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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 June 6, 2010
SW Idaho looks to tout wine industry
Students learn to think on their feet
IDAHO FALLS - In a handful of classrooms nationwide, students are learning to think on their feet.
Top sellers slime principal
BOISE - No traffic deaths occurred on Idaho highways during the Memorial Day weekend for the first time in 13 years, according to preliminary data from the Idaho Transportation Department.
Pair sentenced for destruction
BOISE (AP) - Two Bellevue residents convicted of destroying part of a historic central Idaho mine have been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for the crime.
Supreme Court says no to parent drug testing
BOISE - The Idaho Supreme Court has ruled that the parents of a girl who committed petit theft can't be forced to undergo drug tests as a condition of their daughter's probation.
Idaho CEOs get pay increases
BOISE (AP) - Pay increases for CEOs at Idaho's top 12 companies whose stock is publicly traded increased an average of 12 percent in 2009.
Idaho Briefs May 31, 2010
S. Idaho man in custody after shooting
Sky-high success at Stueckle Sky Center
BOISE (AP) - The Stueckle Sky Center was supposed to upgrade Boise State's most visible athletic facility, generate revenue for athletics and academics and become one of the most popular event locations in town.
Idaho Briefs May 30, 2010
County questions tribal traffic tickets
Minnick, Labrador campaigns begin
BOISE - Democratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick's campaign has spent months and money preparing to square off against Republican Vaughn Ward. They even tracked the M…
UI prof targets childhood obesity
COEUR d'ALENE - As a nation the U.S. is not only getting fatter, it's getting fatter at an alarmingly early age. Overweight and obesity in children aged 0 to 5 years is rising for the first time in America's histor…
Tea party helps dump Idaho Senate incumbents
BOISE - With the tea party's help, the Idaho Senate may turn more conservative after Tuesday's primary. Right-leaning Republican candidates ejected four incumbents whose stances on issues including states' rights, …
Fort Hall inmates moved to new jail
FORT HALL (AP) - Inmates from the condemned Fort Hall jail have been transferred to the new Justice Center, after the Bureau of Indian Affairs loosened its requirements for jailer training.
Labrador wins GOP nod in US House race
BOISE - Idaho state Rep. Raul Labrador won the Republican nomination Tuesday in the state's nationally targeted 1st Congressional District, pulling an upset over rival Vaughn Ward.
Queen outlines plans for new coalition government
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II delivered a somber message of austerity Tuesday in a speech outlining the plans of Britain's new coalition government - setting out a program for sharp curbs to public spending, new regu…