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After living here for nearly eight years, I'm constantly fascinated by the negative reviews Idaho receives from all kinds of kinds. When homegrown locals who can't wait to get out of the state start to confide their Treasure Valley troubles to me, I struggle to identify with them. After moving around the world for military life, I can't imagine calling another state my home.

Idahoans took to the internet to give their hilariously blunt reactions to Little winning the Governor GOP election.

The Meridian Fire Department recently noted the growing number of juvenile fire-setters in the Treasure Valley. via GIPHY In their informational brochure, Juvenile Fire-Setters, the MFD highlights the critical need to understand why children are compelled to play with fire. Dat...

As common as most accidents and crimes tend to be, the following true stories take the cake for being some of the most bizarre in Idaho and Utah. Until we found the sources, we couldn't believe these incidents actually happened.

Easy tips for newbies going out to the bars - it's really not too complicated.

Why something needs to change: because 1 in 4 students miss school due to this.

This summer concert series just got a whole lot cooler!

Nothing says "Idaho" quite like parades, rodeos, outdoor activities, homemade cooking and a giant fireworks show.

Idaho is divided into three geographical regions which include the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia Plateau, and The Basin and Range Province. Idaho’s unique landscape boasts plains created by volcanic eruptions, river-cut canyons including the deepest canyon in North America, and glacial trenches.

My pasty, sick-Victorian-child-like complexion was indistinguishable from the chalk-colored bathroom walls. My dark blue ripped jeggings looked like they stood unassisted by my skeleton. Horrified, I doted on the winter white-girl syndrome that had ravaged my body. How long had I walked around looking like printer paper? How long had I gone without a spray tan?