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Overview
The Idaho Statesman in Boise is Idaho's largest newspaper by circulation and the main paper for the legislature and the Ada County courts. The Idaho Press in Nampa, the Coeur d'Alene Press, the Lewiston Tribune, the Post Register in Idaho Falls, the Idaho State Journal in Pocatello, the Times-News in Twin Falls, the Moscow-Pullman Daily News and the Bonner County Daily Bee cover their regions, and Idaho Education News and the Idaho Capital Sun cover state policy online.
Idaho newspapers publish the legal notices required for trustee sales, estates and government actions, carry obituaries for 44 counties, and hold court coverage that complements Idaho's iCourt case search.
Official sources on this page were checked on September 25, 2026.
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Idaho Newspapers
Find local and statewide newspaper publications for Idaho. Access news, sports, classified, entertainment, and archived articles.
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Major Idaho newspapers and what they cover
The Statesman covers Boise, the Capitol, the Idaho Supreme Court and the federal court, with back issues from the 1860s onward in the digital archives. The Idaho Press covers Canyon County and the western Treasure Valley. The Coeur d'Alene Press covers Kootenai County and the Panhandle, the Lewiston Tribune covers north central Idaho and the Nez Perce reservation, the Post Register covers Idaho Falls and the Idaho National Laboratory, and the Times-News covers the Magic Valley. Weeklies such as the Idaho County Free Press, the Challis Messenger, the Wood River Journal and the Preston Citizen carry county commission minutes, sheriff's reports and district court filings.
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Historic Idaho newspapers online
Idaho's historic newspapers are digitized through the Idaho Digital Newspaper Project at the Idaho State Historical Society, which contributes territorial and early statehood titles to Chronicling America, and the Society's research center in Boise holds newspaper microfilm for the whole state. The Boise Public Library provides free access to the Statesman archive with a library card, and the University of Idaho Library in Moscow holds northern Idaho titles.
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Legal notices, public notices and obituaries in Idaho
Idaho law requires trustee sale notices, probate notices to creditors, name changes, tax deed proceedings and county and city hearings to run in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, and the Idaho Press Club and Newspaper Association of Idaho publish a statewide notice search. Obituaries run in the Statesman and the regional dailies, and the Idaho State Historical Society's obituary index covers older years. Court coverage pairs with iCourt, the Idaho courts' statewide case search.
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Straight answers
Idaho Newspaper Directory, questions
What is Idaho's largest newspaper by circulation?
The Idaho Statesman in Boise, followed by the Idaho Press in Nampa, the Coeur d'Alene Press, the Lewiston Tribune, the Post Register and the Times-News.
Where are historic Idaho newspapers online?
The Idaho Digital Newspaper Project contributes territorial and early statehood titles to Chronicling America free, and the Idaho State Historical Society holds the rest on microfilm.
Where are Idaho trustee sale notices published?
In a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the property sits, collected in the statewide Idaho public notice search.