Idaho is one of the states that does not have a single central online state repository for searching historical newspapers, but they use the Library of Congress Chronicling America site as their main site for searching old newspapers. There are several free online newspapers on other sites and collections available on subscription sites. Below is a list of where the titles are stored and the link so that you can access them.
There are about 750 newspapers that have been published in the Gem State - certainly not all of them are searchable online. But there are several that are indeed available. So go for it - find your Idaho ancestors and all the interesting articles that capture the stories of their lives.
Please note that I have not always entered the dates that are included in the collections, as I suspect they will change as more items are digitized. Also I suspect that some of these links may change over time - so if there is a dead link - please use your favorite search engine to find their new location.
(Updated December, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
Free Sites:
Statewide Collections:
Chronicling America - Idaho
- American Falls, Idaho, 1907-1937 - American Falls press.
- Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho], 1863-1864 - Boise news.
- Blackfoot, Idaho, 1887-1891 - Idaho news.
- Blackfoot, Idaho, 1891-1902 - Blackfoot news.
- Blackfoot, Idaho, 1904-1932 - The Idaho Republican.
- Blackfoot, Idaho, 1907-1918 - The Blackfoot optimist.
- Blackfoot, Idaho, 1918-1930 - The Bingham County news.
- Boise, Idaho, 1901-1927 - Evening capital news.
- Boise, Idaho, 1906-1910 - The Boise citizen.
- Boise, Idaho, 1907-1908 - The Idaho scimitar.
- Boise, Idaho, 1913-1914 - Idaho labor herald.
- Boise, Idaho, 1914-1917 - The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald.
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 1904-current - Bonners Ferry herald.
- Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho], 1883-1928 - The Caldwell tribune.
- Caldwell, Idaho, 1895-1910 - The Gem state rural. [volume]
- Challis, Idaho, 1890-1912 - The Silver messenger.
- Challis, Idaho, 1912-current - The Challis messenger.
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1892-1907 - The Coeur d'Alene press.
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1906-1907 - The Coeur d'Alene press.
- Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 1907-1929 - Coeur d'Alene evening press.
- Cottonwood, Idaho, 1893-1901 - Cottonwood report. [volume]
- Cottonwood, Idaho, 1901-1917 - Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume]
- Cottonwood, Idaho, 1917-current - Cottonwood chronicle. [volume]
- DeLamar, Idaho, 1891-1900 - The DeLamar nugget.
- Elk City, Idaho, 1903-1913 - Elk City mining news.
- Emmett, Idaho, 1893-1925 - The Emmett index.
- Filer, Idaho, 1919-1930 - The Filer record.
- Grangeville, Idaho Territory, 1886-current - Idaho County free press.
- Grangeville, Idaho, 1907-1922 - The Grangeville globe.
- Hailey, Idaho, 1882-1915 - Wood River times.
- Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory, 1867-1868 - Idaho semi-weekly world.
- Idaho City, Idaho Territory, 1864-1918 - The Idaho world.
- Idaho City, Idaho Territory, 1875-1908 - Idaho semi-weekly world.
- Idaho City, Idaho, 1875-1875 - Idaho tri-weekly world.
- Jerome, Idaho, 1912-1919 - Lincoln County times.
- Jerome, Idaho, 1919-1920 - Jerome County times.
- Kendrick, Idaho, 1892-1968 - The Kendrick gazette.
- Ketchum, Idaho, 1881-1884 - The Ketchum keystone.
- Ketchum, Idaho, 1884-1884 - Idaho weekly keystone.
- Ketchum, Idaho, 1884-1884 - Ketchum daily keystone.
- Ketchum, Idaho, 1884-1885 - Idaho semi-weekly keystone.
- Ketchum, Idaho, 1885-1899 - The Ketchum keystone.
- Kootenai, Idaho, 1891-1904 - The Kootenai herald.
- Lardo, Idaho, 1904-1907 - Long Valley advocate.
- Lewiston, Idaho, 1900-1900 - Lewiston evening teller.
- Lewiston, Idaho, 1900-1901 - Lewiston daily teller.
- Lewiston, Idaho, 1900-1905 - The Lewiston teller.
- Lewiston, Idaho, 1903-1911 - Lewiston evening teller.
- Lewiston, Idaho, 1905-1906 - Lewiston inter-state news.
- Lewiston, North Idaho, 1876-1878 - The teller.
- Lewiston, North Idaho, 1878-1900 - Lewiston teller.
- Meridian, Idaho, 1909-1938 - The Meridian times.
- Montpelier, Idaho, 1895-1937 - Montpelier examiner.
- Moscow, Idaho, 1911-1939 - The Daily star-mirror.
- Mountain Home, Idaho, 1888-1889 - Mountain Home bulletin.
- Mountain Home, Idaho, 1903-1909 - The Republican.
- Mountain Home, Idaho, 1906-1911 - Mountain Home maverick.
- Mountain Home, Idaho, 1910-1915 - Elmore County Republican.
- Mountain Home, Idaho, 1915-1946 - Mountain Home Republican.
- Newport, Wash., 1899-current - The Newport miner.
- Nezperce, Idaho, 1900-1957 - The Nezperce herald.
- Oakley, Idaho, 1901-1908 - The Oakley eagle.
- Oakley, Idaho, 1908-1961 - The Oakley herald.
- Orofino, Idaho, 1912-1922 - Clearwater Republican.
- Parma, Idaho, 1903-1917 - The Parma herald.
- Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho, 1909-1935 - Payette enterprise.
- Rathdrum, Idaho, 1895-1903 - The silver blade.
- Rathdrum, Idaho, 1899-1903 - Kootenai County Republican.
- Rathdrum, Idaho, 1903-1963 - The Rathdrum tribune.
- Richfield, Idaho, 1909-1931 - The Richfield recorder.
- Rocky Bar, Idaho, 1889-1906 - Elmore bulletin.
- Salmon City, Idaho, 1886-1927 - The Idaho recorder.
- Shoshone, Idaho, 1884-1931 - Shoshone journal.
- Silver City, I.T. [Idaho], 1866-1867 - Owyhee bullion.
- Silver City, Idaho, 1901-1904 - Silver City nugget.
- Silver City, Idaho, 1905-1984 - The Owyhee nugget.
- Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory [Idaho], 1869-1870 - Owyhee tidal wave. [volume]
- Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory, 1868-1869 - Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume]
- St. Anthony, Idaho, 1899-1904 - The Teton peak.
- St. Anthony, Idaho, 1904-1952 - The Teton peak-chronicle.
- St. Maries, Idaho, 1913-1918 - The record.
- Troy, Idaho, 1897-1933 - Troy weekly news.
- Twin Falls, Idaho, 1905-1916 - The Twin Falls times.
- Twin Falls, Idaho, 1916-1918 - The Twice-a-week Twin Falls times.
- Wallace, Idaho, 1907-current - The Wallace miner.
- Weiser, Idaho, 1890-1904 - The Weiser signal.
- Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho, 1904-1911 - The Weiser semi-weekly signal.
Google News Archive
- Aberdeen - The Aberdeen Times
- American Falls - The Power County Press
- American Falls - American Falls Press
- Cascade - The Long Valley Advocate
- Council - The Adams County Record
- Genesee - The Genesee News
- Island Park - Island Park News
- Kendrick - Kendrick Gazette
- Kuna - Kuna Melba News
- Lewiston - Lewiston Daily Tribune
- Lewiston - The Lewiston Tribune
- Lewiston - Sunday Tribune
- Lewiston - Lewiston Morning Tribune
- Montpelier - The News-Examiner
- Moscow - Latah Eagle
- Moscow - The Weekend Daily News
- Preston - The Preston Citizen
- Preston - Franklin County Citizen
- Troy - Latah Observer
- Washington - The Idaho Spokesman-Review
- Weiser - Weiser Signal American
- Weiser - The Weiser Signal
County and Library Collections:
Bannock County
Marshall Public Library
- Idaho State Journal
- Semi Weekly Pocatello Tribune
- Pocatello Tribune
- Idaho Sunday Journal
- Weekly Pocatello Tribune
- Tribune Journal
- The Pocatello Tribune
- Idaho State Journal And The Pocatello Tribune
Bear Lake County
Bear Lake County Library
- News Examiner
- Montpelier Examiner
- The Paris Post
- Bear Lake County News
- Daily News
- South Idaho Independent
- The Bear Lake Democrat
- Bear Lake Booster
- Post
- The Paris Review
- Bear Lake Gazette
- The Montpelier Examiner
- The Bear Lake County News
Bingham County
Blackfoot Library
- Blackfoot News
- Blackfoot Register
- Farmers Friend
- Idaho News
- Idaho Register
- Idaho Republican
- Resources of Idaho
Cassia County
Burley Public Library
- Burley Bulletin
- Burley Herald
- Cassia County Courier
- Rupert Pioneer
- Rupert Pioneer Record
- Southern Idaho Advocate
- The Herald-Bulletin
Clearwater County
Elk River Free Library
- Deary Enterprise
- Elk River Sentinel
East Bonner County
East Bonner County District Library
- Bonner County Daily Bee
- Bonner County Democrat
- Daily Bee
- Daily Bulletin
- Daily Bulletin And Pend Oreille Review
- Daily Panidan
- Kootenai County Republican
- Lewis County Herald
- Northern Idaho News
- Panhandle Citizen
- Pend D Oreille News
- Pend Oreille Review
- Pend Oreille Review And The Daily Bulletin
- Sandpoint Bulletin
- Sandpoint Daily Bee
- Sandpoint News Bulletin
- Sandpoint News Bulletin Bee
- Sandpoint News-Bulletin And The Sandpoint Bee
- The Sandpoint News Bulletin
- The Sandpoint News Bulletin And The Sandpoint Bee
Franklin County
Franklin County Library District
- Preston Citizen
- Franklin County Citizen
- Preston News
- Fruitland Banner
- Cache Valley Clarion
- Preston Booster
- Southeastern Advocate
- Sugar City Times
- Preston Standard
- Idaho Enterprise
- Cache Valley News
- War Cry
Jerome County
Jerome Public Library
- North Side News
- Northside News
- Jerome Northside News
- Jerome North Side News
Kootenai County
Hayden Community Library Network
- Lewiston Morning Tribune
- Press
Lemhi County
The Salmon Public Library
- Recorder Herald
- The Recorder Herald
- The Idaho Recorder
- The Salmon Herald
- The Lemhi Herald
- The Lemhi Republic
- Idaho Hydraulic Gold Miner
- Burley Bulletin
- The Boise County Sentinel
- The Idaho Young Democrat
- Gowen Field Beacon
- The Boise Weekly Reminder
- The Hoot Owl
- The Idaho Guardsman
- The Sabrejet Times
- The Union Label
- The Semi-Weekly Mining News
- Inter-Camp Sporting News
- Payette Lake Star
Payette County
Armoral Tuttle Public Library
- Payette Valley Sentinel
- Fruitland Banner
- New Plymouth Sentinel
Teton County
The Valley of The Tetons District Library
- Teton Valley News
- Valley Citizen
Twin Falls County
Twin Falls Newspapers
- Brewin' Evil
- Statewide
- The Bruin
- The Twin Falls Times
- Twin Falls Chronicle
- Twin Falls News
BYUI - Blackfoot Newspapers
- The idaho News
- The Blackfoot News
Clearwater Valley Historical Newspapers
- Orofino Tribune
- Orofino Courier
- Peck Press
- Pierce City Miner
Eastern Idaho Newspapers from BYU Library 1904-1939
- The Ashton Herald
- The Marysville Republican
- The Teton Peak-Chronicle
Rexburg Newspapers from BYU Library
- The Current Journal
- The Rexburg Standard
- The Rexburg Journal
- The Rexburg Standard Journal
Twin Falls Public Library Newspaper Archive
- Idaho Citizen (1927 - 1930)
- Twin Falls Chronicle (1919 - 1920)
- Twin Falls Daily News (1918 - 1936)
- Twin Falls Daily Times (1918 - 1928)
- Twin Falls Idaho Evening Times (1928 - 1942)
- Twin Falls News (1904 - 1941)
- Twin Falls Telegram (1944 - 1946)
- Twin Falls Times (1908 - 1919)
- Twin Falls Times News (1942 - 2017)
- Twin Falls Weekly News (1913 - 1927)
Twin Falls Newspapers, 1904-1922
- Idaho Citizen
- Twin Falls Chronicle
- Twin Falls Daily News
- Twin Falls Daily Times
- Twin Falls Idaho Evening Times
- Twin Falls News
- Twin Falls Telegram
- Twin Falls Times
- Twin Falls Times News
- Twin Falls Weekly News
Twin Falls Public Library Newspaper Archives
- Idaho Evening Times
- Idaho Evening Twin Falls Times
- The Idaho Citizen
- The Twin Falls Times
- Times News
- Twin Falls Chronicle
- Twin Falls Daily News
- Twin Falls Daily Times
- Twin Falls News
- Twin Falls Times
- Twin Falls Times News
- Twin Falls Weekly News
- Twin Falls Weekly Times
Weiser Public Library Newspapers
Student Collections:
Boise State University - Boise Brigham University Idaho - Rexburg Capital High School - Boise College of Idaho - Caldwell College of Western Idaho - Nampa Idaho State University - Pocatello Lewis and Clark State College - Lewiston North Idaho College - Coeur d'Alene
- The Sentinel (1984-)
- North Idaho College Cardinal Review (1970-1984)
- NIJC Cardinal Review (1959-1970)
- Cardinal Press (1955)
- Cardinal Peep-Squeak (1951)
- Panhandler (1942-1946)
- Jaycee Journal and J.C. Journal (1934-1942)
Miscellaneous Collections and Indexes:
Independent Voices - Alternative Newspapers
- Covered Wagon, The
- Helping Hand
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Newspapers 1933-1942
- Bovill - 570 Times (Company 570)
- Bovill - Latah Digest (Company 257)
- Bovill - Quinn City Chronicle (Company 257)
- Cascade - Chipmunk Chatter (Company 291)
- Cascade - Flat Bow (Company 291)
- Cascade - The Canyon Yowl (Company 202)
- Cascade - Warm Lake News (Company 291)
- Challis - Bayhorse Stage (Company 202)
- Challis - Blue Ox (Company 581)
- Clarkia - Echo (Company 628)
- Clarkia - Merry Creek News (Company 628)
- Coeur d'Alene - Hayden Hollow (Company 562)
- Coeur d'Alene - Horse Heaven Echo (Company 569)
- Coeur d'Alene - News From Nowhere (Company 562)
- Coolin - Cavanaugh Breeze (Company 572)
- Coolin - Pine Log (Company 282)
- Elk City - Co. 570 Times (Company 570)
- Emida - Peeper (Company 229)
- Emida - Saint Joe Forester (Company 229)
- Emida - St. Joe Banner (Company 229)
- Emida - Willow Creek (Company 229)
- Enaville - Kyohi (Company 551)
- Gallagher - Bugler From The Lost Battalion (Company 291)
- Gallagher - Gallagher Wizup (Company 291)
- Genesee - Hatwai Bally Hoo (Company 554)
- Grimes Pass - Gallagher Community Weekly (Company 291)
- Grimes Pass - Gallagher Web (Company 970)
- Hansen - Buck I-Daho (Company 587)
- Mackay - Herald (Company 550)
- Mackay - Pass Creek Herald (Company 550)
- Marble Creek - Canyon Crier (Company 257)
- Midway - Rattler (Company 1292)
- Naples - Pine Tree Tales (Company 585)
- Pierce - Bungalow Comet (Company 603)
- Pierce - Woodsmen (Company 603)
- Porthill - Rocky Times (Company 575)
- Potlatch - Palouse Patter (Company 1655)
- Prichard - Bachelors' Gazette (Company 531)
- Prichard - Cheerful Earful (Company 546)
- Prichard - Devil'S Diary (Company 558)
- Prichard - Echo (Company 531)
- Prichard - Indoky Press (Company 531)
- Prichard - News And Fun Of Co. 531 (Company 531)
- Prichard - Owl (Company 531)
- Prichard - Owl (Company 531)
- Prichard - Pine Chips (Company 558)
- Prichard - Spotter (Company 587)
- Prichard - Voice Of The Pines (Company 562)
- Prichard - Voice Of The Pines (Company 562)
- Prichard - Voice (Company 562)
- Priest River - Boswell Beacon (Company 1507)
- Priest River - Four Corners Trail Blazer (Company 594)
- Rigby - Hi-C Leader (Company 538)
- Riggins - 202 Times (Company 202)
- Riggins - Black Widow (Company 202)
- Riggins - French Creek Pioneer (Company 283)
- Rogerson - Corn Cracker (Company 587)
- Rupert - Leader (Company 3234)
- Rupert - Minidoka Monarch (Company 538)
- Rupert - Monarch (Company 538)
- Rupert - Sage Echoes (Company 538)
- Salmon - Buckeye Mirror (Company 581)
- Salmon - Camp Canyon Courier (Company 581)
- Salmon - Spring Cricket (Company 205)
- Troy - Bulletin (Company 244)
- Troy - S-260 Bulletin (Company 244)
- Weiser - Dusty Epic (Company 546)
Small Town Papers
- The Aberdeen Times Aberdeen, Idaho
- The Adams County Record Council, Idaho
- The Genesee News Genesee, Idaho
- Island Park News Island Park, Idaho
- Kuna Melba News Kuna, Idaho
- The Latah Eagle Potlatch, Idaho
- The Long Valley Advocate Cascade, Idaho
- The News-Examiner Montpelier, Idaho
- The Power County Press American Falls, Idaho
- The Preston Citizen Preston, Idaho
- Weiser Signal American Weiser, Idaho
- The Borah Senator Boise
- American Falls Press American Falls
- Franklin County Citizen Preston
- Kendrick Gazette Kendrick
- Latah Observer Moscow
- Preston Booster Preston
- Weiser American Weiser
- Weiser Signal Weiser
- Twin Falls ID Times News
Old Fulton Postcards
The Olden Times - Idaho
Newspaper Abstracts - Idaho
For Obituary Indexes, transcriptions, and other death/obituary information from historic newspapers, please check out the Obituaries page.
Other Free Sites:
Boise Coeur d'Alene Minidoka Moscow Rigby Twin Falls
Subscription or Pay Sites:
Ancestry.com:
There are currently 28 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Ancestry - Idaho Newspapers
Genealogy Bank:
There are currently 134 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Genealogy Bank - Idaho Newspapers
Newspaper Archive:
There are currently 142 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspaper Archive - Idaho
Newspapers.com:
There are currently 52 publications available at this site. See all the titles at Newspapers.com - Idaho.
And Finally:
You also need to visit the Idaho State Archives site from time to time, which can tell you what is occurring in the state with regard to online or other format newspaper availability.
Please note - even more may be available via a local or state library where a library card is required. And of course there is always microfilm for those that have not been made available online as yet.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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