Idaho’s health and welfare director told U.S. senators Tuesday morning he would work to better the country’s foster care and adoption systems if confirmed as an undersecretary for family support.

"You try not to bring that home, but I think in a capital case, it's hard to leave at the office," a former Idaho Supreme Court justice said.

U.S. senators for Idaho Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are again proposing a bill to split the existing 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — a federal court with jurisdiction over much of the West — into two courts.

A man was arrested last week and accused of placing his cellphone in a bathroom at a dairy farm to record a woman. Drew Sparrow, 44, of Weston, Idaho, was arrested for investigation of voyeurism/recording.

The average cost of gas in Twin Falls is still $3.47 per gallon, according to the AAA of Idaho. The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in Idaho is $3.48, which is the same as last week, 10 cents more than it was a month ago, yet 11 cents cheaper than it was a year ago.

Rock Creek Rural Fire Protection District Chief Aaron Zent warns that unique weather patterns and human activities pose significant wildfire risks in the region

A 30-year-old man was arrested Tuesday near Big Timber, Montana, regarding two felony warrants and questions about an alleged Idaho Falls murder. According to a Facebook post by the Sweet Grass County Sheriff’s Office,