AP) BOISE: Idaho police on Friday released the names of six people from China, Italy and California killed when a pickup truck collided with their tour van in a fiery crash near Yellowstone National Park earlier this…
50 States, 50 Fixes Nearly 500 buildings in the state capital get their heat from a clean, renewable source located deep in the ground. It’s pretty easy to get into hot water in Boise. After all, it’s in Idaho, a state filled with hundreds of hot springs. The city has tapped into that naturally hot…
Nearly 30,000 pounds of ready-to-eat beef sticks were recalled on Thursday after consumers complained that they had found metal fragments in them, food safety and company officials said. The voluntary recall affects Chomps Original Beef Sticks, but the company said in statement posted online on Thursday and Friday that it had included Original Turkey sticks…
A refinery in New Mexico that the federal government has accused of some of the worst air pollution in the country. A chemical plant in Louisiana being investigated for leaking gas from storage tanks. Idaho ranchers accused of polluting wetlands. Under President Biden, the Environmental Protection Agency took a tough approach on environmental enforcement by…
When bird flu first struck dairy cattle a year ago, it seemed possible that it might affect a few isolated herds and disappear as quickly as it had appeared. Instead, the virus has infected more than 900 herds and dozens of people, killing one, and the outbreak shows no signs of abating. A pandemic is…