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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 …
Advocates differ on how to preserve Salmon River
LEWISTON (AP) - Those who support and oppose federal wild and scenic river designation for the lower Salmon say they want the river and the way it's managed to stay the same.
Moscow WalMart closing
MOSCOW (AP) - WalMart announced it will be closing its Moscow location and transferring more than 200 employees to the Pullman super center, which is currently under construction.
Biologists, energy interests propose grouse study
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Biologists and energy interests are proposing long-term studies of the effects of wind farms on sage grouse, a football-sized bird that is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
The faces of bankruptcy
POCATELLO (AP) - This year, more than 8,000 families in Idaho will be in the unenviable position of having to file for bankruptcy, about a third of them from Southeast Idaho. Jim Pappas, a United States bankruptcy …
Museum acquires WWII aircraft
REXBURG (AP) - The Legacy Flight Museum in southeastern Idaho has acquired a World War II advanced trainer to join other military planes on display. The SNJ-3 has been restored and painted in the Marine Corps color…
Idaho Briefs April 8, 2010
State tests canceled for next school year; Man shot after fight with co-worker
No protection for whitefish
BOISE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it won't classify the mountain whitefish in the Big Lost River as an endangered species, ending an environmental group's attempt to protect the fish.
Allred offers option to federal health care reform
BOISE - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred said Wednesday that the best way for Idaho to get out from under the new federal health care mandates would be for the state to design its own plan for provid…
Leading Idaho remains Otter's plan
POST FALLS - Gov. Butch Otter's re-election campaign got off to a high-tech start during the first stop of his announcement tour in Post Falls on Wednesday.
McLain's contributions to NIC were numerous
COEUR d'ALENE - Longtime North Idaho College educator Betty Jean McLain died Tuesday, and officials at the school acknowledged her numerous contributions there and said she will be dearly missed. She was 86.
Idaho panel OKs tuition hike
BOISE (AP) - The state Board of Education agreed Monday to let Idaho's public universities charge students 8.75 to 9.5 percent more in tuition and fees next year.
Idaho Briefs April 5, 2010
Weather cited in 2 dozen wrecks in Elmore County
Posthumous Medal of Honor given to family
RICHFIELD (AP) - A Medal of Honor and 48-star flag has been presented to the southern Idaho family of a man credited with saving shipmates during the World War II Battle of the Coral Sea but who suffered fatal burn…
Ed Board to mull fee hikes for Idaho universities
BOISE - The University of Idaho could charge nearly $600 more a year in fees when classes start this fall, but student body president Kelby Wilson hasn't heard so much as a peep from his constituents.
Idaho Briefs April 4, 2010
S. Idaho teen sentenced for attempted murder; Idaho man hit by stray bullet in Yakima dies