Category Archives: Breaking News

Threat Sends Filer High, Middle Schools Into Lockdown

Threat Sends Filer High, Middle Schools Into Lockdown

Blackfoot (670 KBOI News) – Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland says not only is threatening a school not a joke, it’s also against the law. He says Firth High and Middle Schools are open again after going into lockdown this morning.  About 7:15 they got a call, saying a student had made a threat against the…MORE

Idaho AG’s Office Says If You Have a Claim Against Accure Dental, You Need to Act Fast

Idaho AG’s Office Says If You Have a Claim Against Accure Dental, You Need to Act Fast

Boie (670 KBOI) – Former patients of the Accure Dental and Dentures office in Meridian are wondering what to do now that their dentist, Dr. Tera Greene, has apparently disappeared. Idaho Deputy Attorney General Brett Delang says they’ve gotten a lot of calls from patients who have paid for services that never received…if that’s you, he…MORE

Stabbing Victims’ Family Issues Statement

Stabbing Victims’ Family Issues Statement

Nampa (670 KBOI News) – The family of the woman killed in the Tuesday morning stabbing attack turned officer-involved shooting in Nampa is asking for privacy, so they can come to grips with what happened. Kymberlee Larsen’s family issued a statement through the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office, says spokesman Joe Decker. “The family said they’d like…MORE

Update: Nampa Stabbing Victims, Suspect Identified

Update: Nampa Stabbing Victims, Suspect Identified

Nampa (670 KBOI News) – We have an update on that deadly stabbing turned officer involved shooting in Nampa Tuesday. The Canyon County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the man shot and killed by police as 29-year old Evan Bashir of Meridian. Investigators say he killed 22-year old Kymberlee Larsen of Nampa by stabbing and slashing her.…MORE

Idaho Wages Still Lag, But Wage Growth Leads the Nation

Idaho Wages Still Lag, But Wage Growth Leads the Nation

Boise (670 KBOI News) – Not only is Idaho the fastest growing state, and Boise fastest growing city in the nation, but our wages are rising faster than in any other state. Jan Roser is an economist with the Idaho Department of Labor…she says from 2016 to 2017, wages rose 5.3% percent in Idaho, beating the…MORE

Donahue: Deadly Domestic Violence Led to Officer Involved Shooting

Donahue: Deadly Domestic Violence Led to Officer Involved Shooting

Nampa (670 KBOI News) – Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue says a domestic situation deteriorated into a deadly knife attack, and then ended with an officer-involved shooting. Donahue said the incident this morning on Edgebrook Drive began as a stabbing attack by the unnamed suspect on three adult females in the home. The investigation is ongoing,…MORE

Beware the “Dirty Dozen”…no, Not Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson

Beware the “Dirty Dozen”…no, Not Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson

Boise (670 KBOI News) – Tax Day this year is April 16…the IRS is giving you one extra day to file because the 15th is on a Sunday. So…are you still sweating out how to file your federal tax return? Karen Connelly with the IRS Denver office says about 70% of the nation will be able…MORE

Nampa Police Officer Arrested for Prescription Fraud

Nampa Police Officer Arrested for Prescription Fraud

Nampa (670 KBOI News) – We’re learning a little more about the arrest this morning of a Nampa Police officer. According to the Ada County Sheriff’s Office, Officer Jarad Webb was taken into custody this morning on a felony count of prescription drug fraud, and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report. He was…MORE

Thousands Turn Out to Idaho Statehouse to Call for Gun Control

Thousands Turn Out to Idaho Statehouse to Call for Gun Control

Boise (670 KBOI News) – The nationwide March for Our Lives rally took to the streets of Boise Saturday morning, and in other cities in Idaho, to call for more gun control. A crowd of a few thousand protesters, of all ages, turned out to remember the victims of the Parkland Florida school shooting, to bash…MORE

Trade War Fears Lead to Huge Drop on Wall Street

Trade War Fears Lead to Huge Drop on Wall Street

Boise (670 KBOI News) – After a few weeks of slow steady gains, the stock market roller coaster is again dropping quickly. Thursday’s big drop in the major indexes was a symptom of investors’ fears over a looming trade war with China, says Brian Wiley, host of Idaho’s Money Show on 670 KBOI. “The biggest decliners…MORE