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Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
Councilwoman, law enforcement at odds over inmate's parole
IDAHO FALLS (AP) - An Idaho Falls councilwoman and local law enforcement officials are at odds over her testifying in favor of paroling a man who shot at an officer in 2010.
The future of firefighting?
BOISE - A high-tech drone is spending a week flying over a west-central Idaho wildfire to see if it's capable of supplying real-time information that incident …
Otter fills Fish and Game seats
In new project, INL mixes art and science
Report: Lack of fuel caused plane to crash in 2013
Union Alternative High School kicks off first year
Sheriff investigation underway
NAMPA (AP) - A letter from Canyon County commissioners to the Idaho attorney general indicates that complaints regarding alleged misconduct by a sheriff relates to the sheriff's nonprofit organization.
Pet cat wakes woman during trailer fire that killed dog
MELBA (AP) - A woman's pet cat pawed her face and woke her during a trailer fire in Melba that killed her dog.
Sex offender accused in wife's death
BURLEY (AP) - A registered sex offender has been charged with first-degree murder in his wife's death after an autopsy revealed she bled to death.
Track officials 'devastated' by ban on horse racing machines
BOISE- Turning off 200 machines Friday morning had already caused John Sheldon to lose 80 employees by the afternoon.
Ada County Highway District ordered to pay retirement home $1M
BOISE (AP) - The Ada County Highway District says it will be appealing a district judge's ruling that the district owes more than $1 million to the owner of a Boise retirement community in connection to a dispute o…
Prosecutor criticizes proposed Twin Falls refugee center ban
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Opponents of a Twin Falls refugee center are pushing forward with a measure to ban similar facilities, despite a county prosecutor calling it unconstitutional.
Rancher frustrated by grizzly attacks
ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) - Both cow carcasses had been reduced to bone piles by the time Brian Mays returned Sept. 5 to the kill site, hidden among thick brush within a boggy, 300-acre private pasture he leases abou…
Nampa police renew efforts to curb gang crime
Do drones belong in the trash?