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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 …
Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline expands hours
The Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline (1-800-273-TALK) continues to expand hours toward 24/7 coverage.
Creationist museum opens in Boise
BOISE (AP) - A group of residents has opened a small creationist museum in Boise that it hopes to expand to as much as 450,000 square feet and display a full-sized depiction of Noah's ark.
Idaho men cited after roadway bonfire
KUNA (AP) - Two southwest Idaho men police say started a bonfire on a city street that melted the pavement are facing a fine of $300 and 10 days in jail.
Briefs
SunTrust Mortgage settlement to benefit Idahoans
Attorney General Lawrence Wasden announced a $550 million joint state-federal settlement with mortgage lender SunTrust Mortgage Inc., designed to address mortgage origination, servicing and foreclosure abuses.
Boise man pleads guilty in hit-and-run death
Officials identify man who died in Boise River
Idaho aims to control water pollution permits
Man, son blame each other in pharmacy robbery
'Go on'
'We have hit bottom'
Idaho man pleads not guilty in sex-slave case
TWIN FALLS (AP) - A south-central Idaho man charged with repeatedly raping and beating a woman and holding her prisoner for 18 months in a booby-trapped home has pleaded not guilty.
Truck driver dies in crash
PAUL (AP) - A 50-year-old Montana man died after his tractor-trailer went off Interstate 84 in south-central Idaho and crashed into a concrete support for an overpass.
Rafter dies after boat flips in Salmon River
RIGGINS (AP) - Three of four rafters flipped into the Salmon River at Lake Creek Rapids made it back to the boat but a fourth rafter swept downstream died.