Saturday, August 9, 2008

Boise News 09-Aug

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Into the wild side of Boise

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA By Heather Woolery For the Idaho Press-Tribune BOISE � Lions and tigers and giraffes! Oh, my! Take a walk on the wild side as Zoo Boise prepares for its new ...

Motorcycle crash sends Boise man to hospital

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA CROUCH � A Boise man required hospital treatment after his motorcycle crashed on the Banks-to-Lowman Highway. David Hutchinson, 39, of Boise, was traveling ...

Swindell returns to Boise, defends China protest

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- Boise Christian activist Brandi Swindell is back home today after her attempts to take on communist China and fight for human rights. ...

Pesky WAC looking for third straight BCS berth

SportingNews.com - USA Fresno State was picked by the WAC coaches as the preseason football favorite and Boise State was No. 1 in the media poll. The goal is to win the league, ...

"Project Vote Smart" Bus Pulls into Boise

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho -- The "Project Vote Smart" bus pulled into Boise Wednesday hoping to educate voters about the upcoming election. While parked in front of city ...

Boise activist Brandi Swindell reportedly deported, put on plane ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A Boise Christian activist and another American were detained by Chinese authorities again Thursday, a friend said. Boise conservative activist Bryan ...

Forest Fires Grow to 25 in Boise National Forest

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA The number of fires reported from overnight lightning storms grew to 25 in the Boise National Forest on Friday. Fire managers reported 11 earlier in the day ...

Boise Cascade Holdings reports loss

Idaho Business Review - United States by IBR Staff Report Boise Cascade Holdings LLC announced Thursday it had a net loss of $15.4 million for the quarter ended June 30. ...

Boise man loses control of motorcycle, lands on rocks

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- A Boise man is in the hospital today after crashing his motorcycle near Crouch just after 5 pm Thursday. According to Idaho State Police, ...

200 Idaho Air National Guard troops return to Boise

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- After being forced to spend the night in Ireland, more than 200 members of the Idaho Air National Guard arrived home today. ...

Idaho News 09-Aug

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N. Idaho hospital plans to build addition

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- The Kootenai County Medical Center in northern Idaho plans to build a three-story addition that will provide a new area to care ...

Idaho schools face sanctions due to test scores

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published August 08, 2008 More than a dozen Idaho school districts face some of the harshest sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind law after ...

Idaho Schools Improve on AYP's

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Idaho schools are showing dramatic progress this year on their Adequate Yearly Progress or AYP's. The office of the Idaho State Board of Education released ...

Auditor: Idaho nuke company's business a 'concern'

Forbes - NY,USA AP 08.08.08, 5:08 PM ET Alternate Energy Holdings, a small Idaho company aiming to build a $4.5 billion nuclear power plant in Elmore County, ...

Federal Communications Commission Data on Idaho Broadband

BroadbandCensus.com - Washington,DC,USA According to the June 2007 FCC report, the majority of Idaho ZIP codes with high-speed lines in service had either four (14 percent), five (25 percent), ...

N. Idaho hospital plans to build addition

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - August 8, 2008 3:24 PM ET COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - The Kootenai County Medical Center in northern Idaho plans to build a three-story addition that ...

E. Idaho landfill violating many state rules

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - August 8, 2008 1:04 PM ET IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has found an array of violations at Bonneville ...

More Idaho public schools meeting academic goals

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA More than half of Idaho's public schools met their academic goals for the 2007-08 school year, up significantly from the previous year. ...

S. Idaho ethanol plant tries to rein in smell

Salt Lake Tribune - United States AP Posted: 8:19 AM- BURLEY, Idaho - The manager of an ethanol plant in southcentral Idaho says he's working with the Idaho Department of Environmental ...

Lightning from Storms Spark More Fires in Idaho

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA A storm that moved over the Sawtooth National Forest started several fires, though crews are considering allowing at least some to burn because they have ...