Payne grew up in Laguna Beach, California, and moved to Boise in the eighth grade. He starred at Owyhee (Idaho) High School and after a couple of years playing basketball at Colorado State University found his way back to Moscow and the Idaho Vandals.

She spotted an avalanche on the slope, initiated a transceiver search and immediately acquired a signal, the report said. She pinpointed him with her avalanche probe and yelled for help as she started digging through 3 feet of debris his body was buried under.

Colorado Department of Transportation plow drivers came to the rescue when they stopped a police chase on Interstate 70.

Ice climbers in Lake City noticed a bull elk entangled in a climbing rope near one of the ice walls. Our Lake City wildlife officer, Lucas Martin, received a call about the elk, recruited some backup and deployed to the scene. pic.twitter.com/cewc5vMCEv

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds from WNW to NW at 11 to 13 mph (17.7 to 20.9 kph). The overnight low will be 8 °F (-13.3 °C). Sunny with a high of 36 °F (2.2 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 14 mph (9 ...

An Idaho sheriff and leader of a national law enforcement organization is raising his hand to help the feds crack down on illegal immigration. But in Colorado, lawmakers are working to bolster laws that prohibit such collaboration.

The Legacy Awards are presented annually to individuals who have achieved a lifetime legacy of service in design and construction.

Even when the sun warms up a bitter winter morning and freshly fallen snow gently catches and cradles each footstep, the climb up to St. Mary’s Glacier is a challenge. A group of Colorado

N. Colorado 12-5 We've got another exciting Big Sky matchup on schedule as the Portland State Vikings and the N. Colorado Bears are set to tip at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday at Bank of Colorado Arena. The Vikings are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 79.

Wildlife officials have rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado.

NIC's men's and women's basketball teams return to action on Thursday at Colorado Northwestern of Rangely, Colo.

The National Weather Service had multiple states under winter weather advisories or winter storm warnings early on Friday.