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American grocery store company Albertsons of Boise, Idaho backs out of a $24.6 billion merger deal between Cincinnati-based grocer Kroger and files a lawsuit against them that includes a $600 million termination fee.
2024-12-11

In the first legal challenge to a state's abortion law since the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn "Roe v. Wade", the Department of Justice (DOJ) files a lawsuit in a federal court against the state of Idaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a "near-absolute ban" on abortion in Idaho.
2022-08-2

An Idaho man who was seen hanging on the United States Senate balcony during the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, pleads guilty to obstruction of Congress, and agrees to help prosecutors. A former Oklahoma City Thunder employee pleads guilty to demonstrating in the Capitol building, and is fined $500.
2021-07-14

In the United States, the Oregon counties of Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur, and Sherman all approve measures that would require county officials to take steps to promote moving the Idaho border west to incorporate their populations. These counties join Jefferson and Union counties that have already passed similar measures, while Douglas and Harney counties are voting on similar measure in upcoming elections.
2021-05-19

Eight people are feared dead following a mid-air collision between two planes flying over Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, US, both of which then crashed into the waters. Two of the victims' bodies have already been recovered.
2020-07-5

Winter Storm Jacob continues to move eastwards across the northern United States, bringing up to 26 in of snowfall from Montana to Idaho and Utah and down into the Sierra Nevada of California.
2020-01-16

The U.S. Department of Energy cancels a shipment of 100 pounds of spent nuclear fuel (estimated value $200 million per year) to Idaho after failing to agree on terms that required a waiver to their 1995 agreement.
2015-10-23

The United States Federal Government recognizes same-sex marriage in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming, bringing the total number of states with recognition of gay marriage to 32.
2014-10-25

An Idaho man, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, is charged with the attempted assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama, after two bullets are found embedded in the exterior of the White House. The President and First Lady were not present at the time of the alleged attack.
2011-11-17

A fault discovered in Idaho could produce an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude.
2010-11-18