Idaho Briefs

• Evacuated Boise residents allowed home

BOISE - Residents in a Boise neighborhood evacuated after a car crashed into a home and severed a natural gas line are being allowed to return home.

Police say the crash occurred about 3 a.m. Friday on Cleveland Street in an area called the Boise Bench.

There are no reports of injuries though the driver of the vehicle has yet to be found. The vehicle is lodged in the side of the home.

Crews capped the leak at about 8 a.m.

Police evacuated residents within 400 feet of the gas leak, pounding on doors to awaken neighbors.

Red Cross set up a shelter at Whitney Elementary School where 22 people took refuge.

Police are investigating the crash and looking for the driver.

• Dog bites increasing in Idaho Falls

IDAHO FALLS - Dog bites are on the rise in Idaho Falls.

Idaho Falls Animal Services Director Irene Brown says the agency has been getting two to three calls a week about people being bitten by dogs.

She tells KIFI-TV that's up from two to three a month.

- Associated Press

Brown attributes 90 percent of the bites to residents allowing their dogs to roam free.

She advises people to slowly back away if confronted by an aggressive dog.

She says running from a dog is one of the worst things you can do.