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BOISE — The Idaho State Police says a Nampa woman died Saturday night after a crash near Burley. Police say Rosemarie Edvalson, 56, of Eagle and her passenger Juanita Spitzer, 75, from Nampa were traveling westbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 225, when Edvalson changed lanes after passing another vehicle. As s ...

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Police in north-central Idaho say a 9-year-old boy has been charged with petit theft after his neighbor’s toy ride-on car was reported stolen. The Lewiston Tribune reports the neighbor bought the Power Wheels car, valued at about $450, for her kids two months ago and it disappeared from her yard a month later. She ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Fewer out-of-state hunters are traveling to Idaho and Montana in search of deer and elk, costing fish and game agencies millions of dollars in fees. The Spokesman-Review said Thursday that weather, wolves, politics and the economy are depressing the number of out-of-state hunters who would normally be flocking to the two states ...

(KLIX)-Two people were killed in a car crash yesterday afternoon on I-84 near Bliss. Idaho State Police say it happened just before 4pm at the Biss rest stop area. Police say a Mazda sedan was parked on the median side partially in the lane of travel when a small Ford car rear ended it ...

(KLIX)- The Twin Falls County sheriff’s office says a third suspect in the home robbery that took place in Buhl on August 7th has been charged.   Luis Alfredo Sotelo is being held in the Twin Falls County Detention Facility with a $100,000 bond on charges of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery...

CASSIA COUNTY — An arrest warrant has been issued for a man wanted for first-degree murder at a Burley motel earlier this year. The body of 54-year-old Russ Taft was found in crawl space at the Alpine Garden Motel on May 18, 2012. The coroner determined that Taft died from blunt force trauma and a stab wound to the heart. The ...

(KLIX)- Fire crews are working to dampen a fire that broke out near Elba Wednesday. Bureau of Land management officials say the Connor Creek fire is burning just two miles from the small Idaho town south east of Burley. Investigators are trying to determine what may have caused the fire ...

BOISE — The Ada County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that 17-year-old Lee Roy Center has been found safe in a Boise home with no apparent injuries. Deputies activated an Amber Alert for Center on Wednesday night after they feared he may have been endangered by his father. Officials ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A fight over Idaho alternative energy rules is sending out international shockwaves, with a Greek construction company saying utilities’ demands to skirt their contractual obligations to buy power from wind farms are a threat to its business. Athe ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State wildlife officials say a black bear cub rescued from a wildfire burning the backcountry in eastern Idaho will need daily medical care for burns on all four paws. The 25-pound bear nicknamed “Boo Boo” was discovered Sunday night all alone and clinging to a tree in an area recently scorched by fires associated with the Mustang Complex Fire. Efforts to ...

(KLIX)- The Sawtooth National Forest will be opening areas where a fire burned in the South Hills. The Cassia Division and Black Pine is set to open Wednesday morning. Though the closures will be lifted, forest officials insist that people take extra precautions ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More people in the eight-state Mountain West region are expected to make a Labor Day getaway compared with last year. AAA predicts 2.4 million people in the region will travel 50 miles or more during the three-day weekend ...