A Senate committee agreed Idaho’s boating laws governing gross negligence are too vague and backed a measure aiming to help judges mete out appropriate punishments for mariners who put others’ lives at risk. The bill, which cleared the Senate Judiciary …
An eastern Idaho judge has suspended the work release for a former Rigby councilman convicted of insurance fraud. The Post Register reports that 7th District Judge Gregory Moeller made the order Wednesday concerning Lawrence Blackburn. Idaho Deputy Attorney General Kenneth …
An Idaho man who reported a road rage encounter with a Portland, Ore., police captain is suing the officer and city. In August 2011, Todd Wyatt waved his gun and badge in the window of his truck after he and …
A Democratic lawmaker whose district includes an apartment pool where a 6-year-old boy drowned says it might be a good idea for legislators to look at bolstering regulations to make such pools safer. “We need to know why children die …
Idaho State Police say they have issued 66 citations statewide for texting while driving since the texting ban took effect a year ago. The Post Register reported that 16 of those citations since July 1, 2012, occurred in Bonneville County. …
The number of BASE jumping accidents in Twin Falls, Idaho, is up this year. But rescue crews and local law enforcement say there is no cause for concern that the rescues are draining staff time or valuable resources. So far …
Officials in the south-central Idaho city of Jerome have sent a $96,000 bill for firefighting costs to the owner of a downtown apartment building destroyed in a blaze. KTVB-TV reports in a story Wednesday that Sylvia Moore received the bill …
Officials in Jerome, Idaho, say a fire that destroyed an apartment building and damaged two nearby buildings last month started when a woman accidentally left a hot glue gun on a plastic chair. Fire Chief Jack Krill says a woman …
An eastern Idaho woman is suing the federal government for an injury she sustained in 2011 when her all-terrain vehicle rolled down a hill located in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Karleen Linford, of Inkom, filed a complaint Thursday seeking almost …
Monsanto Co. mining officials are investigating the engineering and safety of the water treatment system at its new phosphate mine after a holding pond sprung a leak and dumped water and sediment into a nearby wetland. Monsanto reported the March …