LEWISTON - On Friday, February 26, 2021, a large-scale COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held at the Schweitzer Engineer Laboratories facility in Lewiston from 8:30am - 3:00pm. The facility is located at 2821 Juniper Drive.

UPDATE: The Idaho County Sheriff's Office reports the family has been found safe.

More days of declining COVID-19 case reports in Idaho have helped bring the state's seven-day moving average below 250 cases per day, marking an average last seen in September. On Saturday, state and district health officials reported 138 confirmed and 46 probable cases of COVID-19, for a daily total of 184. By Saturday, the statewide seven-day moving average of new confirmed and ...

Initiatives for an effort to move the Oregon/Idaho border will be on the May 18 ballot in five Oregon counties, according to the group known as 'Move Oregon’s Border'. County clerks have already awarded measure numbers to initiatives in Grant, Malheur, and Sherman counties. The organization …

LEWISTON - Several miles of US12 east of Kooskia closed Sunday at 4 p.m. (PST) due to a considerable avalanche hazard. Given that the forecast calls for heavy precipitation — including a mix of snow and rain — the closure is anticipated to last for an extended time, according to the Idaho Tr…

Last year, 600,000 Idahoans were eligible to file their state and federal taxes online for free.

Perpetua says the mine is one of the highest-grade gold deposits in the nation and would provide the only mined source of antimony in the U.S. Mining revenue will pay for the cleanup work, the company says.

Idaho COVID-19 vaccine planners have decided who to put at the front of the line for virus shots. But they are in a pickle as they decide how to structure the rest of the line.

BOISE — A bill to allow all drivers in Idaho, regardless of their immigration status, to obtain driving credentials after the proper training course was introduced Friday in the Idaho Legislature.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s promised comprehensive immigration legislation hit the Hill on Thursday, but Democrats cautioned that the legislation represents the president’s “vision” for the system and not necessarily a bipartisan package. “It’s our vision of what immigration reform should look like. And it’s a bill we can all be proud of,” Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who is ...

BOISE - A bill in the Idaho house proposes to remove city and county government's ability to use a misdemeanor penalty when creating local ordinances, and limit the fines local governments can impose. A bill sponsored by Rep. Barbara Ehardt proposes that a first-time violation of any city or…

BOISE — The Idaho Department of Correction will see its smallest budget increase in over a decade in the 2022 fiscal year, according to a budget update presented at a Tuesday Board of Correction meeting.

SEATTLE — Snake River spring-summer chinook could be nearly extinct by 2060 and interventions are “desperately needed” to boost survival in every stage of their lives, scientists warn. The findings, published Thursday in the journal Communications Biology, modeled survival of eight populations of wild Snake River Basin spring-summer chinook during the ocean phase of their life, under various ...

Idaho's coronavirus positivity rate fell for the sixth week in a row and the number of new confirmed cases statewide dipped again Thursday, with the state adding only 210. The testing positivity rate was reported Thursday as just 5.8% for the week of Feb. 7-13, out of 24,627 tests performed. The last time the state's positivity rate was ...

BOISE - Idaho Governor Brad Little issued an expanded statement Thursday morning on the proposal from Congressman Mike Simpson related to salmon recovery and dam removal.

Feb. 18—U.S. Capitol Police is investigating a report that Western Idaho's U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher allegedly assaulted an officer at the Capitol building, a congressional reporter said Wednesday. Huffington Post's Matt Fuller, who covers Congress, tweeted that police on Wednesday interviewed him about an incident he witnessed involving Fulcher at the metal detectors outside the House floor on ...

BOISE - The Idaho Medal of Honor Commission announced on Feb. 10 that Idaho Fish and Game Senior Conservation Officer Randy Martinez is among six Idaho law enforcement officers awarded the Idaho Medal Of Honor.

LEWISTON - According to the National Weather Service, snowfall totals in Lewiston far exceeded previous records for February 15. As of late yesterday, 3.7 inches of snow was reported for the day, and snow continued to fall.

LEWISTON - Just before 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, Lewiston Police received a call from operators at Sirius XM that a 2020 Infinity QX80 was involved in a crash at 1020 Snake River Avenue. Police were not able to immediately locate a vehicle. Officers eventually found the car at the Mountain Dew Sk…

LEWISTON - Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston, posted a message on his Facebook page on Thursday in response to U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson’s $33 billion plan to remove the four lower Snake River dams. In the statement, von Ehlinger called Simpson a “traitor” and demanded his resignation.

EMMETT, Idaho — The two dozen demonstrators pressed against the emergency room doors, screaming to be let in. “Show us the law!” they chanted. “Let Grandma out!” one shouted. They had descended on Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, the evening of Jan. 29 to protest the quarantine of Gayle Meyer, a 74-year-old patient who had refused to take a test for the coronavirus. ...

LEWISTON - Lewis-Clark State College has signed a memorandum of understanding and agreement with the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) for a co-admission and co-enrollment partnership as well as a financial aid consortium agreement, all of which will help students who want to attend both insti…

KAMIAH - Kamiah High School's Jace Johnson, 18, was recently named “Idaho’s Top Youth Volunteer of 2021” by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, America’s largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer service.

LEWISTON - Lewis-Clark State College alum and award-winning poet Michael Wasson will give a virtual reading of some of his work on Wednesday, February 17, as part of the LC State Visiting Writing Series, sponsored by the college’s Humanities Division.

OROFINO, ID - According to the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office, just before 10:00 a.m. on Monday, a 2002 Suzuki XK7, owned by John Wood Jr. of Orofino, and operated by a female juvenile with one male juvenile passenger, both from Orofino, were involved in a crash approximately 1.3 miles u…

Citing last week's crash that claimed the lives of three Idaho National Guard pilots, a U.S. senator is calling for an investigation into the recent string of fatal crashes involving Black Hawk helicopters. In a letter dated Friday to newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, asked the new Pentagon chief to investigate.

MOSCOW - Breastfeeding women with COVID-19 do not pass along the SARS-CoV-2 virus in their milk, but may actually transfer milk-borne antibodies that are able to neutralize the virus, a multi-institutional team of researchers led by the University of Idaho has reported.

LEWISTON - The 43rd annual Seaport River Run is moving forward in 2021 with a little twist to keep everyone safe, by going virtual. The virtual fun run will have the same options of 5k and 10k.

LEWISTON - Registration is now open for the 4th annual Lewis-Clark State Women’s Leadership Conference, which will be held virtually on March 5, 2021. This year’s event will have the theme “Leading Through the Unknown.”

LEWISTON - The Lewiston High School Music Department is now selling (COVID style) Singing Valentines to be delivered in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley residents on Friday, February 12, 2021.

COEUR D'ALENE - This year, the North Idaho State Fair in Coeur d'Alene plans to expand the typically five-day annual fair to 10 days. The fair is the largest in North Idaho and the third-largest fair in the state.

LEWISTON - A southern Idaho Congressman is pushing a plan that includes breaching the four lower Snake River dams. Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson is proposing the creation of a $32 billion “Columbia Basin Fund” for salmon recovery and restructuring of the Pacific Northwest, which would include $150…

LEWISTON - Just before 6:00 p.m. on Friday, the Lewiston Police Department received reports of a shooting in the Rosauers parking lot located at 332 Thain Road. A 911 caller reported that her brother had been shot. The LPD says officers arrived on scene within two minutes of the shooting and…

BOISE - Two local elementary school teachers in Potlatch and Juliaetta have been nominated to receive the nation's highest honor for teachers in Math and Science. Leigh Wilson, a fourth grade teacher at Potlatch Elementary, and Angela Tweit, a kindergarten teacher at Juliaetta Elementary, ar…

WINCHESTER - On Friday, February 5, 2021 at approximately 8:21am, Idaho State Police and medical crews were dispatched to an injury collision on US95 at milepost 284, just north of Winchester.