3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (140+ words) JEROME, IDAHO – Idaho State Police is investigating a fatality crash that occurred at 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, on interstate 84 at milepost 196.5, in Jerome County. A 65-year-old-male from Pocatello, was driving a 2011 Toyota Avalon westbound on interstate 84 when he had an…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (423+ words) University of Idaho President C. Scott Green will retire on June 30. Green made the announcement during the president’s “state of the university” address Wednesday — an annual event that took a sudden and emotional turn. Addressing the campus community at his alma…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (629+ words) The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday....

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (406+ words) Utah won’t enforce a new law requiring pornography websites to verify users’ ages even if they hide their location. But the state says the exception is only temporary and just for Pornhub’s parent company as litigation over Utah’s restrictions on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (591+ words) From left, incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, Democrat David Roth, and independent Todd Achilles. Idaho Democrat David Roth, who had been running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Idaho Republican Jim Risch, officially withdrew his name from the ballot just…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (875+ words) Months after protestors wouldn’t leave the lobby of the Idaho governor’s office in an attempt to meet with him over anti-transgender bills, a jury on Tuesday found a local minister guilty on a misdemeanor trespassing charge. The jury found the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (164+ words) PULLMAN – On Monday August 31st, 2026, Pullman officers arrested 24-year old Alexander T. Murphy of Pullman, for Rape 2nd Degree and Assault 2nd Degree. The investigation began in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 29th, when it was reported to Pullman Police that a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (99+ words) Big Country News | In Observance Of Labor Day, There Will Be No Garbage Collection On Monday LEWISTON – There will be no garbage collection on Monday, September 7, 2026, in observance of Labor Day. Your regular pickup, including recycling and yard waste, will…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) bigcountrynewsconnection.com Prediction market Kalshi permanently bans former Rep. George Santos over insider trading allegations Prediction platform Kalshi issued a lifetime ban against disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, marking the platform’s first lifetime ban following allegations of market manipulation and…...