Bank Robber Remains at Large
On Monday afternoon just after 4:30, a panic alarm at the Horizon Credit Union in Spokane Valley sounded, and an employee reported the credit union was robbed by a man who handed a teller a note saying she would be shot if she didn’t give him money. Deputies quickly arrived and set up a perimeter […]
Read MoreVehicle Roll Over Crash
A vehicle hauling a trailer with another vehicle on it was involved in a roll over crash on Highway 95 at mile post 230.5. There were injuries but no additional details have yet been released. Numerous local emergency responders were called out. Nobody else was hurt.
Read MoreMan Jumps to His Death on I-84
Idaho State Police are investigating a death Sunday morning around 8:30 on eastbound Interstate 84, near milepost 56 in Ada County. Police say an SUV driven by a 23-year-old woman from Twin Falls, was eastbound, when a 25-year-old male passenger, also from Twin Falls, simply got out of the vehicle while it was in motion […]
Read MoreOne Suspect Taken Into Custody / One Suspect Shot
A robbery suspect was taken into custody and another was fatally wounded Sunday in St. Regis, Montana. The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the Sander’s County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montana Highway Patrol was part of an officer-involved shooting near the travel center that began with an armed robbery in Osburn, Idaho. Investigators […]
Read MoreBird Comments Sought
Idaho Fish and Game is seeking public comments on statewide migratory game bird season proposals for the 2023-2024 season in the Panhandle and elsewhere in the state. The comment period comes after some hunters in Northern Idaho over the past year or so, have been dissatisfied with the season structure during the 2022-2023 season and […]
Read MoreWire Fraud and Identity Theft Sending Washington Man to Prison
A man from Washington is headed to federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. 43 year old Ryan Tichy of Seattle, was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison after prosecutors proved that from at least May 2018 through November 2020, Tichy executed a scheme to defraud, in which he obtained the means […]
Read MoreWinds Sicken Chickens
A recent study of chicken farms in the West found that high winds increased the prevalence in outdoor flocks, of a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the largest single cause of foodborne illness in the U.S. Researchers found that about 26% of individual chickens had the pathogen at the “open environment” farms in the […]
Read More3 Idaho Farmers Settle Suit
According to federal prosecutors, three farmers in Eastern Idaho have paid a total of $500,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent Coronavirus Food Assistance Program applications. The settlement resolves allegations that the three knowingly and impermissibly included millions of pounds of potatoes on applications by two of them […]
Read MoreTraffic Stop Leads to Drug Charges
Tuesday afternoon, Idaho County Deputies assisted the Grangeville Police Department with a traffic stop on the Truck Route in Grangeville. K9 Millie was deployed and alerted on the vehicle. 46 year old Leonard Kelso of Nezperce was arrested. He now faces charges, including felony possession of methamphetamine.
Read MoreWinter Survival Numbers Dip
According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, statewide winter survival for mule deer fawns and elk calves fitted with tracking collars has shown to be slightly lower through the end of February. Fish and Game biologists are monitoring 182 mule deer fawns and 149 elk calves that were captured in early winter and […]
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