2025 in Idaho

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2025 in Idaho

Incumbents
- Governor: Brad Little (Republican)

Events
- January 27: Idaho lawmakers call on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Obergefell v. Hodges same-sex marriage ruling.

- February 6: The Idaho House passes a bill to make firing squad the state’s main method of execution (by a large margin).

- March 5–12: The Idaho Senate also approves making firing squad the primary method of execution. Governor Brad Little signs the bill into law, making Idaho the first state to designate a firing squad as its primary execution method. The change takes effect later in 2025.

- March 17: The Idaho House unanimously approves a bill to allow the death penalty for rape and sexual abuse of children under 12.

- March 27: The governor signs the child-sex-abuse death-penalty bill into law; it takes effect July 1, 2025, and could raise constitutional questions.

- April 5: Police in Pocatello fatally shoot Victor Perez, a 17-year-old with autism, who was holding a knife. Body-camera video and protests follow.

- May 1: A pickup truck and a tour van collide near Henrys Lake State Park, killing seven people.

- May 6: Boise votes to designate the Pride flag as Boise’s official city flag, despite a state law banning Pride flags on public property. The mayor had been flying the Pride flag outside City Hall.

- June 29: Three firefighters are shot while responding to an intentionally set forest fire in Coeur d’Alene; two firefighters are killed.

- June 30: Brian Kohberger pleads guilty to all charges in the University of Idaho murders case in Moscow.

- October 10: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces the U.S. will allow Qatar to build an Air Force base at Mountain Home Air Force Base.

- October 19: The FBI conducts operations at a Wilder, Idaho horse racetrack; 4 people are arrested and 50–100 are detained by ICE in relation to the operation.

Sports
- 2025 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament.
- 2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament.

See also
- 2025 in the United States

Notes
- This year included several high-profile legal and criminal‑justice developments, plus notable local government decisions and national security-related announcements affecting Idaho.