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Idaho Falls Community honors Bruce Turner, Support pours in for Barbara Turner

KIFI Local News 8 - Idaho · July 9, 2025

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — The Idaho Falls community is mourning the loss of Bruce Turner, a prominent 72-year-old resident who passed away unexpectedly as a result of a car accident on June 29. Turner was well-known for his dedicated service to...

Boise State Football’s Top Players: #7

Mountain West Connection - Colorado · July 9, 2025

Summer is here and with it, our annual preview of Boise State’s top players is back. Each week, Aiden and Zach will take a look at who they expect to be the top players on Boise State’s roster. This week we continue with number seven: Zach: Roger...

Explore Idaho's darkest skies and towering dunes at Bruneau State Park

KTVB 7 - Idaho ·

Tucked in Idaho’s high desert, Bruneau Dunes State Park is a one-of-a-kind blend of sandboarding, stargazing, and solitude. BRUNEAU, Idaho — It may look like an empty desert, but Bruneau Dunes State Park has 400-foot-tall windswept sand, wide-open...

‘Everybody wants to help’: Firefighters from across Idaho fill in for Coeur d’Alene firefighters during funerals

The Spokesman-Review - Washington State ·

In the days since the tragedy unfolded on Canfield Mountain, Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Justin Capaul has been working nonstop. But not on his typical duties. Rather, he is one of the leaders organizing temporary crews of firefighters...

I stumbled on bloodbath after 4 pals were stabbed in Idaho murders…ghouls blamed ME but chilling messages exposed killer

The U.S. Sun · July 11, 2025

EDGING open the door to the student digs, Hunter Johnson sensed there was something wrong - but he could never have predicted the horrific scene he was about to discover. Lying on the floor, in pools of blood, were the bodies of two of his closest...

Mountain West birth rates continue to drop after two decades of decline

Utah Public Radio · July 9, 2025

In the past two decades, Mountain West states have seen the sharpest declines in birth rates. Fertility rates are declining nationwide as families decide to have children later or not at all. But Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho,...

Declining vaccination rates in Idaho, U.S.: Experts warn of measles returning

Boise State Public Radio - Idaho · July 11, 2025

Measles was declared eliminated from the United States 25 years ago. Now, the Centers for Disease Control reports major outbreaks of the virus happening across the country. The CDC counted 1,288 cases of the highly contagious viral illness in 2025...

‘It became a game to people’: how online sleuths grew obsessed with the Idaho murders

The Guardian · July 11, 2025

On the morning of 13 November 2022, Hunter Johnson and Emily Alandt, two students at the University of Idaho in Moscow, answered an odd phone call. Their friend Dylan Mortensen, who lived just a few houses away, heard strange noises during the...

Tariffs are set to undermine the heart of Idaho’s economy

Idaho Capital Sun · July 11, 2025

Bringing to market new and innovative product lines is usually one of the most exciting parts of my job. From collaborating with my team on fresh designs to developing best-in-class fabrics, I love creating gear that inspires more women to get...

EDITORIAL: Idaho's outdoors must be respected, not abused

CDA Press - Idaho · July 11, 2025

North Idaho is an outdoorsman’s paradise. It is an area of mountains, lakes and rivers, teeming with wildlife and treasured by anglers and hunters. The vast majority of those who venture into our great wilderness treat it with the respect it...

Construction underway on Argo Gondola in Idaho Springs

CBS 4 - Colorado ·

Idaho Springs is preparing to welcome something new; a gondola is being added. Construction is underway on the gondola that will take people from the long-standing Argo gold mine up the Colorado mountainside more than a mile. Now after years of...

Big Mountain Enduro (BME) Series Roars Into Tamarack Resort This Weekend - July 11-13, 2025

MENAFN · July 10, 2025

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) TAMARACK, Idaho, July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Big Mountain Enduro (BME) series, the premier enduro mountain bike race circuit in North America, arrives at Tamarack Resort this weekend for Round 3 of its 2025 national...

First responders from across Idaho give the gift of time as Coeur d'Alene grieves loss of fallen firefighters

KREM 2 - Washington State · July 11, 2025

First responders have traveled to North Idaho from across the state to give the colleagues of the firefighters who were killed in an ambush time off to grieve. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — As the Coeur d'Alene community continues to face the loss of two...

Mountaintop View 7-9-25. PAC/MW Gap, Athlon Rankings, Top Rivalries, Grand Canyon, Spencer Danielson

Mountain West Connection - Colorado · July 9, 2025

It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! Media Days is next week, and updates are still coming. See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. Jason Walker dives into this question with some data to help him out. The...

Travis Decker: Police hopeful summer tourists in the Cascades could help in search for accused killer

PerthNow · July 11, 2025

As tourists start visiting the Cascades near Leavenworth, Washington, to enjoy the summer weather, police are hopeful that the increased activity in the mountain region will aid their ongoing search for a man accused of killing his daughters more...

Idahoans helped greatly with school project

Idaho Mountain Express ·

I am grateful for the people of Idaho responding to my recent letter asking for help with my third-grade state fair project. I appreciate residents sending me postcards, magnets, stickers, letters and travel guides. My favorite items were the...

Fulcher announces upcoming telephone town hall for Idaho's first district

Ada Reporter - Idaho · July 9, 2025

Rep. Russ Fulcher, U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st District | Official U.S. House headshotRep. Russ Fulcher, U.S. Representative for Idaho's 1st District | Official U.S. House headshot U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher from Idaho's 1st District...

Molasses and Diesel Fuel Cover Idaho Highway After Semi Crash

KLIX - Idaho · July 11, 2025

A semi-truck accident in Southern Idaho left a sticky mess on the highway north of Twin Falls. The truck was pulling a tanker filled with molasses when it crash and spilled the sweet liquid onto the highway along with gallons of diesel fuel....

Inside the 'Incel Theory' of Idaho Murders: Did Bryan Kohberger Use Avatar of Mass Killer Online?

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW On Wednesday, July 2, Bryan Kohberger admitted to the vicious stabbing murders of University of Idaho students Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves Kohberger has never divulged why he went on the murderous...

Mistaken identity in Idaho search for Travis Decker

NCW Life Channel - Washington ·

IDAHO — A reported sighting of wanted murder suspect Travis Decker in the Sawtooth National Forest of Idaho has come up empty. U.S. Marshals led a search into the woods and camping areas around Bear Creek, after a family reported seeing a hiker...