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Local & Regional More-moderate GOP candidates fend off challenges More-moderate GOP candidates fend off challenges

In primary results for the Idaho Legislature, Republican incumbents and business-backed moderates appeared to be beating back challenges from libertarian-leaning challengers who sought to turn the state GOP establishment on its head.

Crime N. Idaho man sentenced in fatal hammer attack N. Idaho man sentenced in fatal hammer attack

A northern Idaho man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 43-year-old woman in a violent hammer attack on her and members of her family in Bayview nearly two years ago.

Local & Regional Idaho to boost prison medical staff

The Idaho Department of Correction has agreed to increase staffing and dramatically increase medical care oversight as part of a long-running lawsuit over conditions at a prison south of Boise.