Idaho

Prosecutors are urging the judge in the Moscow college student murder case to reject defendant Bryan Kohberger’s alibi submitted earlier this month and limit how his defense can present the evidence at trial.

RATHDRUM – Lynn Peacock’s simple command, “Ziva, attack,” sent her 1-year-old German shepherd into a full sprint until its teeth latched onto decoy, Saul Garcia, who was sporting a padded bite suit.

A memorial service has been scheduled for Tobin Bolter, the first Ada County sheriff’s deputy to be killed in the line of duty. 

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion violates a federal law that guarantees necessary treatment in medical emergencies, as the court’s conservative majority deals with the fallout from its 2022 decision that overturned a nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy.

Dr. Becky Uranga has always loved working in emergency obstetrics. As an OB-GYN, she and her colleagues at OGA Women’s Health rotate emergency shifts, when Uranga spends 24 hours covering labor and delivery and caring for Treasure Valley patients with urgent medical needs.

The judge in the University of Idaho student murder case has lifted the court’s order prohibiting contact with prospective jurors and ruled that Bryan Kohberger’s defense team can continue its surveys, without modification, in its effort to justify a change of venue.

Ada County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tobin Bolter, 27, died after he was shot during a traffic stop Saturday night – the first in-the-line-of-duty death in the office’s history.

Rep. Sue Chew, the longest serving Democrat in the Idaho Legislature, died on Wednesday following a battle with pancreatic cancer, officials with the Idaho Democratic Party said.

Following a legislative session with no action taken to clarify or amend Idaho’s near-total abortion ban, some residents have formed a political group called Idahoans United for Women and Families to explore options for a possible 2026 ballot initiative that would restore and protect access to reproductive care statewide, including abortion.

A yearlong trespass order has been dropped against a man who was arrested after refusing to leave a Bonner County Commissioners meeting in January, and criminal charges were dropped against another man who was similarly arrested twice.

Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger met the Wednesday deadline to file their client’s alibi defense in the murder case against him in the deaths of four University of Idaho students in November 2022. In a 10-page filing near the end of the day, Kohberger’s attorneys added extra details about where their client said he was at the time of the early morning knife attack at an off-campus house in Moscow. ...

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily allowed a ban to take effect in Idaho on gender-affirming treatment for minors, a signal that at least some justices appear comfortable with wading into another front in the culture wars.