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The University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, circa 1915

Idaho (/ˈaɪdəhoʊ/ ^ⓘ, EYE-də-hoe) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km²), Idaho is the 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the 13th-least populous and the seventh-least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.

For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho had been inhabited by natives. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area which was disputed between the U.S. and the British Empire. Idaho officially became a U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. The state was eventually admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, becoming the 43rd state.

Forming part of the Pacific Northwest (and the associated Cascadia bioregion), Idaho is divided into several distinct geographic and climatic regions. The state's north, the relatively isolated Idaho Panhandle, is closely linked with Eastern Washington, with which it shares the Pacific Time Zone—the rest of the state uses the Mountain Time Zone. The state's south includes the Snake River Plain (which has most of the population and agricultural land), and the southeast incorporates part of the Great Basin. Idaho is quite mountainous and contains several stretches of the Rocky Mountains. The United States Forest Service holds about 38% of Idaho's land, the highest proportion of any state. (Full article...)

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Aerial view from southwest in 2024

The P1FCU Kibbie Dome, known simply as the Kibbie Dome and formerly named the Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center, is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. It is the home of the Idaho Vandals of the Big Sky Conference for four sports (football, tennis, indoor track and field, soccer). Basketball was played in the venue until the autumn 2021 opening of the adjacent Idaho Central Credit Union Arena (ICCU Arena).

The Kibbie Dome opened 55 years ago as an outdoor concrete football stadium in October 1971, built on the same site of the demolished wooden Neale Stadium. Following the 1974 season, a barrel-arched roof and vertical end walls were added and the stadium re-opened as an enclosed facility in September 1975. (Full article...)

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... that an Idaho TV station lost its network affiliation after less than two years on the air but did not permanently close for another decade?
... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
... that Warren Truitt served as a legislator in Oregon and a judge in Alaska in the 19th century, and as both a legislator and a judge in Idaho in the 20th?
... that Idaho's Ridgevue High School collaborated with a local museum to select their mascot, which honors the P-40 Warhawk World War II fighter plane?
... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track?
... that Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
... that several mining communities in Idaho during the late 19th century were majority-Chinese?
... that in its first full month on the air, an Idaho TV station had the highest prime-time viewing share of any independent station in the United States?

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May 9, 2021: Three injured in a school shooting in Idaho, US; sixth grader in custody

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Image 1All female survey crew - Minidoka Project, Idaho 1918 (from History of Idaho)
Image 2Seal of Idaho Territory 1866-1890 (from History of Idaho)
Image 3City of Rocks National Reserve (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 4Morning Glory Spire (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 5Bath Rock (from National Parks in Idaho)
Image 6Köppen climate types in northern Idaho (from Idaho panhandle)
Image 7Seal of Idaho Territory 1863-1866 (from History of Idaho)

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Image 1Tumblers in the 1933 issue of the Boise High School yearbook
Image 2The downtown area of Atomic City, Idaho
Image 3The Boise City National Bank in 1974
Image 4An aerial view of the Power County wind farm in Power County, Idaho
Image 5The city beach in Sandpoint sits on Lake Pend Oreille
Image 6At the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Southwestern Idaho in September 2003 Capt. Christopher Stricklin ejected from the USAF Thunderbirds number six aircraft less than a second before it impacted the ground at an air show at the base. Stricklin, who was not injured, ejected after guiding the jet away from the crowd of more than 60,000 people
Image 7The Sawtooth Valley from Galena Summit, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho
Image 8The Treasure Valley from the east side of Bogus Basin

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