Innovia Foundation Opens Scholarships for 2026–27 Academic Year

SPOKANE, WA — Innovia Foundation has opened applications for its 2026–27 scholarship programs, offering financial support to students across Eastern Washington and North Idaho pursuing higher education or career training. The foundation manages more than 50 regional
AG’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Cold Case Unit Secures First Conviction

OLYMPIA, WA — The Washington State Attorney General’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Cold Case Investigations Unit has secured its first conviction since being established, following a guilty plea in a nearly decade-old homicide
Idaho gas prices drop below $3 for first time since early 2024

BOISE, ID — Idaho drivers are seeing some relief at the pump as the state’s average price for regular gasoline has dipped below $3 per gallon for the first time since January 2024, according to AAA Idaho.
House Passes Bipartisan Bill Authorizing National Mall Memorial Honoring World War II Home-Front Women

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed bipartisan legislation authorizing the National Mall as the site for a memorial honoring the millions of women who worked on the home front during World War
Doctors, health care services contribute billions to Idaho’s economy, new report shows

BOISE, ID – In Idaho, doctors and a flurry of health care services contribute billions to the state’s economy, a new economic report found. Commissioned by the Idaho Medical Association and the Idaho Coalition for Safe Healthcare
High-Tech Helpers: NORAD Volunteers Track Santa’s Journey

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Each December, millions of families around the world follow along as Santa Claus makes his Yuletide trek around the globe, but the holiday tradition wouldn’t be possible without the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s
Texas, Florida label CAIR a terrorist group as other GOP governors stay silent

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The governors of Texas and Florida have declared the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group a foreign terrorist organization, but they may stand alone. None of their Republican counterparts in other states seem ready to
Senators call for highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly two dozen U.S. senators urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a letter, to “prioritize” a vaccine strategy for the highly pathogenic avian influenza. The virus has impacted more than 184 million commercial
School Bus Drivers Airlifted, Students Treated Following Southern Idaho Crash

Update 10:50 a.m. – December 15, 2025 Idaho State Police have confirmed that one juvenile student involved in the school bus crash on State Highway 25 was transported by air ambulance to a hospital in Utah for
Two Southern Idaho Men Sentenced for Illegal Bighorn Sheep Hunts

POCATELLO, ID – Two men were sentenced in federal court for violations of the Lacey Act, U.S. Attorney Bart Davis announced. Jerrod Randall Farr, 54, a licensed outfitter and owner of White Cloud Outfitters, and Michael Timothy