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An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case
An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case. Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murders of four University of Idaho students
The 30-year-old criminology graduate student accepted a plea deal Wednesday, agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison in order to avoid a trial that could have landed him on death row.

Man started Idaho blaze and then fatally shot 2 firefighters in ambush, officials say
Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.

One rookie steps up as the Nez Perce wildfire crew grays
Farrell Hayes represents something that veteran firefighters say is harder to come by these days: a young person who wants to get involved in firefighting.
Bureau of Indian Affairs keeps mum after fatal police shootings on Duck Valley, Fort McDermitt reservations
Cousins Cody Whiterock, who died in 2024, and Kirby Paradise, who died four years prior, were shot by BIA police on remote Idaho-Nevada reservations. Years later, their families are still seeking answers.

Immigration
Idaho’s Owyhee County joins ICE agreement to enforce immigration law
ICE agreements ended under the Obama administration following abuses like racial profiling of Latinos are back under Trump. This county on the Oregon-Idaho border has signed on.

These 2 media figures spark a press freedom debate in Washington state Legislature
Jonathan Choe and Brandi Kruse challenged Washington’s press credentialing system, reshaping access rules and highlighting tensions also seen in Oregon and Idaho as traditional media gatekeeping faces growing pressure.

Northwest advocates, immigrants on edge following flurry of contradictory, confusing executive orders
Attorneys for unaccompanied minors ordered to stop work without explanation, followed by sudden reversal.

Think Out Loud
Women tell stories of their abortions for Idaho’s Pro-Voice Project
We talk with PVP founder Jen Jackson Quintano and another woman who has told her story publicly, Desi Ballis.

Idaho bills could bring Bible reading, Ten Commandments to public schools
New legislation could require the Bible to be read every morning in public school classrooms across Idaho. One of the bill’s goals is for schools to read the Bible in its entirety over 10 school years.