Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill Tuesday, which would make Idaho the only U.S. state to give preference to a firing squad. Skaug sponsored a bill that became law in 2023 that added back the firing squad as a backup method of execution in the state, but only when lethal injection is not possible because of a lack of execution drugs.

Utah sought to have the case elevated to the federal Supreme Court without first wending its way through lower courts. The court rejected that request Monday. While Utah, Idaho and other states involved in the effort could opt to refile with lower courts, they have not yet done so.

Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Idaho’s neighboring state executed Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010 by firing squad. Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina also permit use of the firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection.

According to a brief Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, 9 million acres of Idaho land managed by the Bureau of Land Management could be affected.

Utah leaders filed a lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of unappropriated public land and Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a Friend of the Court Brief supporting this lawsuit.

Four men were arrested Saturday after two of the men said they followed a vehicle they thought was “stalking” them, shooting at and killing the 17-year-old girl who was driving the car on Friday night,

Four people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the shooting death of a 17-year-old girl Friday night, according to Iron County investigators. Iron County Sheriff Ken Carpenter said the teen and a friend were in a red truck,

Utah leaders filed a lawsuit to take control of 18.5 million acres of unappropriated public land and Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador filed a Friend of the Court Brief supporting this lawsuit.

Public lands advocates worried that allowing Utah’s case to move forward would threaten to upend management of 200 million acres of public lands across the West.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Utah lawsuit against the federal government that could have meant the transfer of millions of acres of BLM land to states, including in Idaho. Marcela ...

Other top spots went to resorts in Utah, Colorado, California and New York, including Vail, Telluride, Deer Valley and Alta. Newsweek readers also voted on the best snow-tubing park. Bogus earned the No. 7 slot in that poll, and Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg took No. 10.

The College of Southern Idaho basketball teams remained inside the Top 25 of the latest NJCAA polls. The CSI women remained unbeaten in Scenic West Athletic Conference play after two wins in Utah over Utah State University-Eastern and Snow College.