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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 …
1,600 homes evacuated as Idaho wildfire burns
BOISE - Sheriff's deputies Friday expanded evacuation orders to 1,600 homes near the Idaho mountain resort community of Sun Valley as a wind-driven wildfire bu…
State board agrees to physical education hearings
POCATELLO (AP) - The state Board of Education has agreed to allow a series of public hearings on a proposal mandating that Idaho high school students take at least two credits worth of physical education classes to…
Justices: Idaho can regulate tribal cigarette shipments
BOISE - The Idaho Supreme Court on Thursday bolstered the state's power to regulate cigarettes shipped to Indian-owned businesses with a ruling that concludes Native American sovereignty does not pre-empt state law…
UI leader: College drinking a crisis
POCATELLO (AP) - The interim president for the University of Idaho says the school is hiring additional staff, tightening drug and alcohol use policies and enforcing restrictions on fraternity and sorority programs…
Idaho Briefs August 15, 2013
Labrador to seek re-election
Fighting fire with fire
Ex-prosecutor Bujak may run for governor
Caldwell soldier killed in Afghanistan
Suspect fired once or twice
'They just didn't fit'
Giant oil gear truckload leaves Idaho
Winder urges patience as lands panel begins work
Federal lawsuit filed in megaloads dispute
SYRINGA (AP) - A Native American tribe and a conservation group have filed a joint suit in federal court to halt a massive shipment of oil field equipment that traveled late Thursday through a federally protected r…
Search for kidnapping suspect enters Gem State
CASCADE - A car belonging to a man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son and then fleeing with the 16-year-old daughter was found in the Idaho wilderness on Friday after a horseback rider report…
Cheaper but not better?
The state Education Department received 10 bids for its controversial high school WiFi contract - and four bids were less expensive than the winning bid.