Idaho News 30-Jun

Diabetes on the rise in Idaho

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA By :DANA DUGAN The Diabetes Alliance of Idaho announced last week that the number of Idaho adults diagnosed with diabetes is on the rise, increasing from ...

Hispanic students make slight gains in Idaho

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 30, 2008 3:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Early statewide test results show Hispanic students have made slight gains in reading, math and language ...

Japanese Sister City Delegation Headed to Idaho Falls

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Fourteen people from Tokai-Mura Japan are coming to Idaho Falls this week as part of the annual Sister City exchange program. The delegation left Tokai-Mura ...

Idaho Power appeals to utilities commission for rate increase

Idaho Business Review - United States by Zach Hagadone Idaho Power asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission for an average rate increase of 9.9 percent on Friday. ...

Ethanol availability up at some Idaho pumps

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - June 30, 2008 12:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - More ethanol is finding its way into Idaho gasoline tanks than a year ago. State officials say fuel ...

AmMex nixes Idaho mine purchase

Ottawa Business Journal - Ontario, Canada By Krystle Chow, Ottawa Business Journal Staff AmMex Gold Mining Corp. has decided not to buy an Idaho gold mine that had historically yielded an ...

Idaho Gets Failing Grade for Preparing Math Teachers

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Idaho was among states criticized in a nationwide study released this week for failing to issue consistent guidelines for preparing elementary teachers to ...

Round Table Pizza�s saga sad

Idaho Business Review - United States by Michael Tomlin Sarcasm doesn't work on the Web. Either avoid it or clearly label it so you aren't misinterpreted. No spam. Link to a commercial site only ...

Spud farmer returns to roots to help Afghans

The Associated Press - BOISE, Idaho (AP) � To help poor Afghani villagers make money on potatoes instead of opium poppies, Idaho farmer Pat Rowe used a little old technology: root ...

Surprising salmon run hits river

Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA BOISE, Idaho - Ten times as many sockeye salmon are returning to the Columbia River as last year, which could mean the highest return for Idaho's most ...

Se Idaho News 30-Jun

Explosions trigger fires that destroy two homes

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Many residents in the area are without power - and Idaho Power is on scene. No one was hurt in the fires or aftermath. Media reports about a cause of the ...

Boise News 30-Jun

Fire Destroys Two Southeast Boise Homes

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise -- Two Southeast Boise homes are destroyed, after multiple explosions and a three alarm fire. There's little left of the residences on Iriondo ...

Boise Grass Fire

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise -- Another fire was sparked early this afternoon on highway 21 near Diversion Dam. Crews responded within two minutes of receiving the call, ...

Boise boy nears Beijing

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA By Frank Mungeam EUGENE - Nick Symmonds blazed an already hot track Saturday at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, surging on the final lap to post the best time ...

Boise boy on verge of Olympic dream

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Nick Symmonds, second from left in white, runs during the semi-finals of the men's 800 meter event in Eugene Saturday. Symmonds, a Bishop Kelly High School ...

Failed beer run lands Boise man behind bars

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff Officials say Jeffery Bergin, 47, went to the Hollywood Market and picked up two cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon and tried to leave through the ...

"Teacher in Space" is Going Back to Teaching

First Coast News - Jacksonville,FL,USA Our Gannett partners at Florida Today say Morgan will be taking a top teaching and policy position at Boise State University in Idaho. ...

Idaho Astronaut Retires from NASA

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Veteran space shuttle astronaut Barbara Morgan is set to officially retire from NASA in August. Morgan will become an educator at BSU. ...

Teacher in space back to class

Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA Barbara Morgan, who flew aboard Endeavour in August, will go back to Idaho to teach at Boise State University. "It is really tough to leave NASA. ...

Wednesday - Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 pm

EastOregonian.info (subscription) - OR,USA The upstream movement of chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Steelhead, and Shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Sunday. St. Louis (Looper 9-5) at Kansas City ...

First teacher-turned-astronaut to leave NASA

Xinhua - China ... will hang up her spaceflight wings in August to become an educator at Idaho's Boise State University, the federal space agency announced on Friday. ...

Idaho News 30-Jun

Newspaper: How WA lost $2 billion plant to Idaho

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA In May, Areva announced it would build its new plant near Idaho Falls, Idaho. The announcement came after the company won tax concessions from the Idaho ...

Virtual moneymakers: Private firms get big share of government ...

TMCnet - USA 29--Millions of dollars in state money for Idaho virtual charter schools -- which teach classes over the Internet -- can go only to schools operated by ...

Boy injured by bison in Yellowstone

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA He was flown to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. Authorities are not releasing the boy's name or hometown. ...

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

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 29, 2008 4:44 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A former day care operator accused of injuring a child in southern Idaho has been put on two years of ...

Water park opens at Idaho's Silver Mountain Resort

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA AP Skiing and surfing overlapped for a weekend at Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg, Idaho, as the ski season ended June 1 and the new Silver Rapids Indoor ...

Idaho Foodbank guildines raise concerns

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 28, 2008 The director of an Idaho nonprofit organization says she's concerned with new guidelines the Idaho Foodbank has adopted for ...

Idaho could require canoe and kayak registration

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP BOISE, Idaho -- Idaho could become the first western state in four years to require registration for nonmotorized boaters such as canoes and kayaks. ...

Boise News 30-Jun

Boise's Nick Symmonds advances at Olympic trials

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA The Eugene, OR crowd went wild for Boise's Nick Symmonds. Symmonds blazed the final 100 meters of his 800 meter qualifying race to win the heat in 1:59.01. ...

Boise police say hot weather can be deadly to children in cars

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Take a trip to the water fountain at the Grove Plaza in Downtown Boise. � Play in the water at Merrill Park, 637 E. Shore Drive, Eagle. ...

Ten Commandments activists still owe city of Boise more than $10000

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Local Christian activists Bryan Fischer and Brandi Swindell are asking for donations after the city of Boise slapped a lien on their property to collect a ...

Four Boise Hawks have major-league bloodlines

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Michael Brenly, who is the son of former Arizona Diamondbacks manager Bob Brenly, is one of four Boise players with fathers who have played in the major ...

Murphy: Boise State athletic trainer says goodbye

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Gary Craner, 65, was hired at Boise State when he was 29-years-old and has worked in the BSU athletic department ever since. On Friday Craner retired after ...

Fever looks to right ship in Boise

Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Kennewick,WA,USA The first task is winning at Boise (6-6) tonight. The two teams have split their first two meetings, each team winning at home in convincing fashion. ...

Northwest League -- Boise squeezes out victory to spoil Yakima rally

Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA BOISE, Idaho -- Yakima's five-run ninth inning was rendered moot Friday night as the Boise Hawks successfully executed a safety squeeze in the bottom of ...

Bears rally falls short in Boise

KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA BOISE, Id. - Down 6-1 in the ninth inning, the Yakima Bears scored five runs to tie the game, but Ryan Sontag's bunt base hit in the bottom of the ninth ...

Idaho News 30-Jun

Idaho Legal Aid struggles to meet demand

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 28, 2008 2:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Directors of the state agency that has offered free legal help in Idaho for 40 years say the organization ...

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

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 28, 2008 1:24 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Will Idaho have a record sockeye run? It's too early to tell, but signs downstream so far are good. ...

US Silver Corporation Files New NI 43-101 Technical Report on the ...

FOXBusiness - USA The Technical Report was authored by Daniel H. Hussey, Certified Professional Geologist and Chief Geologist of US Silver-Idaho, Inc. (a wholly-owned ...

Idaho man dies in motorcycle wreck north of Roscoe

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA The Montana Highway Patrol says an Idaho man died after colliding with another motorcycle north of Roscoe. Glen Black, of Hauser, Idaho, was riding north on ...

Idaho Power requests another increase to customer rates

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA By David Cooper In a year filled with skyrocketing gas prices and costly food and grocery bills, Idaho customers may see their third power rate increase in ...

Micron shares sink on report of loss

Seattle Times - United States Boise, Idaho-based Micron said Thursday that its net loss expanded to $236 million, or 30 cents a share, from $225 million, or 29 cents, a year earlier.

Second teacher resigns from S. Idaho school

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA TWIN FALLS, Idaho - A teacher who authorities allege touched off protests and heightened racial tension at a south-central Idaho high school by throwing a ...

Idaho: Don't pay for free labor rules posters

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 27, 2008 3:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho Department of Labor Director Roger Madsen is reminding Idaho businesses that they don't have to buy ...