Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Idaho News 25-Jun

Idaho construction worker killed in fall

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 25, 2008 11:34 AM ET MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) - Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death of a ...

Idaho Fish and Game Commission to consider changing hunting rules

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 25, 2008 11:54 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is considering five hunting rule changes, including three that would ...

Idaho Spud

Well Fed Network - USA If I remember correctly, Steve Almond wrote about tracking down the Idaho Spud in Candy Freak and watches them as they are made. He then eats one and hates ...

Federal abstinence funds find fewer takers

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Idaho decided to opt out of the grants because the money was uncertain - and because the program didn't seem effective. BY COLLEEN LAMAY AND KEVIN FREKING ...

Idaho Senator Tom Gannon Dies After Long Battle with Cancer Tuesday

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Sen. Tom Gannon of Buhl died Tuesday at a hospital in Boise after a long battle with cancer. Gannon, a Republican, was 62. ...

Idaho judge sorry for springing buddy's son

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By AP COEUR D'ALENE - A northern Idaho magistrate says he's sorry for springing a buddy's son from jail in the early morning hours last January after a ...

States turn down US abstinence education grants

The Associated Press - We didn't know from one quarter to the next whether we'd be getting the rest of the money," said Elke Shaw-Tulloch of the Idaho Department of Health and ...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Idaho News 24-Jun

Idaho public housing gets $1 million in aid

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA BOISE, Idaho - The federal government is sending more than $1 million to Idaho to replace or modernize public housing. The $1.1 million in capital ...

Idaho Power weighs in on state motion to dismiss

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA By Nate Poppino Idaho Power Co. has responded to the state of Idaho's attempts to dismiss and resolve the remaining issues in a lawsuit over the Swan Falls ...

Tailpipes, cows expand Idaho's carbon footprint

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Past reports on the state's carbon footprint have targeted transportation as the major source - and said Idaho has a relatively low impact on global warming ...

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

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 24, 2008 6:44 AM ET COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho environmental regulators and the Coeur d'Alene tribe want to know what the public thinks of ...

Idaho Press-Tribune

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA She comes to the position with five years of experience working for the Idaho Association of Counties as a policy analyst and lobbyist. ...

Farm Commodities: Idaho�s bread and butter

South Idaho Press - Burley,ID,USA These diverse food items have at least one thing in common: Idaho is in the top ten producing states for them. In fact, Idaho is the third largest ...

WSU, University of Idaho work to boost domestic caviar

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP PULLMAN -- Scientists at Washington State University and neighboring University of Idaho in Moscow are studying less invasive ways of determining if a ...

Several fires in S. Idaho keep firefighters busy

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - June 23, 2008 7:14 PM ET SHOSHONE, Idaho (AP) - Southern Idaho wildland firefighters got their first real taste of action over the weekend, ...

NYMF Adds Bonnie & Clyde, College, Hatpin and Idaho! to 2008 Line-Up

Playbill.com - New York,NY,USA By Adam Hetrick Bonnie & Clyde, The Road to Ruin, Play It Cool and Idaho! are among the newly announced titles for the fifth annual New York Musical Theatre ...

Time for "Jessica's Law" in Idaho

renewamerica.us - Washington,DC,USA He was convicted in 1998 of the molestation of two brothers, who were attending a Boy Scout camp in eastern Idaho where Stowell was serving as a camp ...

Boise News 24-Jun

Grass fire causes commotion near Boise mall

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - A fire quickly swept through a grassy field at the intersection of Cole & Franklin Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out just after 3:00 pm and ...

Sopranos box set

Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville,Ontario,Canada BOISE, Idaho -- Apparently, the Incredible Hulk isn't that tough, after all. A 3.5-metre replica of the muscular green monster stolen from a Boise comic ...

Boise's Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 Awards Basketball Camp ...

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227, located in Boise, Idaho, has awarded basketball camp scholarships to participants of Community Partnerships of Idaho. ...

Boise Foothills very dry, susceptible to fire

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE � Conditions are hot and dry right now, and that�sa dangerous combination during summer months. There have already been several small wildfires in ...

College Facility Notes: Boise State Borrowing Money For Sky Club

SportsBusiness Daily (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA In Boise, Chadd Cripe reported Boise State Univ. (BSU) will borrow $28.25M to help pay for the construction of the Stueckle Sky Club, which is adding ...

Plane Crash Southeast of Boise

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Police and rescue crews are working at the scene of a single-engine plane crash near the southern Idaho town of Glenns Ferry. The Elmore County Sheriff's ...

Businessman agrees to turn over 'Blue Turf' towels to Boise State ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A business sued by Boise State University for selling �Blue Turf Towels� has agreed to stop selling the towels and to turn over its stock of about 10000 of ...

Boise students take first in national science contest

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A team from Boise's Treasure Valley Math and Science Center took first place in a national science competition over the weekend. The middle school students ...

Boise team takes first place in national alternative fuel competition

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A team from Boise�s Treasure Valley Math and Science Center took first place in a national science competition over the weekend. The middle-school students ...

A 'reel' good time with the Boise Bass Busters

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Then check out the Boise Bass Busters club, which meets at 7 pm Monday at Idaho Pizza Company, 405 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian. The mission of the Boise Bass ...