Idaho lawmakers weigh proposals to expand med schools

Idaho officials are weighing several proposals on how to train and recruit more doctors in the state, including expanding an entirely new program in the Treasure Valley. Lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year requiring 10 more spots for Idaho...

Idaho Fish and Game recognize two hunter education instructors on 45 years of service

Idaho Fish and Game is pleased to announce that two hunter education instructors in the Clearwater Region were recently recognized for 45 years of service to the program. David Owsley of Orofino and Mike Hallisey of Deary were the recipients of...

10 Best Places to Live in Idaho, According to Real Estate Experts

If your idea of a perfect weekend consists of skiing, hiking, fly fishing, or mountain biking, there’s a very good chance you’ll enjoy life in Idaho. A state known for its natural splendor and outdoorsy residents, Idaho attracts the kind of people...

Idaho State Police has sent more than 50 immigrants to facilities for deportation

Idaho State Police have helped transport more than 50 people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE — many of those people were convicted of crimes, a couple appear to have been charged but their charges dismissed, and a few had been...

Pac-12 power rankings for Week 10: Boise State on top, San Diego State rises as new era creates opportunity, pressure and coaching changes

Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline — an assessment of the eight teams in the rebuilt Pac-12 as if they were competing in the conference this season. We’ll even recognize one lucky team as the regular-season champion. The power rankings will...

CFP Vibe Check: Nine teams bow out of playoff race

Is Texas A&M the best team in the SEC? I will not spend the next 1,500 words trying to figure that out, though I'm sure some of you will do so in your head, but the answer to the question isn't what's important here. It's that you can ask that...

Trump’s ‘Stupid’ Drug War Killings Put Military In Untenable Position, Former GOP Attorney General Of Idaho Says (Op-Ed)

“Trump’s repeated killings in the Caribbean are more performance art than military necessity.” By Jim Jones, former Idaho Attorney General via Idaho Capital Sun President Donald Trump has made a dramatic show of making America’s military blow up...

“Idaho Catholics urge Congress to pass bill protecting foreign-born religious workers”

Eastern Idaho, Idaho (KIFI) - The Catholic community in Idaho is advocating for Congress to pass a bipartisan bill aimed at protecting foreign-born religious workers from deportation. Currently, the Diocese of Boise hosts 79 active priests, 22% of...

Immigration agents raiding NYC's famed Canal Street confronted by protesters

An immigration enforcement sweep targeting vendors on Manhattan's famed Canal Street turned chaotic on Tuesday after droves of angry New Yorkers surrounded federal agents and attempted to block them from driving off, prompting arrests and fierce...

Idaho Governor Brad Little Comments on Recent FBI Raid

Yesterday, Idaho Governor Brad Little made a comment on the FBI raid in Wilder on Sunday. The FBI led a months-long investigation into a horse-race track that allegedly ran a gambling enterprise operation. Governor Little says, "The state of Idaho...

College Football Playoff Vibe Check, Week 9: 9 teams bow out of race, while 2 SEC squads might already be in

Is Texas A&M the best team in the SEC? I will not spend the next 1,500 words trying to figure that out, though I'm sure some of you will do so in your head, but the answer to the question isn't what's important here. It's that you can ask that...

Idaho universities propose hundreds of new state-supported medical school seats

Lawmakers this year set a goal to subsidize tuition for 30 additional medical school students annually, an effort to ease state’s doctor shortage. But university leaders want to go well beyond that. On Monday, medical education administrators from...

Idaho legislators respond to updated budget projections

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Idaho is currently projected to end the current fiscal year with a deficit of $56.6 million according to an October update of the General Fund Budget Monitor released by the Idaho Legislative Services Office. This is a $496.4...

Idaho, UT, WA Vacationers At Risk If Planning Mexico Visit Soon

October is America is when the weather starts taking a change for the worse and cooler temperatures stick around for the following six to seven months, so it's a time of year when many people head to warmer destinations to use some of that much...

Boise professor to explain proposed Ketchum government form

On Thursday at 5:30 p.m., The Community Library will host Boise State University public administration and political science professor Stephanie Witt to discuss the differences between the council-manager and council-mayor forms of government...

Boise's District 6 city council candidates lay out priorities ahead of Election Day

BOISE — Three candidates are vying for election in Boise’s District 6. Here’s what to know about the district and the candidates looking to represent it on city council over the next four years as Election Day approaches. Boise’s District 6...

Idaho judge denies request to dismiss ‘trans’ athlete’s lawsuit before it reaches SCOTUS

Chief U.S. District Court Judge David Nye ruled Oct. 14 that Lindsay Hecox, a male “transgender” athlete, cannot drop his lawsuit challenging Idaho’s law protecting women’s sports, saying it would be “fundamentally unfair” to end the case before a...

Idaho high school football media poll Oct. 22, 2025

Week 9 CLASS 6A Team W-L Pts Pvs 1. Eagle (7) 8-0 47 2 2. Rigby (3) 7-1 37 3 3. Timberline 7-1 30 4 4. Rocky Mountain 7-1 26 1 5. Highland 6-2 5 5 Others receiving votes: Coeur d’Alene 2, Mountain View 2, Madison 1. CLASS 5A Team W-L Pts Pvs 1....

5 Catholic priests could be forced to leave Idaho due to immigration law changes

Five foreign-born priests in eastern Idaho may be forced to leave by June 2026 due to immigration law changes and visa processing delays, threatening regular access to Sunday Mass for thousands of Catholics. The 79 priests of the Diocese of Boise,...

Idaho empowering cops to assist ICE. Other states should take notice.

While some sanctuary states like Washington are doing their best to obstruct federal immigration law, red states like Idaho are doing their best to give federal law enforcement a helping hand. According to the Idaho Statesmen, police in the Gem...