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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 House says no to conservation permits
BOISE - A divided House voted 43-25 Thursday to kill a measure aimed at charging non-hunters to set foot on Idaho's 32 state-owned wildlife management areas.
Request to raise chickens ruffles feathers in Kootenai
KOOTENAI - No one has cried foul and council members have not flocked to take sides, as this small city along Highway 200 ponders poultry.
Idaho GOP makes its point
BOISE - Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requirin…
Search on for other victims of Boise police officer
BOISE (AP) - New evidence indicates a former Boise police officer charged with molesting four children may have victimized others as well when he patrolled area schools, said investigators who are making attempts t…
Idaho to weigh in on debt amendments
BOISE - The man who four years ago scuttled Boise's plan to finance a new airport parking garage without a vote said he's angry about the Legislature's push to change anti-debt provisions in the state constitution …
State board approves boost for cabin rents
BOISE (AP) - The Idaho Land Board voted Tuesday to boost the rent paid on hundreds of state-owned cabin lots on the shores of Payette and Priest lakes, properties that generate millions of dollars for public school…
Plummer-Worley district first to tap state building fund
BOISE (AP) - A $25 million pool of money lawmakers set aside in 2006 - after the Idaho Supreme Court ruled the state's method of paying for school construction was unconstitutional - is being used for the first tim…
Avalanche kills snowmobiler
SANDPOINT - A snowmobile rider from Washington state was killed by an avalanche on Saturday afternoon, Bonner County sheriff's officials said.
Idaho Briefs March 14, 2010
Opera house added to national register, Ehrlick: Public defenders lied to me, Dairy waste change approved, Man sought in mother's death, Skier numbers up from last season, Computer glitch delays payments
School for at-risk teens beats academic odds
CALDWELL (AP) - Tony Richard, principal of Canyon Springs High School, had "alternative" excised from the school's name in 2006, after his first year at the helm.
Estimated wolf popluation remains steady
The 2009 annual summary of wolf recovery in Idaho shows wolf numbers are nearly the same as 2008.
Tribal police power bill delayed
BOISE (AP) - Idaho lawmakers are delaying a vote on a bill that would give Indian tribal police the authority to arrest non-tribal members on the reservation without permission from the local sheriff.
Acting-based elementary classes to end in E. Idaho
POCATELLO (AP) - An eastern Idaho elementary school that for 34 years has offered an acting-based curriculum for students in kindergarten through sixth grade plans to end the program.
Life lessons through cooking
BOISE (AP) - Ashley Tucker, 19, considers the new callus on her index finger a badge of honor, proof of entrance into a sorority/fraternity of cooks.
More grandparents parenting for a second time
IDAHO FALLS (AP) - Ami and Jamie Faust of Idaho Falls thought their days of parenting were nearly over. With only teenage children left at home, they were on t…