58 stories · Across Idaho

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Under the approach, teachers meet regularly to discuss individual learners' strengths and weaknesses.

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Idaho is now a proud member of states granted Ed Flex waiver status and is eager to make itself a leader when it comes to state-led improvements in K-12 public education.

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Rediscovered Books in Boise celebrates 20 years as a beloved local bookstore since its founding in 2006 by Laura and Bruce DeLaney, who retired in 2024, passing ownership to four former employees passionate about books and community.

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On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Idaho hosted its first 9/11 Day event, where over 300 volunteers packed 115,500 meals for the Idaho Foodbank in two hours to honor the victims through community service.

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BOISE — A white net contrasting a green court can bring a few different sports to mind, but the city of Boise is moving toward dedicated courts for those wielding paddles versus rackets.

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Montana has filed to dismiss its lawsuit against the federal government which challenged the National Park Service’s bison management plan in Yellowstone National Park. The case, filed in Billings federal court in late 2024, argued that park officials intentionally cut the state out of management plans and ignored the agency’s own scientific consensus in order […]

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Calling Charlie Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University “entirely preventable,” his family says he wouldn’t have been shot and killed last year had the university put in place tighter security protocols. Attorneys representing Kirk’s family made the allegations in a notice of claim dated Sept. 9, marking the first time they have publicly blamed the […]

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to increase its benchmark interest rate by a […]

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WASHINGTON — As the November midterms approach, vulnerable U.S. House Republicans voted late Tuesday to require congressional approval for President Donald Trump to continue his war in Iran. Seven Republicans broke ranks and joined all Democrats to pass a War Powers Resolution sponsored by Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat. Tuesday’s vote marked the third […]

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting in this year’s midterm elections ends […]

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Idaho revenue exceeded the state’s forecast for the month of August by $37.5 million, marking the second consecutive month in the new fiscal year where revenue beat projections, according to a new state report. Through the first two months of fiscal year 2027, which began July 1, Idaho’s revenue collections have come in $51.2 million […]

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Republican incumbent Debbie Critchfield and Democrat challenger Becky Sundin Mitchell will face off in a debate next week in the race for Idaho superintendent of public instruction.

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The test requirement applies to barely 10% of the U of I's incoming class — students that fall into a small GPA "donut hole."

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We can’t let the fox watch the henhouse. Independent journalism provides the outside scrutiny the public deserves.

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The dip is not a surprise. District leaders planned for a 600-student decrease when they set their budget for this school year.

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Correction: This story was corrected at 9 a.m., Sept. 16 to reflect that women state prison inmates are not sent out of state due to a shortage of beds. They are sent to county jails. If a woman incarcerated at the South Idaho Correctional Institution in Kuna has a dentist appointment, she has to walk through […]

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Author’s note: This is the second part of a four-part story on the looming extinction of wild Chinook salmon in Idaho’s iconic wilderness river, the Middle Fork Salmon River. The first part details the Middle Fork’s terrible salmon returns of the last decade, which if continued will result in their extinction in our lifetimes. This […]

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As the Idaho Legislature continues to study the state’s health insurance system before reconvening for the 2027 legislative session, the state’s top insurance official recommended having prolonged study of healthcare issues. The suggestion came soon after Dean Cameron, the director of the Idaho Department of Insurance, started speaking to the Legislature’s Health Insurers Working Group. […]

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The Idaho Department of Insurance is investigating why these two reports differ by millions, while schools that have to cover the shortfall await answers.

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WASHINGTON — Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers on Tuesday urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings last year. Former U.S. Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., who led the department during the Obama administration, and Miguel Cardona of the […]