Idaho News 11-Aug

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S. Idaho schools take focus off federal law

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA IDAHO FALLS, Idaho � School officials in southern Idaho say they've decided not to sweat over federal benchmarks set by the No Child Left Behind law. ...

N. Idaho tribe says it struggles to run clinic

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - August 10, 2008 9:24 PM ET LAPWAI, Idaho (AP) - Nez Perce tribal officials say waiting lists and diminishing funds have left the Nimiipuu Health clinic ...

Idaho Falls Church Reaches Out to Brothers and Sisters

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA However, in Idaho Falls, they are doing their best to reach out to the community, as they held their 2nd Annual Seek First Gathering at Freeman Park Sunday. ...

Grasshopper outbreak in northern Idaho

Capital Press (subscription) - Salem,OR,USA LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- State agriculture officials have distributed more than 28000 pounds of grasshopper bait in hopes of stemming an infestation of the ...

Idaho Power to buy energy from dairy

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - August 10, 2008 9:04 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A dairy in the rural Idaho farming town of Gooding has been given approval to sell electricity to ...

Idaho Fred Meyer stores joins ground beef recall

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Fred Meyer stores have placed signs with specific information in their meat departments to notify customers. Fred Meyer operates 129 stores in Oregon, Idaho ...

Idaho's "discus domination

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Boise's Jarred Rome, Emmett's Matt Lamb, Post Falls' Ian Waltz and University of Idaho's Russ Winger all were hoping to throw for an Olympic shot. ...

Policing mentally ill in S. Idaho proves costly

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - August 10, 2008 4:14 PM ET POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Authorities in southern Idaho say they've had to reduce police protection in Bannock County and ...

S. Idaho man charged in online predator case

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - August 10, 2008 2:04 PM ET CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) - Authorities in southern Idaho say they've arrested a 29-year-old man for meeting underage girls he ...

Idaho gardens & Chinese gardeners: our connection to the Beijing ...

Examiner.com - USA Here's the Idaho connection to gardens and to China (China, because of the Olympics and all the hub-bub). In the 1880's, it was estimated that one third of ...