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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 …
Couple sues Nez Perce Tribe
Otter offers carrot to new tech startups
BOISE (AP) - Gov. Butch Otter will unveil to legislators a state-backed investment fund for startups, part of a package meant to bolster the contribution of new technology and research to Idaho's economy.
Idaho Briefs December 29, 2011
Humanities Council awards 31 grants
Idaho Briefs December 28, 2011
Idaho defends new legislative map
Man shot by officer still in hospital
BOISE (AP) - A southern Idaho man who was shot by a police officer last week in Payette County remains hospitalized.
Dog pound gets facelift
Judge orders Medicaid increase
BOISE - A federal judge says the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare needs to increase Medicaid payments for some services for the developmentally disabled in a ruling that will cost the state at least $4 millio…
Little deems Latin American trade visit a success
BOISE (AP) - Lt. Gov. Brad Little says Idaho businesses have the potential to reap more than $30 million in sales from a recent state-led trade mission to Latin America.
Man pleads guilty to strangulation
NAMPA (AP) - A 51-year-old Nampa man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the strangling death of his landlady in September.
Construction begins at site of Chobani plant
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Construction work has already begun at a site in Twin Falls that will be home to a multi-million dollar Chobani yogurt plant.