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UNION COUNTY – Oregon may be stereotyped as being full of left lane campers on the highway, but there is still a limit on what is considered a reasonable speed when passing a slower vehicle. One young lead foot was recently charged by Oregon State Police after being caught at upwards of 125mph on I-84 near La Grande. T

MERIDIAN, Idaho (CBS2) — Downtown Meridian will turn into a daylong Oktoberfest celebration Saturday, Oct. 3 as Meridian Oktoberfest returns to Idaho Avenue and Second Street with food, drinks, live music, local vendors, family activities and traditional contests. Hosted by the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, the festiva

TWIN FALLS—Sixty-four Idaho businesses raised $37,000 for local nonprofits in September by competing in a pair of rock, paper, scissors tournaments hosted by First Federal Bank. The bank’s annual Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournaments of Champions drew 32 businesses to the Twin Falls Downtown Commons on Sept. 17 and another

BOISE — Southwest Idaho is about a week into fall, but except for a day here and there, sweaters have stayed in dresser drawers and pumpkin spice lattes largely have been of the iced variety. “We’ve been about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal in the Treasure Valley,” David Groenert, meteorologist at the National Wea

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Thursday's failed execution in Tennessee is renewing attention on Idaho's own difficulties carrying out lethal injections, including the failed 2024 execution of Thomas Creech. Idaho attempted to execute Creech on Feb. 28, 2024. Three medical team members tried eight times over 58 minutes to estab

High pressure is taking control across southwest Idaho, bringing a stretch of unusually warm and dry weather to start October. Temperatures will climb into the low 80s across the lower valleys this afternoon, running around 10 degrees above normal. While this won’t be the hottest start to October we’ve seen, if Boise r

The Idaho Transportation Department is giving a heads up to drivers to prepare for lane closures at the Garrity Interchange (Exit 38) on I-84

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Valley Regional Transit (VRT) is rolling out major changes to finetune routes based on rider feedback and route performance. Previously connecting Ten Mile Crossing to the Village, Route 30 has been discontinued. VRT says it worked with the City of Meridian to identify optimal travel options such

Bend, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded more than $9 million in grant funding this week to fire departments and first responder organizations across Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The funding is designed to help local organizations obtain the staff, equipment and operational support needed f

There will be four new entrants to the Medicare Advantage market in 2027, according to CMS data. In contrast, 11 payers that sold individual MA plans in 2026 won’t offer them next year, and the largest insurers collectively are pulling out of hundreds of counties nationwide. Here are the...