Category: Idaho

Judge Splits Trials of Couple Charged in Triple Murder Case

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho—A married couple accused in a bizarre doomsday-focused triple murder case will be tried separately, an Idaho judge ruled Thursday. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce determined that Lori Vallow Daybell would stand trial as planned on April 3, but Chad Daybell’s trial would take place at a later date, EastIdahoNews.com reported. Chad Daybell…


Pennsylvania Unseals Search Warrant in Idaho College Killings

STROUDSBURG, Pa.—Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight, and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, according to newly unsealed court documents. The records were made public Tuesday, two months after Pennsylvania State Police arrested Bryan Kohberger…


Idaho Bill Would Bring Back Execution by Firing Squad

BOISE, Idaho—Idaho could bring back firing squads as a method of execution under legislation introduced by a panel of lawmakers Wednesday. The state eliminated its never-used firing squad option in 2009, but has been unable to secure the drugs needed for lethal injection executions. Only Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, and South Carolina currently have laws allowing…


Idaho House Passes Bill to Explore Absorbing Counties From Eastern Oregon

The Idaho House has voted in favor of a bill to pursue merging nearly a dozen conservative-leaning counties in eastern Oregon with neighboring Idaho. On Feb. 15, the Idaho chamber voted 41-28, with one abstention, supporting HJM1—the “Greater Idaho” bill. The bill now moves to the state Senate for a final vote. A movement known…


Ranchers Since 1878: Dad With Over 100,000 Acres Says He’ll Pass It on Intact to One of His Kids

When this Idaho-based rancher family’s six children reach the age of nine, they become bonafide cowboys and girls. It was their third great-grandfather, Frank Carl Herman Bedke, who started ranching in 1878, and now their father, Ryan Bedke, a fifth-generation rancher, is working hard to carry on the practice the traditional way. Thirty-nine-year-old Bedke lives with…


30 Percent of Counties Vote to Secede From Oregon, Join Greater Idaho | Facts Matter

After many years of being fed up with the policies coming out of Portland, over 30 percent of the counties in Oregon have voted to secede. Specifically, they voted to leave behind Oregon, and instead join the state of Idaho—in the process creating a new state that would be called Greater Idaho. Out of the…


Heartbroken Over Girls Hating Their Bodies, Counselor-Mom Pushes for State Law Change

Peggy McFarland’s conscience wouldn’t let her stay silent. As a mother, teacher, and licensed professional clinical counselor, McFarland has repeatedly seen girls become conditioned to despise their own bodies, especially when they hit puberty. “I just feel so brokenhearted,” she told The Epoch Times, “when I have seen how they start hating their bodies and…


Governor Wins Lawsuit Against Protest Encampment Outside Idaho Capitol

Idaho Gov. Brad Little recently announced that the state has won a lawsuit from a group of protestors who set up camp near the Idaho State Capitol, from January to March 2022. In a public statement, Little said that “Idaho is not Portland, L.A., San Francisco, or Seattle where public officials have engaged in failed…


Court Records Reveal What Police Found in Idaho Murder Suspect’s Apartment

A court in Washington state on Wednesday unsealed a series of documents that detail what detectives were looking for and what they have found at University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s apartment. Kohberger, a criminology student at Washington State University, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary…


The White Sedan: How Police Found Suspect in Idaho Slayings

MOSCOW, Idaho—The white sedan cruised past the gray, three-story rental home on a dead-end street in Moscow, Idaho. Then again. And again. It was unusual behavior in the residential, hillside neighborhood in the quiet hours before dawn. And according to a police affidavit released on Jan. 6, surveillance videos showing the vehicle that November night…