For Idahoans, keeping up with the case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell has often felt they are like watching a bizarre television drama play out. Now, in a nod to the idea that truth is stranger than fiction, a made-for-TV movie inspired by the tragic story will hit the small screen this summer.
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If you own a home, then more than likely you have fruit trees on your property, and like many homeowners, you have no real idea how to make the trees be productive and have good quality fruit. (They don’t give new homeowners a tutorial on fruit tree care at closing, but it would sure help). …
The Madison County Farm Bureau has donated funds for a livestock scale to University of Idaho Extension and 4-H in Madison County.
The U.S. Postal Service office in Newdale was vandalized with a lone egg smashed inside the office.
A heavy windstorm on Saturday damaged the screen at the Teton Vu Drive-in theater.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The coronavirus is one of the likely factors fueling a boom in large ranch sales in the U.S. West, real estate industry professionals said.
ISLAND PARK — The Sawtelle Mountain Resort is undergoing a facelift.
ST. ANTHONY — Thanks to the purchase of two St. Anthony Industrial Park parcels the city will pay off a $250,000 Development Company loan used to develop the park. The organization is also known as the East Idaho Planning and Development Association.
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BOISE — The Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday defeated the public school budget for teachers on a tied vote, after debate that focused alternately on whether Idaho wants to pay its teachers, and whether “critical race theory” is somehow being promoted in Idaho public schools because …
BOISE — The Legislature’s joint budget committee decided Tuesday that Idaho should spend $1.7 million to continue a stepped-up Idaho State Police presence at the state Capitol and the Idaho Supreme Court through the rest of this fiscal year and the next.
For Idahoans, keeping up with the case of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell has often felt they are like watching a bizarre television drama play out. Now, in a nod to the idea that truth is stranger than fiction, a made-for-TV movie inspired by the tragic story will hit the small screen this summer.
State wildlife biologists and conservation officers are pleading with antler hunters and backcountry visitors to stay away from deer and elk herd wintering areas in early spring to avoid stressing animals during this critical time.
The Idaho Falls Zoo began its 2021 season Saturday, with a few major renovations in the works and a return to mostly normal operations.
BOISE — The Idaho House voted unanimously Wednesday to repeal a portion of state law that grants exceptions to the criminal definition of rape when someone is married to the alleged perpetrator.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a "pause" in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, a development that could jeopardize the rollout of vaccines around the world.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence on Thursday, delivering his first major action on gun control since taking office.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The boyfriend of a Wyoming woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested, police said Tuesday.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Following a missing child search that began early Friday afternoon, Cheyenne Police discovered the body of 2-year-old Athian Rivera in a dumpster in the 400 block of Desmet Drive.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world got its first close-up look at a Mars landing on Friday, as NASA released a stunning picture of its newest rover being lowered onto the dusty red surface.
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Jewish Americans from a variety of branches of the faith are celebrating Hanukkah with smaller-than-usual gatherings this year, in hopes of keeping the year-end holiday safe but still joyful as coronavirus cases spike across the country.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Joginder Chaudhary was his parents’ greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village.