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Two local schools claim spring academic state championships
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — The Magic Valley had two academic state champions during the spring sports season. Starting with the only 6A school in the area, Canyon Ridge. The Riverhawks baseball team put together a combined 3.69 GPA and put up...

Warfare in Big Cities Could Send Refugees to Idaho
They Want People Shot! Activists are demanding that Democrats risk being shot. I'm not making this up. When I first saw the story on Axios, I nearly did a double-take. Multiple Democrats serving in Congress are home visiting with constituents and...

Food Processing Distributor Nelson-Jameson Announces '2026 Farm-to-Table Celebration: Art Calendar Contest'
The award-winning series will be a year-long celebration of food and art MARSHFIELD, Wis., July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Nelson-Jameson, a leading distributor in the food processing industry, has announced the continuation of its award-winning...

Well-built St. Amant group poised for next step
Most gators lurk around swamps. The St. Amant Gators have “The Pit.” They’ve had a sturdy reputation in the hyper-competitive Baton Rouge area, and 2024 was no exception. St. Amant went 7-4 with just one loss by more than a possession. However, it...

2 tips in Travis Decker manhunt leads Marshals to Idaho forest
Federal agents in Idaho are investigating at least two tips about recent reported sightings of fugitive Travis Decker, wanted on three counts of first-degree murder in connection the late May killings of his three daughters ages 5, 8 and 9. The...

An Extra Base for Safety
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —High School baseball diamonds will look a little different in 2027 thanks to a new rule passed by the National Federation of State High School Association. This new rule is the addition of a double first base in...

TV’s Jean Bruce Scott to star in Idaho Repertory Theatre’s ‘Driving Miss Daisy’
MOSCOW - Television acting veteran Jean Bruce Scott joins University of Idaho’s Idaho Repertory Theatre for a production of Alfred Uhry’s “Driving Miss Daisy,” a moving story brought to life by a seasoned cast. There will be nine shows starting...

Country Music Star Billy Currington is Coming to Eastern Idaho
A country music star is making his way to Pocatello. Billy Currington will be performing at the Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheater this Saturday. Currington has been topping the country charts for two decades now. He wrote platinum certified hits...

The billionaire booster who has plan to save college sports from itself
DALLAS — He doesn’t need this. He can walk away right now, and leave the unseemly unraveling of college sports to someone else. Hop on a plane and escape Washington D.C. and the land of everybody's got an angle, and be home in the DFW Metroplex in...

SportsCenter will be live from Louisville on Wednesday
This summer, SportsCenter is traveling across America, broadcasting live from a different state each day for 50 consecutive days. This week, they’re swinging through the Bluegrass. On Wednesday, SportsCenter will be live from the Louisville...
Who’s playing where? A cheat sheet on college sports realignment
By The Associated Press The upcoming year for college sports has at least a modest sense of stability: The $2.8 billion House settlement has been approved, clearing the way for schools to share millions in revenue with their athletes, and major...
USF to wear all-black vs. Boise, Jim Leavitt to be recognized Oct. 3
In what some may be considered a defiant gesture to the late-summer sun’s ruthlessness in these parts, USF announced Tuesday it will wear black uniforms for its Aug. 28 season opener against Boise State at Raymond James Stadium. Kickoff for the...

Idaho Nurse Jailed In 2018 Murder Case Reinstated: Locals React
Reactions from Idaho residents from Boise to Twin Falls and beyond have been steadily showing up on social media since news broke that a nurse involved in the 2018 murder of a Colorado mother during the Thanksgiving holiday has had her license...

A Grip on Sports: After a brief introspective dilemma, we finally realize it is the local stories that bind us together on life’s journeys
A GRIP ON SPORTS • Journeys are oftentimes smooth. Other times? The bumps can be so intense as to make one wonder why you took it. ••••••• • My trip around the Interweb on Monday was the former. Trying to share what I learned with you later was...

College Sports Chaos: MW defectors criticize decision on Grand Canyon
The Mountain West grew immediately by another school Tuesday, but the news wasn’t welcomed by at least two of the defecting schools. Grand Canyon will be eligible to compete for conference championships and NCAA postseason berths beginning in the...
Stuve: 10 U.S. sports venues I wish to visit
ALEXANDRIA — Stadiums can look quite boring, but also quite unique. I am a fan of unique stadiums, whether they’re uniquely good or uniquely bad. If they’re unique, I like them. Whether it’s the design of the stadium, its amenities and atmosphere,...
2025 College Football Media Days Calendar for all FBS Conferences
2025 College Football Media Days Calendar for all FBS Conferences originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Media days have arrived! Today marks the unofficial beginning of the college football season with the Big 12 event taking place in Frisco, TX....

Horrifying health update from firefighter who survived Idaho sniper shooting that killed two of his colleagues
A firefighter who survived the deadly Idaho sniper ambush that left two of his colleagues dead may never walk again. Dave Tysdal, 47, was paralyzed after suffering a single gunshot wound to his back which collapsed his left lung, damaged his...

Supreme Court to Hear Trans Sports Bans from West Virginia, Idaho
One week after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Court announced it will take on two more critical cases in its next term—this time, over transgender students’ rights in school sports....

This Day In Sports: Britain has a finalist, however…
2012: British tennis fans rightfully wondered if they’d ever again see a homegrown champion at Wimbledon—men’s or women’s. BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…July 8, 2012: Andy Murray, the first British player to make the Wimbledon men’s final in...