Idaho Falls mulls gay rights rule

IDAHO FALLS (AP) - The city of Idaho Falls could become the seventh in the state to enact an ordinance banning discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender.

Growth in Hispanic population slows

Idaho's Hispanic population increased 2.1 percent between mid-2011 and mid-2012, the slowest growth rate since the U.S. Census Bureau began tracking Hispanic population in 1981, the department announced.

Idaho Briefs June 9, 2013

Pocatello protects gays, lesbians

POCATELLO (AP) - The city of Pocatello has passed an ordinance banning discrimination against a person because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Educonomy

COEUR d'ALENE - Three college presidents and five area business leaders met Friday morning to discuss higher education's role in economic development.

Pocatello cab driver charged with DUI

POCATELLO (AP) - A taxi company is making some changes after one of its drivers was arrested for excessive DUI.

Sentinel wins Idaho Press Club awards

North Idaho College's The Sentinel newspaper won first place for General Excellence in a college newspaper from the Idaho Press Club Best of 2012 Annual Awards Student Division, and multiple staff members won indiv…

Pickup hits bicyclist near Burley

OSHA fines company over explosion

A.G.: Boards can likely impose contract terms

As school districts and local teachers' unions try to reach contract agreements by a July 1 deadline, the law appears to give management an upper hand.

Boise apartment complex warned about deadly gas

BOISE (AP) - The former maintenance supervisor of an apartment where a young man died of carbon monoxide poisoning last fall says she pleaded to property owners to fix faulty water heaters months before the death.

Crapo shifts focus to policy, not problems

BOISE - Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo surrounded himself with weapons and Republican allies Thursday to promote the merits of a federal bill to help law enforcement agencies deal with mentally ill criminals, redi…

Judge trims Idaho school fees suit to 1 district

BOISE - An Idaho judge dismissed dozens of public school districts from a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of forcing students to pay fees, saying the plaintiff in the case doesn't have standing to sue the…

Idaho Briefs may 30, 2013

Hawaii police look for missing Idaho couple

Judge clears reopening of shooting range

COEUR d'ALENE (AP) - A judge has cleared the way for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to reopen a World War II-era shooting range popular among gun enthusiasts in North Idaho but shuttered for several years be…