Mountain Home Police say they have a suspect in custody in connection with the stabbing of five people at a local bar early Sunday morning. Police say 26, Juan S. Tabares, who resides at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, is charged with five counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated assault and one count of destruction of evidence...
State Considers Taking Over Water Pollution Permitting
Currently Idaho is one of four states that doesn’t run the program that regulates water polluters under the Clean Water Act. All point sources of pollution, from city sewer systems to industries, dairies and storm water systems must get a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit...
Department of Labor: Fine Employers Who Miss Deadline
The state Department of Labor wants to fine employers who don't comply with a law requiring them to report new hires within 20 days. Most employers don't comply with the state law passed in 1997, making it harder for officials to track things like overpaid unemployment benefits and deadbeat parents who owe child support...
The Hailey Police department is confirming that 55-year-old Jon Anderson and his ex-wife, Linda Vaughn, were found dead this morning in their Bellevue home.
A caretaker found the bodies. Police say at this point they are treating the case as a murder-suicide...
State Could Be forced to Sell Off Storage Business
Idaho's endowment trust could soon be forced to sell a self-storage business in Boise that's ignited criticism that the state inappropriately meddled in the private sector. Rep. John Vander Woude of Meridian introduced a bill Tuesday to require the Land Board to sell or lease all improvements on endowment-owned ground, and sell all business operations...
Two Peruvian nationals involved in a marriage fraud scheme in Idaho have entered guilty pleas. The U.S. attorney's office says 30-year-old Jenny Sedano-Vilcapoma of Ketchum pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud while 36-year-old Rudy Isla-Mejico of Bellevue pleaded guilty to marriage fraud...
There are currently six commission seats in Twin Falls to fill. According to the times-news, there are three seats vacant on the city’s planning and zoning commission, two seats on the Impact Fee Advisory panel and one seat available with the city's Traffic Safety commission...
Mountain Home Police are looking for a man who they say stabbed five people at a bar early Sunday morning. The stabbing took place at At about 1:45 Sunday morning, at a bar called Charlie's Place. Rae Ann Stoecker owns a store across the street from the bar...
NTSB Report On Micron CEO Crash Due Later This Week
An NTSB report on the plane crash that killed Micron CEO Steve Appleton is due out sometime this week. The 52 year old was killed after his experimental plane crashed at 8:56 a.m. in between two runways at the boise airport. He was the only person on-board...
Micron CEO Steve Appleton has been killed in a plane crash at the Boise Airport. His experimental fixed wing single engine Lancair crashed around 9 a.m. in between two runways at the airport. KTVB-TV in Boise reports a chilling recording from air traffic controllers paints the picture of panic shortly after take-off.
Idaho State Police is investigating after an off-duty officer's loaded service weapon was found in the parking lot of a taco restaurant in northern Idaho. Officials say the officer took off his holster to change his license plates, placed the ...
Fire officials are calling a home destroyed by a in Burley a total loss. The blaze broke out at 1850 Bennett Avenue just before midnight. Investigators say the fire started in the garage of the home. Steven Rupert and his daughter were home at the time but were able to escape without injury...
Electronic cigarette sales to kids would be banned under a bill that unanimously cleared Idaho's House yesterday. Thursday's 68-0 vote sends the measure to restrict the nicotine delivery devices to the Senate. E-cigarettes, as they're known, have been around for about a decade, consisting of battery-powered pen-like devices that vaporize what's often a nicotine-laced liquid into a mist for inhala
A proposal to oust the Occupy Boise movement's tent village from state-managed land near the Capitol has been diverted in the Senate, as lawmakers opened the door to postponing when the protesters must leave, as well as allowing them more time to reclaim property they leave behind...
The state Department of Education has released the results of a 2011 survey of high school students. The department gathers the data from students every two years as part of the Idaho Youth Risk Behavior Survey. In the latest survey, the percentage of students who said they were engaged in a physical fight one or more times dropped from 29 percent in 2009 to 26 percent in 2011...
State Lawmakers Consider Another Texting While Driving Ban
Lawmakers are making another run at banning texting while driving after legislation in past sessions stalled. The Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday voted to consider making texting while driving an infraction. It's now due a full hearing...
Democratic lawmakers rolled out their plan to create jobs this morning. IJOBS 2.0 is made up of six bills ranging from tax credits to an accountability measure. According to the Spokesman-Review, the plan includes a requirement to public disclose details of tax incentives directed to corporations, including purpose, amount, and how many jobs were created each year...
House Speaker Lawerence Denney faced detractors in his Republican caucus over his handling of an fight over redistricting last week, where he and GOP Chairman Norm Semanko tried unsuccessfully to fire two of their own party's commissioners...
According to a new report, Idaho's suicide rate in 2009 was the fourth highest in the nation. According to the American Association of Suicidology. Idaho's suicide rate was 19.7 per 100,000 people in 2009 -- or 304 suicides. The national average was 12 per 100,000...
Republican Representative Jim Patrick of Twin Falls has declared his intention to run for the District 25 Idaho Senate seat in this year's election. Patrick, who has served in the House since 2006, Tells the Times- News he decided to run for the vacant seat after looking at the new map of Idaho legislative districts approved Friday...