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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 …
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Idaho ag officials: Don't blame cows for nitrate
Montana student reported missing in Idaho
Common Core questions
Eastern Idaho sheriff's divers help pull weeds
What if they have class and no one is there?
BOISE (AP) - Nearly half of the third-year students at a southwestern Idaho law school are taking temporary leave after the university's request for accreditation was delayed, according to a school spokeswoman.
Police: Murder suspect said he buried body
NAMPA (AP) - A Nampa woman who was reported missing was killed by her boyfriend with a hammer, stuffed into a trunk and then buried in a cornfield with the help of three other men, according to police.
Cornhog, anyone?
BOISE (AP) - Nicholas Jones was an MBA student at the University of Notre Dame when he came up with the idea for his Western Idaho Fair concession stand, now i…
Hail, rain mean crop disasters for some counties
LEWISTON (AP) - Officials in some Idaho counties are declaring a state of emergency after ill-timed hail storms and several days of rain-damaged crops.
Adapt and modernize
IDAHO FALLS - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz championed the use of nuclear power and urged politicians and leaders in the energy industry to adapt and mode…
Idaho Falls to be site of inaugural energy summit
Idaho GOP fundraising barbecue has early discord
Sediment from flood kills salmon
BOISE (AP) - Hundreds of adult chinook salmon needed to create future generations have been killed after rainstorms sent sediment into a fish trap on the South Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho.
Former Idaho congressman Hansen dies
POCATELLO (AP) - George Hansen, a former Idaho Republican congressman, died Thursday of natural causes at a medical center in Pocatello, Cornelison Funeral Home said. He was 83.