Boise (670 KBOI News) – As you’re driving around in the neighborhood of Borah High School tomorrow, don’t be alarmed if you see a lot of police and emergency vehicles there. The Idaho Office of Emergency Management, along with the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies, will be conducting an emergency training exercise from 8:00…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – It’s that time of year again, when dry lightning strikes set off wildfires wherever a dry thunderstorm rears its ugly head. In the Boise District of the BLM, dry lightning caused seven fires in Southern Idaho. The largest is the East White Fire, at about 1,500 acres. It’s 25 miles southeast…… MORE
Washington DC (670 KBOI News) – Remember a few months back, when we told you about a sample of weapons-grade plutonium, on loan from the INL to Idaho State University, that’s been missing for 14 years? Well, it’s happened again. Patrick Malone, a reporter for the Washington DC-based Center for Public Integrity, says two employees of…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – An outdoor cat is dead from what is possibly plague in Elmore County. According to a statement from the Central District Health Department, the cat — which was being cared for by a family — was known to hunt whistle pigs, which are carriers of fleas, which carry plague. Last spring,…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – Ada County home prices set a record in June…jumping 6.4% over the previous record prices set in May. The Idaho Statesman is reporting the median price in Ada County last month was $324,647, up from $305,000 in May. In Canyon County, the median price in June was right at $225,000 which…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI) – The Ada County Coroner has released the name of a man killed in a motorcycle crash Wednesday. Gary Rupert, 52-years old, of Meridian died of blunt force trauma when he crashed on I-84 eastbound, near the Broadway exit ramp. Rupert was not wearing a helmet…he was taken to St. Al’s Trauma Center,…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – A man is in the Ada County Jail on an aggravated battery charge after a stabbing in Boise’s Basque Block early this morning. CBS-2 TV is reporting police were called to the 110-block of South 6th early this morning, after reports came in of two men fighting. James Peterson was caught…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – The City of Boise wants to spend more than $150,000 for a sculpture on Vista Avenue, and they want to hear what you think of three proposals. The City paid three artists $1,000 apiece for their submissions, and will award an additional $147,000 to the artist whose submission is selected, to…… MORE
Meridian (670 KBOI News) – Here’s an update on a story we had for you last week. The driver of one of the semis involved in a deadly crash near Twin Falls on I-84 July 3rd was driving on a suspended license. The Idaho Press is reporting it happened in a construction zone where all westbound…… MORE
Boise (670 KBOI News) – A Mexican man is under arrest after Boise police busted him with an estimated $110,000 worth of drugs. It happened in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on Overland Road. Police saw a man acting suspiciously, and confronted him. CBS-2 TV reports they found seven pounds of meth and 556 grams…… MORE
