Monday, June 23, 2008

Idaho News 23-Jun

News Minute: Here is the latest Idaho news from The Associated Press

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 23, 2008 6:44 AM ET OROFINO, Idaho (AP) - A body found in northcentral Idaho's Clearwater River last Friday has been identified as Richard Ross of ...

Body of Utah woman found near car in rural Idaho

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 23, 2008 9:45 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The body of a Utah woman was found near her car in Bannock County, Idaho. Authorities believe it was a ...

E-Prescribing Expands in Idaho

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA In Idaho, which SureScripts ranks 15th in the nation for e- prescribing, the number of pharmacies able to receive electronic prescriptions has grown from ...

White Bird, Idaho: 'Roughing It' in a Beautiful Setting -- Focus

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA By Bunderson, Gaye Since 1969, happy campers have been the norm at a White Bird, Idaho, campground now known as Hells Canyon Jet Boat Trips & Lodging. ...

Buy Idaho showcases Gem State fare

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA CALDWELL � Buy Idaho vendors reported brisk sales at the 21st annual trade show Sunday, promoting the cause of keeping Idaho money local and making ...

'Hot' Idaho Author Mocks Menopause

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Idaho author Elaine Ambrose is one hot woman. After surfing the live volcano flow of menopause, she co-authored a sassy book titled Menopause Sucks to help ...

Idaho pow-wow to be led by Pocatello descendant

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA FORT HALL, Idaho - For the first time, the Shoshone-Bannock Festival's grand entry into Fort Hall this August will be led by a descendant of the once-feared ...

Natalie Bartley: Take opportunity to celebrate Idaho parks

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Get ready for an Idaho-based vacation. On July 12, there's a Centennial Celebration of Idaho's Heyburn State Park. All of the state parks in Idaho are ...

Missing Utah woman found dead in Idaho

ABC 4 - Salt Lake City,USA Sunday, her body and her Pontiac Grand Am were found 25 miles south of Pocatello, Idaho. The Bannock County Sheriff's Department says that hikers discovered ...

Idaho Power & Resident Clean Up After Storm

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho-- Idaho Power employees were busy across the Treasure Valley working to get power restored after Sunday night's fast moving storm. ...

Idaho News 23-Jun

Idaho celebrates Juneteenth

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Idaho Black History Museum is in a transition year after financial troubles caused it to cut staff last year. BY ANNA WEBB - awebb@idahostatesman.com The ...

Greenhouse gases up sharply in Idaho

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA BOISE, Idaho - A new report says Idaho greenhouse gas emissions grew more than 30 percent from 1990 to 2005, nearly twice as fast as the national average. ...

Idaho candidates spar over energy solutions

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA By JESSIE BONNER BOISE, Idaho � Both candidates for Idaho's 1st Congressional District seat have now taken their campaigns to Boise gas stations as energy ...

Coast Guard: Northwest boating fatalities increase

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP SEATTLE -- The Coast Guard says there have been 28 recreational boating fatalities this year in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana - five more than at ...

Idaho candidates spar over energy solutions

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 21, 2008 4:54 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Candidates for Idaho's 1st Congressional District are making energy policy a central campaign issue as the ...

Sinkhole repairs on Idaho highway expected Monday

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - June 21, 2008 2:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Transportation Department says a section of the Idaho 55 highway that buckled this week should ...

Greenhouse gases up sharply in Idaho: Emissions growth over 15 ...

TMCnet - USA 21--Idaho's greenhouse gas emissions grew by 31 percent from 1990 to 2005, nearly twice as fast as the national average, according to the Gem State's first ...

Idaho Hispanic agency offers scholarship

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - June 21, 2008 1:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A scholarship program through the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs is geared toward bilingual and ...

Boise News 23-Jun

Boy Scouts' molester out of prison, lives in Boise

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA ... camp counselor who acknowledges molesting at least two dozen youngsters since 1988 was released from prison earlier this month and is living in Boise. ...

Detectives make large pot bust in Ada County

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA BOISE � Ada County sheriff's deputies arrested a Boise man Thursday for manufacturing marijuana and trafficking cocaine. Darin M. Ray, 41, was taken into ...

Man arrested after large marijuana grow found in home

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - A Boise man is behind bars � charged with growing marijuana in a home and trafficking cocaine. Ada County Sheriff�s deputies and Drug Enforcement ...

Reader's view: Boise should split from ACHD and go in a new direction

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Idaho Statesman Few Treasure Valley residents realize that from 1891 to 1928, when Boise's population was around 20000, the Idaho Traction Company had an ...

Boise State's new Stueckle Sky Club comes with a hefty price tag

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Boise State athletic director Gene Bleymaier said he has seen a sample of the blue FieldTurf going into Bronco Stadium this summer and it is nearly ...

Boise wins over Stockton

OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA Casey Allen's 8-yard touchdown reception with 11 seconds left helped the Boise Burn erase a nine-point deficit in the last minute of regulation and cap a ...

Astronaut Morgan to join BSU

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - Barbara Morgan will join Boise State University in a role created just for her. BSU announced the hiring today - for the position of Distinguished ...

Jamaal Al-Din, Owner of Boise's Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 ...

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA Boise, ID, June 21, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Jamaal Al-Din has been accepted into the Idaho Individual Development Account program sponsored by the United Way of ...

Board approves astronaut appointment at BSU

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 19, 2008 6:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho State Board of Education has approved the appointment of NASA astronaut and former Idaho ...

State board to consider shift of federal grant program

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA AP BOISE -- The Idaho State Board of Education is scheduled to consider relinquishing management of a federal grant that helps low-income students attend ...

Se Idaho News 23-Jun

A record start for Columbia sockeye

Seattle Times - United States The Snake River run heading back to Redfish Lake at Stanley, Idaho, was so bad that in 1991 it was listed on the Endangered Species Act. An average of fewer ...

Boise News 23-Jun

Free bus service between UI and WSU cut

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 20, 2008 2:24 PM ET MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho State Board of Education has voted to eliminate a free bus service between a northern Idaho ...

Dawson Chiropractic opens office on Boise Avenue

ReporterHerald.com - Loveland,CO,USA Dawson Chiropractic and Wellness Center, 1907 Boise Ave., Suite 1, is a new chiropractic and wellness center owned by Dr. Jerod Dawson and Dr. Aspen Brunk ...

Boise trainer ready to test his limits in Ironman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Kenny McDaniel, a trainer at Gold's Gym on Parkcenter Boulevard in Boise, did well at the Ironman Boise recently and will be competing again in the Ironman ...

Boise man arrested after deputies find 130 marijuana plants

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA By Patrick Orr - Idaho Statesman A Boise man is being held in the Ada County Jail after sheriff's deputies found more than 130 marijuana plants Thursday in ...

Thieves make off with 7-foot Hulk statue from Boise comic store

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA By Patrick Orr - Idaho Statesman If anyone has seen a 7-foot-tall green and angry statue with purple pants in town � Boise comic store Outpost 12 wants ...

Electrics go hitless vs. Boise team

Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA Boise scored two runs in the third and four more in the fourth, with the Gems taking advantage of three Great Falls errors to do most of the damage.

Boise trainer ready to test his limits

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY NICK JEZIERNY - njezierny@idahostatesman.com Kenny McDaniel of Boise first experienced the Ironman Coeur d'Alene triathlon last year as a spectator when ...

Boise Burn hope to end four-game skid

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise Burn (5-6) will try to snap a four-game losing streak at last-place Stockton (2-9) on Saturday. The game begins at 8 pm and can be heard on KGEM ...

HP Shrinks Printing, Imaging Group, but Stays Mum on Boise Jobs Impact

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA By Joe Estrella, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jun. 18--Hewlett-Packard said Wednesday that it will shrink its worldwide Imaging & Printing Group from five to ...

Astronaut Barbara Morgan to take up residence in Boise

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA By Anne Wallace Allen - Idaho Statesman Boise State created a new position called �Distinguished Educator in Residence� for Morgan. ...