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An Idaho soldier has been killed Tuesday in a noncombat incident while touring Iraq.

The pep rally was really a cover for an awesome homecoming reunion between a military father and his son.

BOISE -- The body of an Idaho soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last week arrived in Boise Saturday night. News Channel 7 reports Private First Class Shane Wilson was just 20 years old.  He graduated from Kuna High in 2011. Wilson died on Oct...

BOISE -- The Department of Defense has announced that a soldier from Idaho has died in Afghanistan. The military on Saturday said 20-year-old Pfc. Shane G. Wilson of Kuna died Thursday in Khost. The cause wasn't given. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division based in Fort Campbell, Ky...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Army say the remains of a soldier slain in Afghanistan will be returned home to northern Idaho on Friday. Twenty-two-year-old Spc. Ethan J. Martin was killed by enemy fire on Aug. 7. A news release from the Army says Martin's remains will arrive at the Sandpoint Airport at 10 a...

(KLIX)-The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Ethan J. Martin, 22, of Lewiston, Idaho, died Aug. 7 in Koragay, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he encountered enemy small-arms fire...

(KLIX)-The Department of Defense says 24 year old Pfc. Cody O. Moosman was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Moosman is from Preston Idaho. He was killed July 3, in Gayan Alwara Mandi, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire...

By Claudette Roulo American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012 – The Defense Department remains focused on efforts to return the only U.S. service member known to be in Taliban captivity to his family, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt...

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.

The body of an Idaho soldier returned home Monday. Sgt. Chris Workman, whose family lives in Rupert, died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Workman's body was transferred to his family during a private honorable transfer ceremony at Boise's Gowen Field Monday afternoon.

The family of a U.S. Army soldier from Rupert received news Friday that their son had been killed when their helicopter crashed in Afghanistan.  Minico High School graduate, 33 year old Chris Workman, died in that crash as they were evacuating wounded from a suicide bombing site...

Kimberly Nurseries is showing support for the troops by sending a crew to the home of a deployed soldier for a half day spring trimming and clean up. Do you know a soldier that you’d like to nominate?

(AP) - Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit organization.The action star has already put his lavish home in nearby Hailey  on the market, as well as the local bar he owns, for a combined $19 million.

(AP) - Military officials say the body of U.S. Army soldier from Jerome will be turned over to his family at a private honorable transfer ceremony Friday at Magic Valley Regional Airport in Twin Falls. Twenty-seven-year-old Sgt. Daniel J. Brown died March 24 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan after he was injured when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.

A soldier from Twin Falls is recovering in a San Antonio, Texas hospital after being severely injured in an IED explosion in February 7th.  The Times News reports that Army Pvt. Terence “Bo” Jones lost both legs and his left arm was severely injured in that explosion in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan...

Snow lovers in Idaho, especially in the ski town of McCall, are rejoicing as word of an opening date nears Friday for Brundage Ski Area. Wednesday the community officially kicked off the ski season.  Brundage officials reported 2 inches fell Tuesday and in the last 48 hours a total of 7 inches fell on the base of the mountain. Brundage officials say they will be opening Friday morning at 9  with t

Many of the states ski resorts still aren’t open thanks to a lack of snow.  Magic Mountain south of Hansen still hasn’t opened and neither has Soldier Mountain near Fairfield.  Brundage Mountain is counting on an incoming snow storm to make their 50th birthday celebration something to remember.

With the Christmas break beginning for school kids around the valley local ski resorts would love to capitalize on the business.  But so far only two area ski resorts are open.

A national website reports that an Idaho soldier who has been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years may have tried to escape from his captors.

A U.S. Army soldier from Idaho Falls has died from injuries sustained in an explosion in Afghanistan. Lisa Pardonnet tells Idaho’s news channel 7 that her nephew, 28-year-old Army Corporal Ryan Sharp, died at a hospital in Germany. Sharp and his platoon sergeant were on an evening reconnaissance mission in the Kandahar province when his partner slipped on a landmine...