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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 Briefs July 4, 2010
Singer Carole King puts Idaho ranch back on market
Fish and Game targets Porcupine brook trout
CLARK FORK - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is trolling for public input on a plan to rid Porcupine Lake of brook trout in order to reduce threats to native trout species.
Huge loads OK if moved safely
LEWISTON (AP) - The Idaho Transportation Department says state law requires the agency to issue permits for huge loads passing through North Idaho if the loads can be moved safely without damaging roads or bridges.
Family ties
IDAHO FALLS - A reporter for a news website funded by a conservative think tank is covering the 2010 Idaho State Republican Convention where his father and brother are delegates.
Republican Convention Briefs June 27, 2010
Kren, beaten in May, will run in 2012
Idaho cities seek to link
BURLEY (AP) - Officials in the south-central Idaho cities of Burley and Heyburn are considering plans to connect pathways between the cities that are on opposite sides of the Snake River.
Stepping back in time
BOISE - Stepping into Ben Wetzel's leather shop is like setting your watch back 60 years.
Galloping on the road to recovery
GRANGEVILLE - The road to recovery can be rocky, but for Jennifer Wagner the journey has been eased by the four-legged beasts she has met along the way.
Mayor: Pot on private land a low priority
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) - The mayor of Hailey in central Idaho says efforts to curb marijuana use on private property will be the local police force's lowest priority.
Police say helicopter pilot dies in central Idaho crash
BOISE (AP) - Authorities say one person was killed when a logging helicopter crashed near the central Idaho town of Donnelly
Idaho to comply with reform
LEWISTON (AP) - The Idaho Department of Insurance is working to implement a major piece of a new health care law, even as the state seeks to overturn the reform.
EPA concerned about Monsanto pollution control dam
BOISE - Federal regulators are concerned that a dam built by Monsanto Co. earlier this year to trap phosphate mine runoff may be stopping more than just pollution.
Idaho businesses lobby Crapo on reforms
BOISE (AP) - With U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo on the committee set to decide the fate of the Wall Street banking industry overhaul, some Idaho businesses are now pressing him to make sure curbs on credit and debit card fe…
Rammell may move
GRANGEVILLE (AP) - For Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell, home may be where his voters are.
Idaho Briefs June 7, 2010
Chinese delegation to visit Idaho