The Idaho Department of Corrections is taking steps to reconfigure a portion of the state's largest prison to prepare to ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown.

As one of only four territorial prisons open for tours (like the infamous Alcatraz), the Old Idaho Penitentiary offers a look at life behind bars. In 1872, it started receiving criminals to its ...

A bill that would add punishments for riots to existing Idaho code has been introduced to the Idaho Legislature.

The state spent $111 million on the first phase of the Idaho Highway 16 expansion project, which opened in 2014: a 2.5-mile ...

On Wednesday, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee voted to advance House Bill 83 to the House floor with a recommendation ...

We conclude that the evidence admitted in the record was sufficient to sustain a finding beyond a reasonable doubt by the jury that Von Ehlinger committed the crime of rape,” the court’s decision read ...

Dining halls, gardens tended by the inmates, a piano and paintings done by prisoners create a faint outline of life within these penitentiary walls. It’s definitely worth a visit. Old Idaho ...

A majority of t City Council now want Police Chief Todd Pinion to be terminated but, with the mayor opposing termination and no supermajority, his job remains safe. At Monday's council meeting, ...

Night - Cloudy with a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds from ENE to S at 6 to 16 mph (9.7 to 25.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Rain with a high of 41 °F (5 °C) and a 54% ...

Some Republican lawmakers are trying to make the petition process more difficult in South Dakota, where a ballot initiative process allows residents to adopt new laws ...

“To have something like this happen in a red, business-friendly state was shocking to the entire ski industry,” says a Colorado lawyer who teaches ski law.