The Drawbridge, a new family-friendly shuffleboard bar, aims to bring good food and fun to eastern Idaho

The Drawbridge is a family-friendly shuffleboard bar opening in Idaho Falls. | Nate Eaton, EastIdahoNews.com IDAHO FALLS — A new business hopes to bring together shuffleboard, good food and fun times. The Drawbridge is holding a grand opening...

Lights Wrestling Kicks Off Season at North Idaho

Havre, Mt – Lights Wrestling will roll out the mats for their first official duel on the road at North Idaho College this Friday. North Idaho is top 10 team at the Juco level and coach Thivierge will look for his first career dual win against the...

Coldest Octobers in Idaho since 1895

Stacker compiled a ranking of the coldest Octobers in Idaho since 1895 using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Rankings are based on the lowest average temperature in each month. For each of the coldest months listed...

At central Idaho’s Stibnite Gold Mine, crews start initial construction 

Officials with Perpetua Resources announced Tuesday they broke ground on early construction for the Sibnite Gold Project located just outside the border of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in central Idaho. Located in the Payette...

Yearlong training prepares Hispanic church planters in the West

BOISE, Idaho – Melvin Oliva, an active Christian for many years, started studying the Bible with purpose this August. His pastor, Tim Martin, had asked him if he wanted to join Idaho’s first class of the yearlong Residencia de Plantación de...

Only One Idaho Falls City Council Candidate Attends Stand Up for Idaho Public Forum

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — In a public forum hosted by Stand Up for Idaho, six city council candidates were invited to engage with residents, but only one showed up: Jared Dominick. The event, aimed to provide a platform for candidates to address...

How Chartwells Higher Education boosted concessions sales at Boise State

Boise State University Broncos fans are enjoying new menu items and quicker lines at Albertsons Stadium thanks to changes made by foodservice provider Chartwells Higher Education. Chartwells took over the foodservice contract for the Boise, Idaho...

Perpetua commences early construction at Stibnite gold project in Idaho  

Perpetua Resources has announced the start of early works construction at the Stibnite gold project in Valley County, central Idaho, US. The news comes after the company successfully secured $139m in financial assurance and received confirmation...

For ‘Boots’ star Angus O’Brien, Hicks is more than chaos and camouflage

Angus O’Brien brings to life one of the funnest and most fascinating characters from Boots on Netflix, Hicks — a chaotic and lovable recruit at the U.S. Marine Corps who enters the pantheon of iconically cryptic smirks in pop culture. Except, this...

Trump’s policies are devastating Idaho farmers

By Lauren Necochea and Sally Toone Reader Contributors Family farms built Idaho and grew to feed the world, but they’re being pushed to the breaking point. President Donald Trump promised to fight for America’s farmers, to bring jobs back, boost...

Idaho’s 2026 Health Insurance Rates Hold Steady Amid Rising Costs Elsewhere

Here’s the good news for Idaho residents shopping for health insurance in 2026. Your premiums won’t see the jaw-dropping hikes that many other states are grappling with. A modest rate increase? Sure. But compared to double digits in other places?...

La Niña to bring cold, wet winter to Idaho County, Northern Rockies

The 2025–26 winter is shaping up to be colder and wetter than normal across the Northern Rockies — including north-central Idaho — as a developing La Niña pattern takes hold, according to the National Weather Service office in Missoula....

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Three women become choked up as they deliver...

Commentary | Brenna Galdenzi: Don't be lulled by Fish & Wildlife's whitewashing of trapping

The recreational trapping season in Vermont begins on October 25 and runs through March 31, 2026. This includes the use of baited steel-jawed leghold traps and body-crushing kill traps, as well as underwater cage traps that drown multiple animals...

Closed burning season ends for Idaho

“Closed fire season,” the five months of the year when state burn permits are legally required in Idaho, ended Monday, Oct. 20. Burn permits are normally required from May 10 through Oct. 20 each year and are issued by the Idaho Department of...

Six Idaho Educators To Be Honored With 2025 Vandal Outstanding Educator Award

MOSCOW, Idaho — University of Idaho’s College of Education, Health and Human Sciences (EHHS) is proud to announce the 2025 Vandal Outstanding Educator Award winners. Nominated by U of I students, these K-12 educators have made a lasting impact,...

Forging Bonds: Singapore Air Force trains alongside American Airmen in Idaho desert skies

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, IDAHO, UNITED STATES 10.22.2025 MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — The skies above Idaho came to life this September as the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) launched Exercise Forging Sabre 2025 — an...

This Week in Sports & Entertainment: A Tale of Comebacks and Cautionary Tales

Welcome back to the Spotlight! This time of year, the color orange not only evokes pumpkins and falling leaves, but also basketball. Indeed, the NBA season tipped off this past week, replete with intrigue and excitement on and off the court....

An Idaho Courtyard Where Hotel Guests (and Sheep) Can Mingle

By Timothy A. Schuler In the 1930s, a publicist working for a resort developer nicknamed Idaho’s Wood River basin “Sun Valley” and coined the tagline “Winter sports under a summer sun.” At 5,750 feet above sea level, the alpine valley is...

KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Its Newest Community in Highly Desirable Kuna, Idaho

KUNA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 22, 2025-- KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the largest and most trusted homebuilders in the U.S., today announced the grand opening of Journeys End, a new-home community in highly desirable Kuna, Idaho. Just 20...