Idaho

After eight days on the run, an inmate who was accidentally released from the Kootenai County Jail in Idaho last week was caught today on Vashon Island.

An Idaho drag performer, who accused a far-right blogger of defaming him by falsely claiming he exposed himself to children during a Pride event in June 2022, was recently awarded over $1.1 million.

A nature-loving doctor was killed in an avalanche on Friday while he was skiing in Idaho, authorities say.

The deputy attorney for the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in a document called the use of the slur detestable and incredibly offensive.

Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger's "alibi" that he was driving around looking at "the moon and stars," is too vague, according to prosecutors.

Clarence Yoder, 40, of Idaho Falls, ended up injuring himself in the incident that happened near the park’s West Entrance on April 21, according to the National Park Service.

State law subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18.

An 85-year-old woman shot and killed a home intruder who prosecutors said took her at gunpoint and handcuffed her to a wooden chair.

A teenager planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and, if he could get them, his father's guns, according to federal prosecutors who charged him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.

The Coeur d’Alene Police Department said Wednesday in a Facebook post that it is working to determine the "context and conduct" associated with the slur's use to determine if there was a violation of law. Police said they are still reviewing evidence from the March 21 incidents, but it appears that a racial slur was used more than once.

Chad Daybell, husband of "cult mom" Lori Vallow, is set to stand trial in Idaho this week for the murders of his wife's two children and his first wife in 2019.

A friend testified that Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow claimed they could tell if people were possessed by spirits that could turn them into “zombies."

A fourth person has been charged in connection with an ambush that allowed a white supremacist Idaho prison gang member to escape as he was being discharged from a Boise hospital.

Utah coach Lynne Roberts said her team experienced a series of "racial hate crimes" after arriving at its first NCAA Tournament hotel and was forced to change accommodation during the event for safety concerns. 

Authorities are investigating if the deaths of 83 and 72-year-old men may be linked to the escape of an Idaho white supremacist after a Boise hospital ambush.