A bogus Twitter account set up five weeks ago in the name of Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has been shut down _ only to reopen with the real governor sending out tweets.

James Loe scored 23 points to lead Louisiana Tech to a 76-62 win over Boise State on Saturday night.

Federal regulators are accusing an Idaho businessman of conning at least $40 million from investors and using the money to make credit card payments, pay for snowmobiles and a mansion in Idaho Falls.

Just two months after saying more local job cuts weren’t expected, computer chip maker Micron Technology Inc. announced it will slash as many as 2,000 workers by the end of August and phase out certain manufacturing operations at its Boise, Idaho facility

Two boys who wandered away from their families were plucked to safety by an Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter after spending the night in a freezing southwest Idaho canyon.

At least two Idaho food banks and a Washington state homeless shelter appear to have gotten donated fish pulled from an Idaho lake without being aware of a state warning about high mercury levels in such fish.

An Idaho food bank last year gave away thousands of pounds of donated local fish without being aware of a state health department warning that eating too much of the mercury-contaminated fish could be dangerous for pregnant women and children.

Ada County sheriff’s officials said they are running blood tests on about 192 jail inmates who may have shaved with used, disposable razors. A jail deputy may have mistakenly given inmates used razors earlier this month. The razors were left in a storage

Ada County sheriff’s officials said they are running blood tests on about 192 jail inmates who may have shaved with used, disposable razors. A jail deputy may have mistakenly given inmates used razors earlier this month. The razors were left in a storage

Employees at an Idaho pizzeria are using more than $115,000 earned from tips over the past 13 years to pay for a weeklong tropical vacation.