May 16 2022 Idaho Primary Election Results By News Desk and Marc Levy, Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Idaho's election results and maps for the 2022 midterm primary elections. Continue reading
Apr 08 Idaho Supreme Court temporarily blocks new abortion law By Associated Press The Idaho Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a new state law that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allow it to be enforced through lawsuits. Continue reading
Mar 30 Health care provider sues over Idaho's strict abortion ban By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers. Continue reading
Mar 17 Washington state governor signs bill that prohibits Texas-style abortion lawsuits By Rachel La Corte, Associated Press A measure that prohibits legal action against people seeking an abortion and those who aid them was signed into law Thursday by the governor of Washington, a move designed to rebut recent actions by conservative states. Continue reading
Oct 26 Coroner identifies suspect in Boise mall shooting that killed 2 By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob Bergquist. Police say Bergquist died at a hospital late Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Oct 25 Police say 2 killed, 4 injured in Idaho mall shooting By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press At a news conference, authorities said officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The majority of the mall has been cleared but police were still looking for any additional victims. Continue reading
Sep 16 Idaho rations health care statewide as COVID surge drags on By Associated Press Idaho is one of the least vaccinated U.S. states, with only about 40 percent of its residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 7:43 As overrun Idaho hospitals ration care, doctors fear a COVID peak may still be weeks away COVID-19 cases in Idaho are up more than 40% in the last two weeks, and hospitalizations up 25%. Some hospitals in the state's northern part are having to ration the care they give. Idaho has one of the nation’s lowest… Continue watching
Sep 07 Idaho enacts crisis hospital care standards amid COVID surge By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press The activation includes 10 hospitals and healthcare systems in Idaho's panhandle and north-central Idaho. The move allows hospitals to allot scarce resources like intensive care unit rooms to those most likely to survive. Continue reading
Sep 03 Idaho hospitals nearly buckling in relentless COVID surge By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Intensive care beds are full of unvaccinated coronavirus patients at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, and doctors are bracing for the need to conserve scarce resources for the patients most likely to survive. Continue reading