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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 …
Wool growers file lawsuit over bighorns
LEWISTON - The Idaho Wool Growers Association and Shirts Brothers Sheep has filed a lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Fish and Game concerning bighorn sheep management.
Funeral home offers discount to organ donors
TWIN FALLS - Mike Parke was prepared to die in 2008. Then he was handed a lifeline in the form of a brand-new liver. And one transplant surgery later, Parke, 4…
Rural Idaho counties get $2.4M for fast Internet
BOISE - A central Idaho Internet company will use $2.4 million in federal stimulus money to build eight broadband towers that will deliver high-speed Internet access to businesses, hospitals, schools and homes in f…
Plea negotiations under way in hospice case
TWIN FALLS (AP) - Plea negotiations are under way in the case of a Twin Falls woman charged with running an unlicensed health care and hospice facility.
Idaho to try again for federal education money
BOISE (AP) - Idaho has two months to improve its campaign for new federal education money and take another stab at the Obama administration's highly competitive grant competition.
Man sentenced for role in fight
IDAHO FALLS (AP) - A 22-year-old Idaho Falls man has been sentenced to two to five years in prison for his role in a fatal fight over an iPod and a beer.
Welfare programs cut
BOISE (AP) - The shrinking budget for Idaho's Department of Health and Welfare is already having an impact on dozens of mentally ill patients and some of the services those clients receive.
Former cop pleads not guilty
BOISE (AP) - A former Boise police officer has pleaded not guilty to four counts of lewd conduct with infants and toddlers. Stephen Young will face a jury trial starting June 28 in front of 4th District Judge Micha…
Idaho wolf hunt ends
BOISE - As the nation's first regulated public wolf hunt in decades draws to a close, Idaho wildlife managers credited sportsmen for helping stabilize a species that was growing rapidly across the Northern Rockies …
Woman hit by truck in serious condition
BOISE (AP) - A 76-year-old woman hit by a pickup truck that crashed into her living room Tuesday is in serious condition in the intensive care unit at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
Boise residents riding high on motorcycles
BOISE (AP) - Just as flowers begin to bloom each spring, motorcycles pop up again on Idaho roads. In more ways than one, Idaho is motorcycle country.
Otter praises lawmakers for tough 2010 session
BOISE (AP) - Gov. Butch Otter heaped high praise on the hard work and tough fiscal choices made by the 2010 Legislature to put the state in position to operate within its means this fiscal year and next, all withou…
Credit Suisse says lawsuit has no merit
BOISE (AP) - Defense attorneys want a federal judge to throw out a $24 billion predatory lending lawsuit filed against Credit Suisse Group by investors in broke resorts in the West and the Bahamas.
New method sought for nuclear waste disposal
POCATELLO (AP) - Researchers at Idaho State University hope to develop a method for destroying radioactive waste, rather than storing or burying the potentially hazardous materials.
Shoshone County deputies squelch smuggling attempt
WALLACE - A 27-year-old Kellogg woman attempted to smuggle contraband into jail this week, thus lengthening her amount of local incarceration.