Thursday, May 31, 2007

Idaho News - May 28th

Kelly Cup Finals: Idaho wins at Dayton to take 2-1 series lead Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA The Idaho Steelheads scored three second-period goals on Sunday and beat the Dayton Bombers, 4-2, to take a 2-1 lead in the ECHL's Kelly Cup Finals in

Idaho town no refuge from violence of world Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA MOSCOW, Idaho -- In the wake of a sniper rampage that left four people dead and three wounded, leaders of this university town called the violence an

Pika flourish in Idaho's Craters of the Moon, decline elsewhere Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA BOISE, Idaho - Across much of its traditional range, the American pika is waging a struggle for survival, its numbers and habitat diminishing,

Idaho mother of five kicks meth habit to impress kids

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA POCATELLO, Idaho - It took three tries and a hard-won commitment to sobriety, but Meikel Sharp is finally getting her high school diploma.

Houston, Idaho's Historical Cemetery

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA While many gathered at well-known and well-established events on this Memorial Day, Bryan Latham visited one of Idaho's numerous rural cemeteries.

Idaho Supreme Court Justice: Citizens too stupid to pick their own ...

renewamerica.us - Washington,DC,USA According to Idaho Supreme Court Justice Linda Copple Trout, ordinary Idahoans "don't know how to make a choice on who would make a good judge

Idaho Medical Suppliers Patient for Idaho Falls There is a new medical suppliers for Idaho and the NW region. There are many to choose from and wheelchairs and other medical equipment people will need...

Washington, Oregon and Idaho Real Estate Markets Make Top 25 Forecast

Fast Pitch! (press release) - USA Real estate markets in Washington, Oregon and Idaho composing the greater Pacific North-West have made the annual US Housing Predictor Top 25 market

VA clinic coming to northern Idaho

KXLY - Spokane,WA,USA AP. Senator Larry Craig says the clinic - expected to open in the next two years - means veterans in the region won't have to travel to Spokane for care.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Idaho News - May 24th

Annual Rodeo To Add Country Music Stars to Lineup KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Ty Jenkins, WBR Rodeo Organizer: "We want the War Bonnet Rodeo to be a regional event, we want it to be something not only for the people of Idaho Falls

Motorcycle rider chases down thief

KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A man on a motorcycle chased down an alleged purse snatcher in downtown Idaho Falls, recovering the woman's belongings after the

Camp Trailer Theft Caught on Tape

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USAA crime was caught on tape at an Idaho Falls car dealership in broad daylight. A 2003 camp trailer valued at 14-thousand dollars was hooked up and driven

Mandatory Childcare License Proposed

KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Idaho Falls mayor Jared Fuhriman, and about twenty other people spent the night talking about new licensing regulations that could affect childcare in Idaho

"Alive After Five" Brings Fun and Charity to Idaho Falls

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Because of those contributions, the Idaho Falls downtown pocket park was named today in her club's honor. The Civitan's main fundraiser has come a long way

There are two new Vids for playing driving games for PS2 Playing driving games isn't all it used to be. On long hard winters in Idaho, this is exactly what you would need to get through the bordom and nothing to do outside...

Development Workshop Passes Major Audits

KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA The Development Workshop of Idaho Falls hosted an open house to celebrate a number of events. The group has passed two major audits, one through the state

Closed primary push splits Idaho Republicans

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Some GOP members want to close Idaho's open primary that lets all voters participate. They say the current system allows Democrats to switch sides for

Idaho Beats Dayton 2-1 In Double Overtime

ECHL.com - Princeton,NJ,USA DAYTON, Ohio -- After 93 games -- including a grueling double-overtime victory Tuesday-- it has come to this: One more win and the Idaho Steelheads will

Humanitarian bowl teams up with Idaho-based truck stop chain

ESPN - USA BOISE, Idaho -- The Humanitarian Bowl has a new handle -- thanks to a big 0-4 from one of the nation's largest truck stop chains.

Idaho woman charged with Montana murder

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BILLINGS - A woman being held in the Yellowstone County jail for violating probation is also wanted on an Idaho warrant charging her with first-degree

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA Founded in 1912 in Idaho, Morrison-Knudsen Corp. merged with Washington Construction Co., a Montana company, in 1996. The company focused on heavy civil

North Idaho counselor arrested for lewd conduct with a minor

KXLY - Spokane,WA,USA COEUR D'ALENE -- A mental health counselor at a North Idaho private school man has been arrested by the Bonner County Sheriff's Office for lewd conduct with

Idaho official named to lead Bureau of Land Management

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Wednesday he is nominating James Caswell, a veteran public land official in Idaho, as director of the Interior

Idaho soldier dies in Iraq bombing

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - Another Idaho soldier has died in Iraq when his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Private first class Charles B. Hester, a 23 year-old from

Abandoned Idaho college up for auction

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA ALBION, Idaho - An abandoned state teachers college in remote southern Idaho goes on the auction block Saturday in what local officials hope will be the

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Idaho News - May 19th

Two found dead in Idaho church ImediNews - Tbilisi,Georgia MOSCOW, Idaho, May 20 (UPI) — A standoff between police and a suspect in the shootings of three people in Moscow, Idaho, ended Sunday with the discovery of

Shooting Wreaks Devastation in Moscow, Idaho

New West - Missoula,MT,USA She’d seen Moscow, Idaho on the national news and wanted to know if my family was okay. We are—but that was the first we knew of the shootings that took

N. Idaho boy drowns during canoe outing

KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA HAYDEN, Idaho (AP) - Police say a 17-year-old boy from northern Idaho drowned yesterday in Hayden Lake after going canoeing with a companion.

Sniper sprays Idaho courthouse

SBS - World News Australia - Australia A sniper has sprayed dozens of bullets on the Moscow courthouse in an attack that left a police officer dead and two people wounded in the US state of Idaho

IDAHO Events Around the World

UK Gay News (press release) - UK IDAHO UK coordinator Derek Lennard said that the Polish government had “shown a total disregard for human rights, especially affecting the gay community”.

Report: N. Idaho women abortion rate higher than rest of state

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Women in northern Idaho's Kootenai County had more abortions per live births in 2005 than any other county in the state, the Idaho

News Minute: Pelosi on Bush...More Iraq deaths...Idaho shootings

WKBT - La Crosse,WI,USA MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Police in Moscow (MAH'-skoh), Idaho, are trying to figure out why a man fired at a courthouse last night, killed a police officer

Idaho marine patrol prepared for busy season

KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) - Boaters in northern Idaho's Bonner County face increased fines for violating speed and noise limits this year.

Idaho Teens Tote Loaded Guns Around Town Legally

FOX News - USA POST FALLS, Idaho — Two home-schooled teenagers in this northern Idaho town say they are carrying loaded guns to the library, grocery store and other public

Idaho Power in court to get more water to generate electricity

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA In the 1984 pact known as the Swan Falls Agreement, Idaho Power received the right to a 5600-cubic-feet-per-second minimum flow during winter months

23 years after historic water pact, Idaho Power Co. sues state By Ralph Maughan

Idaho irrigators, boaters, fishers, commerical trout farmers, conservationists, anyone with a water right on the Snake River, and electrical power users have come to view the Swan Falls agreement of 1985 as a turning point in Idaho

Pictures from Moscow Idaho shooting

By Joe Huffman Idaho State Patrol from Coeur d'Alene to Twin Falls (by airplane from hundreds of miles away) were there as well. The ISP will be doing the investigation since both city and county police officers were victims

Idaho Power in court to get more water to generate electricity

The Idaho Power Co. is challenging a 1984 deal it made with the state that dictates how much water the power generating company is allowed to use at Swan Falls Dam.