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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 …
RV camping interest remains strong in Idaho
BOISE (AP) - The recession doesn't appear to have hurt RV camping in Idaho and elsewhere, with private and state-run campgrounds that offer services to big motor homes reporting rising bookings and robust business.
State basks in Basque glow, works on partnership
BOISE (AP) - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and leaders from Spain's Basque region are discussing deepening ties amid a celebration of Basque culture now under way in the capital.
Winery workers turn camera lens on industry
BUHL - For years, Idaho wines have been overlooked by many connoisseurs, largely ignored by the industry. But vineyards are springing up across the landscape l…
Single life in Idaho Falls is different
IDAHO FALLS - Bobby Jeffers of Idaho Falls seemed at ease in the downtown Alive After Five crowd on a Wednesday as he meandered through hundreds of people list…
EPA halts Dworshak project
LEWISTON (AP) - Work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game to add nutrients to Dworshak Reservoir has been stalled while the agencies try to secure permits from the Environme…
Idaho highway cost study results released
BOISE - Initial findings from a study presented to the Governor's Task Force on Modernizing Transportation Funding on Tuesday suggest passenger cars may be paying a larger share than big trucks for Idaho's highways.
Board to hear from embattled charter school
NAMPA (AP) - The state Board of Education will hear next month from an embattled charter school that tangled with Idaho officials over use of Bible in the classroom and is now being closed because of troubled finan…
Panel: Hiking gas tax by penny is top pick
BOISE (AP) - A panel investigating how to shore up Idaho highway funding ranks boosting the gas tax by a penny as its top pick.
Hart set to tackle taxes
LEWISTON - The North Idaho lawmaker at the center of a House ethics investigation hopes to introduce legislation next year that would eliminate the state income tax on wages and salaries.
Prisoners rarely exit low-security centers
IDAHO FALLS (AP) - About three to four inmates a year walk away from low-security work centers in the state, an official with the Idaho Department of Correction says.
Funeral home in works
POST FALLS - Post Falls will have a second funeral home.
Families in fear for pets
HAYDEN - A neighborhood is living in fear as family pets appear to be being poisoned, either intentionally or otherwise.
Conservations file brief supporting roadless rule
BOISE - A national angling group and the state's biggest conservation organization are throwing their support behind the federal rule for managing millions of acres of Idaho's roadless backcountry.
Briefs July 20, 2010
Man pleads not guilty in slaying
Minnick rejects Tea Party Express endorsement
BOISE - The lone Democrat to win favor with the Tea Party Express rejected the endorsement Monday, calling a group spokesman's controversial blog posting about the NAACP "reprehensible."