Idaho National Guard

Around 40 Idaho National Guard members from the Magic Valley are headed on a year-long mission in Southwest Asia

The governor has activated the Idaho National Guard to help hospitals and the Idaho Department of Correction with COVID-19 response.

Investigators say pilots of an Idaho National Guard helicopter lost visual reference of a mountain side during bad weather before crashing near Boise in early February that killed all three onboard.

Idaho National Guard soldiers and airman returned to Boise on Sunday, welcomed by the governor and the adjunct general of Idaho, after assisting with the presidential inauguration last week in Washington D.C.

Gov. Brad Little pleaded with Idaho lawmakers to not end the emergency declaration enacted nearly a year ago to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak at such a pivotal time as the vaccine is being distributed.

About 300 soldiers and airmen with the Idaho National Guard are headed to Washington D.C. to support federal and district agencies during the upcoming presidential inauguration.

Gov. Brad Little has moved Idaho back to Stage-2 of his reopening plan and will deploy 100 guardsmen in response to the rising numbers of COVID-19 infections.

The Idaho National Guard in sending 400 troops to Washington D.C. amid protests in the capital region to work with local police to protect monuments and buildings.

The Idaho National Guard has welcomed a new commanding general. KTVB-TV reports that Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and other National Guard members met at Gowen Field Sunday for a change of command ceremony.

The Bureau of Land Management has ordered the Idaho National Guard to stop building a tank crossing on a road in a national conservation area until an environmental analysis is finished and the BLM decides whether to grant a permit.

This weekend, the Idaho National Guard will host an open house and air show for the first time in 20 years. Gowen Thunder is set for Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Boise airfield.

The Idaho National Guard is mourning the loss of one of its own today.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) A new memorial at Gowen Field now stands in Boise to honor soldiers killed in the line of duty during deployment to Iraq since 2004.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says Maj. Gen. Gary Sayler will continue serving as the commanding officer of the Idaho National Guard despite no longer being the state's federally recognized adjutant general.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) The Idaho Army National Guard will mark a change in designation and reorganization this weekend at Gowen Field.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Soldiers with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team of the Idaho Army National Guard are in Romania ahead of a large multinational military exercise.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX)- The Idaho National Guard is mourning one of its own who passed away this week.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The National Guard is looking to consolidate 21 small armories across Idaho into nine regional armories, with plans for the first one to be built in the Magic Valley.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A soldier from southwestern Idaho has been injured by hostile fire in Afghanistan. The Idaho National Guard says 42-year-old Sgt. Albert Vieth, of Star, was flying on a mission Sunday in a Black Hawk helicopter when a shot fired from the ground hit him in the forearm, exited, and then went through his shoulder.