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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 …
Officers can draw blood for DUI cases
Idaho Briefs October 19, 2014
Obscure initiative would amend Idaho Constitution
Hunter alive after five-day search
BOISE (AP) - A hunter missing for five days in north-central Idaho has been found alive.
Idaho auctions oil, gas leases
BOISE (AP) - The Idaho Department of Lands has auctioned off oil and gas leases on 5,250 acres of state-owned land in southern Idaho for $263,000.
Briefs
• N. Idaho woman pleads not guilty to manslaughter
Schools chief candidate Ybarra responds to voting lapse
BOISE (AP) - The Republican candidate for Idaho state schools chief said she's running for office to repay the state for not voting in a general election since 1996.
Man indicted in father's death
MERIDIAN (AP) - Police in Meridian say they have arrested a 60-year-old man in the January 2013 death of his 87-year-old father after a grand jury indicted the younger man on a first-degree murder charge.
'It's a historic day for Boise and Idaho'
BOISE - Gay couples started to marry in one of the most conservative states in the nation Wednesday as more than 100 same-sex couples gathered early at the Boise courthouse and counted down the seconds before the c…
Woman sentenced for poetry book fire
TWIN FALLS (AP) - A south-central Idaho woman who set fire to a book of poetry she made for her boyfriend, but that spread and burned down his house, has been sentenced to one to 10 years in prison.
Nampa schools out of financial hole
NAMPA (AP) - Officials at a southwest Idaho school district say they have eliminated a $5.8 million deficit caused by financial mismanagement.