Stories from Thursday, January 12, 2023

January 10, 2023 (BOISE, IDAHO) — Elmore County ended the year with 497 total home sales, 26.4% fewer than in 2021, and the lowest level since 2018. Of those, 438 were existing sales while 59 were new construction. Higher mortgage interest rates; combined with the swift home price appreciation in the last several years have lessened demand for housing and impacted buyers’ purchasing power and ability to afford increased monthly payments...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A woman charged with conspiring to kill her two children and her new husband's late wife says she has an alibi, and that the kids were killed while they were at her late brother's apartment. Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell made the claim in court documents filed in eastern Idaho last week in the triple murder case. She is also asking for permission to meet with her husband, who is also charged, for ``strategy sessions'' before the case goes to trial in April...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ A woman who lived at the home where four University of Idaho students were killed awoke to the sound of crying that night to find a masked man in black clothing who walked past her and toward a sliding glass door, an investigator said in court documents unsealed Thursday...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Cellphone data shows that the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November visited the area near the home where they lived and the attack occurred about a dozen times since June, authorities allege in court documents unsealed Thursday...

Beverly A. Dice, age 87, of Mtn Home, ID, passed away at a local care center on January 11, 2023. Arrangements by Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mtn Home.

Idaho State Police is investigating a single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 6:29 a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at milepost 161 on I-84 in Gooding County. A 58-year-old Mountain Home man was driving eastbound on I-84 when his 2016 Dodge Ram pickup crossed the median, traveled through the westbound lanes, and came to rest on the right shoulder of the roadway. The driver passed away at the scene...

Melvin L. Anderson, age 58, of Mtn Home, passed away on January 11, 2023 near Wendell. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.

Christian Michael Postema, age 15, of Mountain Home, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023. Christian’s ashes were laid to rest on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023 at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation was under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...