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Boise State Public Radio
The suspect accused of stabbing a Boise man to death on the Greenbelt this summer has been found to be “dangerously mentally ill” and unfit to stand trial – for now.
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CanvaA sheriff’s deputy opens the door of an Idaho farmhouse where a newborn baby has just died. It’s almost 10 p.m., but the house is filled with adults and children seated anywhere they can find a spot: in reclining chairs, on the wood-stove hearth, on a chest of drawers. Some of the women hold babies in their laps. -
Margaret Albaugh for NPRMost evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes near burn zones in Spokane, despite concerns about lingering toxins.
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The fundraising race is heating up in the fight over Proposition 1, the ballot initiative to overturn Idaho’s strict abortion ban. -
As millions, no doubt, will commemorate this year’s 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Boise’s World Trade Center Memorial invites something quite personal: peace and solitude. -
Officials say the fire, which has now burned more than 15,000 acres and is zero percent contained, was human caused. Nearly 90,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare to leave. -
According to a new report from the Idaho Department of Finance Idahoans lost $88 million to scammers last year. With the rise of crypto, fraud targeting seniors grew to more than $37 million. -
Micron is putting $10 billion into a new advanced research facility in Boise focused on long-term innovations in memory, computing and semiconductor manufacturing.
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