Monday, June 30, 2008

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 ...

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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 ...

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Idaho News 28-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 ...

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Ready for Obon?

Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario,OR,USA By Johna Strickland Thursday morning she and other members of the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple gathered in the temple�s basement kitchen to prepare the ...

Same church, new name

Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA Grace Point, which is located at 1305 Hill St. SE, next to the Boys & Girls Club of Albany, is looking to purchase property for a new building. ...

Boise News 28-Jun

Astronaut who replaced McAuliffe to join Boise State

Houston Chronicle - United States Morgan will join a faculty of 600 at Boise State, where the enrollment is nearly 20000 students. Last week, Idaho's State Board of Education approved ...

Fever try to regroup before Boise trip

KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA The pressure is on this weekend in Boise. They have a 4-8 record, so they need to win their last four games to have a shot at the playoffs. ...

Timberview WR commits to Boise State

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA Mansfield Timberview wide receiver Aaron Burks (6-3, 180) said he has orally committed to Boise State after taking an unofficial visit there last week. ...

Boise Man Arrested for Lewd Conduct

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Police arrested a Boise man for lewd and lascivious conduct. They arrested Phillip Samuel Harrison, 20, on Thursday. A judge has sealed the case so little ...

Morgan leaves NASA for teaching job at Boise State

Houston Chronicle - United States The space agency said Friday that Morgan plans to be a professor at Boise State University in Idaho, where she taught elementary school when she was the No. ...

Someone in Boise has $400000 payday

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - Idaho had another lucky Powerball winner from Wednesday night's draw - this time in Boise. One ticket from Wednesday�s $64 million ...

Two Boise Activists Seek Help Paying for Their Bill

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Two anti abortion activists in Boise are asking supporters for over 10 thousand dollars for their legal bills. Bryan Fischer, a lobbyist heading up the ...

Powerful women outside the comfort zone

CNNMoney.com - USA Early in her career, when Allen was managing Deloitte�s Boise office, she was an able manager. But her crucible came, she says, when she moved away from ...

Teacher-astronaut Barbara Morgan leaving NASA

Houston Chronicle - United States By MARK CARREAU Educator-astronaut Barbara Morgan, who launched aboard the shuttle Endeavour last year, is leaving NASA to take an academic post at Boise ...

City of Boise Threatens to Seize Property and Assets of Brandi ...

Christian News Wire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA BOISE, Idaho, June 27 /Christian Newswire/ -- In a letter sent to Brandi Swindell and Rev. Bryan Fischer, the City of Boise states they each have until July ...

Idaho News 28-Jun

Idaho's Morgan officially retires from NASA

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA The Idaho teacher-astronaut spent nearly two weeks in space last year aboard the Shuttle Endeavour, after decades with the space agency. ...

Idaho to direct deposit unemployment checks

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � The Idaho Department of Labor is now allowing direct deposit for unemployment benefits. Starting on Monday, unemployment insurance claimants ...

Investigators: Fire at Bish's in Idaho Falls Caused by Welding

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Welding of a molded plastic tank is being blamed for causing a trashcan to go up in flames at Bish's RV Supercenter in Idaho Falls. Firefighters got a call ...

Idaho developer DBSI planning 3.2M square feet in Hernando County

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA 3.2 million square feet of speculative industrial space on 147 acres near Interstate 75 and State Road 50 in east Hernando County. ...

Idaho Gop Hails Supreme Court�s 2nd Amendment Decision

Idaho Examiner - Idaho Falls,ID,USA BOISE, ID � The Idaho Republican Party hailed the US Supreme Court�s historic decision today, upholding the individual�s Second Amendment right to keep and ...

BOWL ELIGIBLE? Work in progress: Idaho hopes to put together ...

The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA �From 1982, when this East end (of the Kibbie Dome) was put on, until 2004, Idaho did nothing. On their athletic facilities, we did nothing. ...

Tom Hanks loses Idaho home construction dispute

San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA AP KETCHUM, Idaho�A Blaine County judge has rejected Tom Hanks' second request for arbitration over what the actor says was $2.5 million in faulty ...

Idaho�s Mike Taylor Becomes First D-League Player Drafted By An ...

NBA.com - USA NEW YORK, June 26, 2008 � Idaho Stampede guard Mike Taylor was selected with the 55th overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers ...

UPDATE: Both sides of child molester parole controversy meet in ...

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Vanessa Brown POCATELLO - The parents of sexually abused boy scouts met with the parole board in Eastern Idaho to discuss the board's decision to let ...

Idaho inmate dies in Oklahoma prison

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA Idaho currently houses 240 inmates in the NFCF and 613 inmates out of state. IDOC's Virtual Prison Program monitors Idaho inmates housed in out of state ...

Boise News 28-Jun

Boise firefighter goes to court for battery of BLM firefighter

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- A Boise firefighter facing charges of battery on another firefighter appeared in court Thursday morning. Steve Saterlee, a firefighter with the ...

Boise Police Search for Robbery Suspect

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho -- Police are on the search for a man who robbed a gas station in Boise. It happened at around 2:45a.m. Wednesday at the 7-11 store on the ...

Supervalu �Donates� to Boise University

Supermarket News - New York City,NY,USA BOISE, Idaho � Supervalu said it would sell one of the headquarters buildings here that it acquired in the 2006 purchase of Albertsons to the Boise State ...

Micron's Losses Linger

TheStreet.com - USA The Boise, Idaho, chipmaker achieved a minor measure of progress in its fiscal third quarter, pulling its gross margin back into positive territory. ...

Nampa paper to print Boise daily in pact

Newspapers and Technology - Denver,CO,USA The Statesman will keep postpress and inserting operations in its Boise production facility. Nampa is located about 20 minutes west of Boise. ...

Round Table Pizza closes seven Boise restaurants

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE � Round Table Pizza has permanently closed all seven of its restaurants in the Boise market. One employee, who works at the Idaho ...

SuperValu holds first annual meeting in Boise

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - SuperValu is holding its annual shareholder meeting at the Morrison Center, the first time it�s ever been held in Boise. In attendance are about 100 ...

Supervalu holds annual meeting in Boise

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 26, 2008 12:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Minnesota-based grocery giant Supervalu is holding its annual shareholder meeting in Boise today. ...

Pac 10 Expansion

FOXSports.com - USA The teams that almost always get suggested are Hawaii and Boise State. This is due to their recent success. They fail to remember that there are other ...

City of Boise, police department receive achievement awards

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The City of Boise and Boise Police Department received three City Achievement awards Wednesday from the Association of Idaho Cities. ...

Idaho News 28-Jun

Idaho: Serial jail breaker deserves max facility

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 26, 2008 2:54 PM ET GOODING, Idaho (AP) - State prison officials are considering moving a serial escapist from a southern Idaho county lockup to a ...

Idaho Tax Commission rejects allegations of abuses

Forbes - NY,USA By JOHN MILLER 06.26.08, 10:31 AM ET The Idaho Tax Commission formally rejected an agency auditor's contentions that it has illegally settled income tax ...

Eastern Idaho Firefighters Aid California

Idaho Examiner - Idaho Falls,ID,USA IDAHO FALLS�Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center (EIIFC) firefighters were sent to California on Sunday June 22nd to help extinguish the hundreds of ...

Idaho short-term bonds get top ratings

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The state has again received top ratings for its short-term debt from the three largest credit-rating agencies in New York, Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane said. ...

Girl Gone Wild, Idaho Style

New York Times - United States She is now an organic farmer, a grandmother and an activist, living on a farm in Northern Idaho. She is also a lifestyle brand, with a line of products ...

Idaho gets $140K from private group for Gear Up

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 25, 2008 7:54 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federally funded program meant to encourage low-income Idaho students to attend college or university is ...

Police Charge Husband with Idaho Falls Homicide

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Lt. Joe Cawley of the Idaho Falls Police Department says: "Our detectives will talk to him if he's willing to talk to us. and then what we're waiting for ...

Bear Lake resort in Idaho gets tentative go-ahead

Forbes - NY,USA By PAUL FOY 06.25.08, 6:10 PM ET Developers have tentative approval to start building a luxury resort with golf and skiing on the Idaho side of Bear Lake. ...

Idaho Tax Commission rejects allegations of abuses

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � The Idaho Tax Commission formally rejected contentions by an agency auditor that they illegally settle income tax protests by large ...

Idaho Falls Man Arrested & Charged for the Murder of His Wife

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA The Idaho Falls Police Department has arrested John R. Beverly for the murder of his wife, June, 80. Beverly is charged with one count of 1 st degree murder ...

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US Women's Open Tee Times

International Herald Tribune - France 10:01 am - 3:31 pm - a-Emily Powers, Quincy, Ill.; Hee Young Park, South Korea; Janell Howland, Boise, Idaho. 10:12 am - 3:42 pm - Katrina Leckovic, Canada; ...

Real estate transactions June 26

The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA Myers, Robert, to Moreno, James, 6509 Idaho St., Vancouver, 98661, Ranch, $202000, 5/2/2008. Walden, Vivencia, to Valdez, Alberto 15103 NE Fourth Circle, ...

KU�s Powers To Tee Off At US Women�s Open Thursday

WIBW - Topeka,KS,USA The Quincy, Ill. native will be competing against the likes of former champions Cristie Kerr, Annika Sorenstam, Birdie Kim, Meg Mallon, Juli Inkster, and Se ...

Boise News 28-Jun

Reynolds rescues Frogs in the ninth

HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA Reynolds slapped a two-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving Everett a 5-4 victory over the Boise Hawks on Tuesday night at Everett ...

Boise man arrested after railroad track incident Saturday

Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario,OR,USA By Katie Pizza Ontario � The Ontario Police Department cited and released a Boise man for trespassing after he was discovered to be �playing chicken� with ...

Report: Boise Airport likely to see service reduction

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Scott Logan BOISE -- We know the airlines industry is troubled by the high cost of oil but is the sky really falling? The answer is yes, ...

All roads lead to Boise�

Boise Weekly - ID, USA Boise residents either don�t need to hear the pitch, or Otter is not interested in Boise�s concerns, �about the safety and condition of Idaho�s roads. ...

Supervalu annual meeting set June 26 in Boise

Idaho Business Review - United States by Brad Carlson 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 ...

Poor Farm Boise

Boise Weekly - ID, USA "We wanted to challenge this legally," said St. Luke's Boise Medical Center spokesman Ken Dey. "We're certainly not standing at the door asking for a green ...

Boise�s Mild or Wild Great Summer Escape

Adventure Travel Media Source (Press Release) - Wellington,CO,USA BOISE, Idaho�The Boise summer days are long which gives visitors more time to enjoy the host of spectacular outdoor adventures that Boise has to offer. ...

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

PR-CANADA.net (press release) - Murino,Montenegro Coach Jamaal Al-Din, who is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and now operates Jamaal Al-Din's Hoops 227 in Boise, Idaho has awarded several ...

Armed Robbery in Boise

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Boise Police are looking for a robbery suspect this morning at 3 o'clock at the 7-11 at Maple Grove and Ustick. Boise Police Sgt. Don Larson tellls 670 KBOI ...

Boise State Football: Who Will Be the Broncos' New Announcer?

Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA by Drew Roberts (Analyst) Peak Broadcasting last week assured restless Bronco fans that they were nearing the end of their search for the next Boise State ...

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 ...

Boise News 24-Jun

CCDC approves parking fee hikes in Boise

Idaho Business Review - United States by Simon Shifrin Boise�s urban renewal agency approved fee hikes at its eight downtown parking garages after listening to the complaints of worried business ...

Boise State�s Smith wins Pan Am title

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA Among the champions was Boise State�s Kirk Smith at 84kg/185 lbs who topped Canada�s Erik Feunekes. Smith joined Boise State after a stellar high school ...

Parking Downtown Boise Will Now Cost More

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Parking downtown Boise will now cost us more. After a meeting today with Capital City Development Corp and Boise's Urban renewal agency, the higher rates ...

Man who molested Boy Scouts in eastern Idaho now lives in Boise

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - The man who admitted to molesting at least two dozen Boy Scouts in eastern Idaho is out of prison and living in Boise. ...

Board takes up 4 subdivisions for Boise foothills

Forbes - NY,USA Two of the proposed subdivisions are north of Eagle, while the other two are in Boise. The commissioners are scheduled to review each of the development's ...

Fast-attack sub Boise departs from Norfolk

Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA The Los Angeles-class sub, with a crew of 139 officers and enlisted, deployed for six months, according to a Navy news release. The sub's commanding officer ...

Boise State Football: Which True Frosh Will Make an Instant Impact?

Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA by Drew Roberts (Analyst) Last season, Boise State saw a dramatic impact by true freshmen. Titus Young made his presence known in the very first game of the ...

Board takes up 4 subdivisions for Boise foothills

Conde Nast Portfolio - New York,NY,USA Ada County highway officials are getting ready for a public hearing on four large housing projects planned for the foothills north of Boise and other ...

Snelson narrowly loses to boss in Boise

Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA Anchorage professional Jet Funny Car driver Derek Snelson, who drives for War Hawk Jet Funny Cars, was in Boise, Idaho, this weekend at the 31st Annual Bill ...

Lorin strikes out 13 in AquaSox home opener

Seattle Times - United States Lorin helped the Everett AquaSox celebrate their 25th Northwest League home opener with a dominating performance in a 2-1 victory over the Boise Hawks. ...

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. ...

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Idaho News 21-Jun

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

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 21, 2008 5:44 AM ET POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - A silicon maker and barley malter in Eastern Idaho are teaming up to share water - and reduce energy ...

South Idaho Dairy Slapped with OSHA Fine After Crushing Death

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA SHOSHONE, Idaho (AP) - A southern Idaho dairy was slapped with a proposed $2500 fine by federal safety officials after a truck driver was killed during a ...

Ray Lopes hired as Idaho assistant

SI.com - USA MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- Former Fresno State basketball coach Ray Lopes, who lost his job because of recruiting violations, has been hired as an assistant ...

Another Big Drug Bust in Idaho

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Another big drug bust in Idaho.Cops took nearly 55 thousand dollars in marijuana, cocaine, and meth yesteday from a house near Lake Hazel and Maple Grove. ...

Ray Lopes hired as Idaho assistant

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 20, 2008 1:44 PM ET MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Former Fresno State basketball coach Ray Lopes, who lost his job because of recruiting violations, ...

Boise News 21-Jun

Boise State adds Idaho astronaut, educator to faculty

Idaho Business Review - United States by Zach Hagadone Boise State University will have a celebrity on staff this fall. The school announced yesterday astronaut and Idaho teacher Barbara Morgan ...

Boise Hawks batting for Men's Health

OurSports Central (press release) - Marshfield,WI,USA Boise ID - The Boise Hawks and Main Street Mile are working together to strike out prostate cancer. On June 19, 20, 21, 27, and 28 the Hawks squad will be ...

Boise man arrested on drug trafficking charges

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - Ada County Sheriff�s deputies have arrested a Boise man for manufacturing marijuana and trafficking cocaine. ...

A Long Weekend in Idaho? Oh, Boise!

CMT.com - Nashville,TN,USA Boise, Idaho, is one of those cities I never thought I�d see. But I was persuaded over Memorial Day weekend to visit a friend who once lived in the City of ...

High Gas Prices Fuel Thefts in Boise

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Police say they are seeing an increase in the theft of gasoline from peoples' cars in east Boise. Crimestoppers' Curt Crum tells 670 KBOI News some folks ...

Boise creates job for former astronaut Barbara Morgan

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise Astronomical Society's largest event of the year is coming up on Saturday, June 28. From 7 pm to midnight, the society will have high-powered ...

Hewlett-Packard says a top Boise executive to retire

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA But the company said a top Boise executive would retire. Meanwhile, industry analysts and local observers were split over what is in store for Boise as the ...

Major pot growing operation found in Boise County

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise County Sheriffs Department has uncovered what it calls a "major" marijuana grow operation. Authorities found over 2000 plants growing in a rugged ...

T-Mobile volunteers spruce up Whittier School in Boise

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA By Anne Wallace Allen - aallen@idahostatesman.com About 130 volunteers from T-Mobile in Meridian met Thursday at Whittier Elementary School in North Boise ...

Take a nature hike along the Boise River

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY CHAD DRYDEN - cdryden@idahostatesman.com There is no better time on the Boise River than summer - and not just because it's floating season. ...

Se Idaho News 21-Jun

Around the Valley

Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario,OR,USA ONTARIO ��� The 62nd annual Japan Nite Obon Festival will be held June 28 at the Idaho-Oregon Buddhist Temple, 286 SE Fourth St., Ontario. ...

Idaho News 21-Jun

Idaho drops ISAT for this fall

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Two of Idaho students' weakest subjects, math and science, showed improvement on the 2008 spring Idaho Standards Achievement Test results released Thursday. ...

Qwest makes grant to Idaho nonprofit center

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Qwest Foundation have given $10000 to the Idaho Nonprofit Center to help fund the 2008 Statewide Nonprofit Conference, Oct. 16-17 on the Boise State ...

Sinkhole closes Idaho 55 near Donnelly

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A sinkhole closed Idaho 55 near Donnelly Thursday afternoon, and road crews said the section of highway will be closed until at least mid-day Monday. ...

'Taste of Idaho' Showcases Food and Music

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Tonight was the 5th annual 'Taste of Idaho'. It's a great way to experience the best culinary dishes that Eastern Idaho has to offer. ...

Geothermal meetings set in energy-hungry West

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA By JOHN MILLER AP WRITER BOISE, Idaho -- Geothermal energy prospectors' plans to develop vast swaths of federal land in the West are due for a boost, ...

Idaho's personal income fell in 1Q; only four states dropped

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 19, 2008 Idaho was just one of four states where personal income slumped in the first quarter of 2008. The others were Mississippi, ...

Sad day for justice: Idaho Supreme Court orders resentencing for ...

renewamerica.us - Washington,DC,USA In the course of vacating the sentence, the Court kicked the Bible out of Idaho's judicial system for good measure. The murderer, Darrell Payne, ...

Idaho State Board of Ed. Waives fall ISATs for 2009

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA The State Board of Education has waived students taking the ISATS (Idaho Standards Achievement Test) fall of next year. The test was meant to help teachers ...

N. Idaho child hospitalized, mom, boyfriend arrested

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP ST MARIES, Idaho -- A 3-year-old girl is clinging to life after suffering extensive injuries that blackened the flesh of her hands and feet, ...

Taste of Idaho Today in Idaho Falls

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Tonight is the 5 th annual Taste of Idaho. It will be from 5-10pm and you can sample from over 25 restaurants in Eastern Idaho. ...

Boise News 21-Jun

Astronaut Morgan joining Boise State University

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - Boise State University announced Thursday that astronaut and Idaho educator Barbara R. Morgan is joining the university. ...

Idaho firefighters brawl outside Boise bikini bar

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 19, 2008 Officials with the Boise Fire Department and Bureau of Land Management are downplaying a fight between firefighters from the ...

Boise High distance runner earns Gatorade award

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Boise High junior-to-be Eric Fitzpatrick was named Gatorade Idaho Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year on Thursday, joining 2006 graduate John Mering as ...

Boise city forester warns of tree disease

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - Our cool, wet spring set up perfect growth conditions for �Anthracnose,� disease infecting local American Sycamores, according to ...

Boise Woman Charged: Police Found her 5 year Old Crossing Street Alone

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA A Boise woman is being held in the Ada County Jail after police found her 5-year-old daughter alone and attempting to cross Fairview Avenue on a bike at ...

HP shrinks printing, imaging group, but stays mum on Boise jobs impact

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA But the company offered no details about what that means to HP�s workers in Boise. Billed as a cost-cutting measure, the news raised more questions than ...

Boise firefighter charged in bar brawl

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A group of Boise Firefighters used this bus to attend a bachelor party that involved a brawl with some other firefighters with the Bureau of Land Management ...

Boise firefighter charged in bikini club brawl

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA At least one Boise firefighter is facing felony criminal charges in connection with a bar brawl at a Boise bikini bar last fall where a firefighter with the ...

Get ready to paddle! The Boise River float season is under way.

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Grab a paddle and hit the Boise River. The float season is in full swing, and it's time to relax and casually float the river through town. ...

High court won't overturn Boise city decision to annex land

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY KATHLEEN KRELLER - kkreller@idahostatesman.com The Idaho Supreme Court said it had no authority to overturn a Boise city decision to annex land owned by ...

Se Idaho News 21-Jun

HP streamlines printing and imaging, Vancouver repercussions unclear

The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA The third is in Boise, Idaho. More details to come. Meanwhile, at right read excerpts from a memo sent to employees today by Vyomesh Joshi, HP executive ...

Idaho News 21-Jun

Community calendar - Idaho Statesman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA College of Idaho Softball Summer Camps: All skills camp is June 30 through July 3 for high school players. A hitting camp is July 7-9. ...

- Idaho Statesman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Arrangements by Cremation Society of Idaho, Boise. JOAN GREINER, 69, Star, died June 16 at home. Memorial services will be at noon June 20 in her garden at ...

Get in on some of the Idaho Conservation League's hikes

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Volunteer hike leaders guide hikers on trails throughout Southwest Idaho in the hiking series. Hikes are free. Space is limited, and registration is ...

Idaho pools fighting disease

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA CALDWELL, Idaho - Public pools in Canyon County are taking extra precautions this year to try to prevent another outbreak of cryptosporidium. ...

Digester applies to sell electricity to Idaho Power

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA By Nate Poppino A Magic Valley dairy may become the first in the state to sell electricity to Idaho Power Co. using an anaerobic digester. ...

Paul supporters continue fight within Idaho GOP

Southern Idaho Business - Twin Falls,ID,USA Three of the 29 Idaho delegates going to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., hail from south-central Idaho. They are Hartgen and Chris ...

Antique bandits strike N. Idaho shops

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Police here are seeking a Washington state man and woman they allege used disguises and distraction to steal items from antique ...

Antique bandits strike N. Idaho shops

Seattle Times - United States Police here are seeking a Washington state man and woman they allege used disguises and distraction to steal items from antique shops. ...

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

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 18, 2008 6:44 AM ET GLENNS FERRY, Idaho (AP) - An anti-nuclear activist was arrested Monday evening at a public meeting held by a company that ...

Formation Capital gets go-ahead on Idaho cobalt

The Northern Miner (subscription) - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada The underground mine, known as the Idaho Cobalt Project would extract cobalt, copper, and gold from the Ram deposit. A feasibility study by Samuel ...

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Idaho News 18-Jun

Idaho Race Gets Personal

Wall Street Journal - USA Dr. Rammell hands out DVDs of his personal story titled "Something Worth Fighting For: The Rex Rammell Story" in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. ...

Idaho Press Tribune Will Print Idaho Statesman Newspaper

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho-- As strange as it sounds, the Idaho Press Tribune will soon be printing Idaho Statesman newspapers. An agreement has been reached between the ...

Idaho auditors examine Health and Welfare Department

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - June 17, 2008 6:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The state's Legislative Audits division has released a report detailing several processing and oversight ...

University of Idaho to report on law school plans

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 17, 2008 The University of Idaho is scheduled to update the Idaho State Board of Education on plans to open a law school branch in Boise ...

Simpson secures $1 million for Idaho Meth Project

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA WASHINGTON, DC � Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson announced today that he has secured $3.3 million for four Idaho initiatives, including $1 million for the ...

Idaho due $3.3 mln in fed money, including for anti-meth ads

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISe, Idaho � Congress is closer to sending $3.3 million to Idaho, including for the Idaho Meth Project. The money is part of the 2009 Commerce, Justice, ...

Idaho governor trying to get support for road improvements

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA ... to get ideas on how to best approach the public meetings to persuade Idaho residents that money is needed for the state's road infrastructure. ...

E. Idaho police officers to pay for taking patrol cars home

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA IDAHO FALLS, Idaho � Idaho Falls Police Chief Steve Roos plans to have officers who live outside the city limits and drive their patrol cars to and from ...

More Idaho Troops to Deploy Overseas

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho -- Another 200 Idaho National Guard airmen headed to Afghanistan for a 45-day deployment Tuesday morning. The troops will serve mission support ...

Idaho police recover body of suspected homicide victim

KTVN - Reno,NV,USA AP - June 17, 2008 2:24 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Sheriff's deputies from Twin Falls County Idaho have recovered the body of a suspected homicide ...

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Boise News 17-Jun

Boise man charged with attempted strangulation, kidnapping

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Doyal Waisner, 39, of Boise, is charged with attempted strangulation, domestic battery and second degree kidnapping. A Boise man is in custody accused of ...

'Splendid Table' radio show host to visit Boise during weekend

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Free book signing event from 11 am to 1 pm Friday at Berryhill & Co., 121 N 9th St. in Boise. - Wine and hors d'oeuvres, 6 pm to 9 pm Friday at the home of ...

Judge orders Boise Place company liquidated

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA Judge James D. Pappas yesterday ordered that the assets of developer Gary Rogers' Charterhouse Boise Downtown Properties be sold to pay off secured and ...

Boise man arrested on domestic violence call

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Stephanie Hale BOISE- The Boise Police Department took Doyal Waisner into custody Monday evening after his wife called dispatch saying he had battered ...

Boise Place site will be sold - then what?: Creditors will get ...

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA The judge Monday said the assets of developer Gary D. Rogers' Charterhouse Boise Downtown Properties should be liquidated to pay off its creditors. ...

Boise High grad is Obama's chief of staff

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will get some help from a Boise High grad. Jim Messina graduated from Boise High ...

Boise man charged with battery after home break-in

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A 19-year-old Boise man was charged with aggravated battery after police said he broke into a house, beat up a couple and vandalized the man's car Sunday ...

Boise to break ground on branch library

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 am at the site of the new West Boise Community Library - the Evergreen Plaza Shopping Center at Cole and Ustick roads. ...

Police arrest 19-year-old suspect in Boise graffiti cases

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A 19-year-old Boise man found lying under a train car that had been freshly painted with graffiti was charged with felony malicious injury to property. ...

Boise man arrested under railroad car on graffiti charges

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA A 19-year-old Boise man caught lying under a train car freshly tagged with graffiti early Monday morning is charged with felony malicious injury to property ...

Se Idaho News 17-Jun

Seattle church builds, donates organ to recovering Bywater ...

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA "It's not for churches, per se. It's for people. The pipe organ is uplifting to the human soul. It buoys up spirits. You can put a spiritual component in it ...

Idaho News 17-Jun

Tax Receipts Down in Idaho

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA The slowing economy is hurting Idaho's income. The latest numbers show the state's sales tax revenue is down millions of dollars from predicted levels. ...

- Idaho Statesman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Cremation by Cremation Society of Idaho. MILO R. (MIKE) CAHOON, 88, died June 14 at a Gooding hospital. Services pending, Demaray Funeral Service, ...

Idaho�s Republican Party Revolution

Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA In Idaho, where President Bush beat Sen. John Kerry by 38 percentage points four years ago, the state�s Republican Party seems to have embraced this year�s ...

Idaho Statesman to cut 24 production jobs

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 16, 2008 The Idaho Statesman will cut the equivalent of 24 full-time production jobs early next year as part of a plan to reduce costs. ...

Idaho Falls Mom Saves Her Sons From Burning Car

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA After her truck suddenly caught fire last Friday, an Idaho Falls mother walked through the flames to get her two boys out of the backseat. ...

Idaho Land Board to discuss timber sale outlook, cabin rent rates

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 16, 2008 12:24 PM ET IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Board of Land Commissioners will meet this week at Idaho State University. ...

Idaho fire season looming

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA Sonja Shadow with the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center in Idaho Falls says in recent years the wildfire season has started early. ...

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Boise News 14-Jun

Boise officials to look at towing policies

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published June 14, 2008 Officials in Boise are considering changing the city's policy concerning illegally parked vehicles in city parks that give park ...

Former Boise Cascade employee charged with fraud

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By AP BOISE - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Boise Cascade employee on 86 counts of wire fraud and nine counts of aggravated identity theft. ...

Ada deputies search for Boise robbery suspect

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA BOISE � Ada County Sheriff deputies are searching for a suspect they believe robbed a Boise convenience store armed with a knife in the early morning hours. ...

Detectives search for man missing for past week

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - A man hasn�t been heard from in more than a week � and now police are hoping the public can help track him down. Curtis Williams, 49 last contacted ...

Boise to review towing policy

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA One official says the city needs to do a better job of educating the public about policies on parking in Boise parks. Cars parked outside designated areas ...

Boise Hawks assigned four first-round picks

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Hawks arrive in Boise on Saturday and begin Northwest League play against Eugene at 7:15 pm Tuesday at Memorial Stadium. �This is one of the first years ...

Fired Boise Cascade worker indicted in fraud case

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY BETHANN STEWART - bstewart@idahostatesman.com A federal grand jury Friday charged a former Boise Cascade employee with 86 counts of wire fraud and 9 ...

Summit to bring top business leaders to Boise

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Leaders from Boise Church of God and Meridian Church of God pooled their resources 30 years ago and built one new church in southwest Boise at 3755 S. ...

Boise man has been missing for a week

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Ada County Sheriff�s detectives are asking for the public's help in locating a Boise man who has been missing for a week. Family last spoke to Curtis ...

Former Boise Cascade employee charged with fraud

Twin Falls Times-News - Twin Falls,ID,USA BOISE, Idaho - A federal grand jury has indicted a former Boise Cascade employee on 86 counts of wire fraud and nine counts of aggravated identity theft. ...

Se Idaho News 14-Jun

Mercy Recovering After Evacuation

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA "It was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen," Charles said, citing football and baseball teams and a missionary group from Idaho among the volunteers ...

Religion calendar June 14

The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA A team of eight adults and eight youth will a week repairing and painting home in Lapwai, Idaho, home of the Nez Perce Tribe. * 360-892-7160. ...

Idaho News 14-Jun

Defaced Idaho Stop Signs With Anti-War Message for Sale

FOXNews - USA IDAHO FALLS, Idaho � A war protest in which 179 stop signs were defaced by stenciling the word "war" in white letters under the "stop" has morphed into an ...

Pot resolution roils Idaho GOP convention delegates

USA Today - USA SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) � A resolution opposing legalizing marijuana and supporting full enforcement of existing drug laws drew strong opposition from ...

Defaced E. Idaho stop signs with anti-war message for sale

Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA AP IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- A war protest in which 79 stop signs were defaced by stenciling the word "war" in white letters under the "stop" has morphed into ...

Miles of popular northern Idaho trail still closed

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - June 13, 2008 12:44 PM ET COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - About 18 miles of a scenic trail in northern Idaho is still off-limits to recreationists because ...

Hoku to offer $54M in shares

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA Proceeds of the sales will be used to reach the company's milestones for its polysilicon production plant in Pocatello, Idaho. Shares of Hoku stock closed ...

Friday, June 13, 2008

Boise News 13-Jun

Former Boise Cascade worker accused of stealing $185K

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- A former Boise Cascade employee has been indicted for 86 counts of wire fraud and nine counts of aggravated identity theft. ...

Memorial Stadium Diamond Club won't be ready for Boise Hawks ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The newest addition to Memorial Stadium will not be completed for the Boise Hawks season opener. The 76 seats in the team's new Diamond Club section will ...

Former Boise Cascade employee charged with wire fraud, identity theft

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Staff BOISE - A former Boise Cascade employee has been indicted for 86 counts of wire fraud and nine counts of aggravated identity theft. ...

Boise Hawks assigned four first-round picks

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Chicago Cubs assigned 10 players from recent Hawks teams and four first-round picks to open the season in Boise on Tuesday. Third baseman Josh Vitters, ...

Boise Man Missing for a Week

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Ada County Sheriff's detectives are looking for your help in finding a Boise man who's been missing for a week. 49 year old Curtis Williams spoke to family ...

Travel rules different for Boise

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA Boise State had just been to a BCS game the previous year and could give UH some pointers on how to handle the venture -- including with whom to fill its ...

You can expect prime floating weather this weekend, but the Boise ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The warm weather through the weekend is perfect for floating the Boise River, but officials say do it in a raft or kayak to avoid the cold, leg-numbing ...

Boise loses fast-pitch softball legend, Marvin Abrams

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Abrams, who died Tuesday at 84, was a Boise softball legend. "You can't use that word too much," Riggs said. "There's never been anyone else like him. ...

Barber Park opens for the rafting & floating season

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- If at first you don't succeed... try again. Today is the day those hoping to raft the Boise River can get out in the current. ...

Local racing spotlight: Boise's Gordon Boven

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Gordon Boven of Boise has owned his 1972 Barracuda since he was 12 years old. He has been drag racing at Firebird Raceway since he was 15. ...

Se Idaho News 13-Jun

NEW: Downtown Cedar Rapids eerily quiet

Gazette Online - Solon,IA,USA He�s no stranger to swift, heavy water, having led whitewater rafting expeditions for 45 years on rivers in the Grand Canyon, Idaho and other sites. ...

Idaho News 13-Jun

Idaho party conventions get under way

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Butch Otter leads an all-GOP slate of seven constitutional officers, and all four members of Idaho's congressional delegation are Republican. ...

Idaho's No. 6 for quake risk, are we prepared?

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY CYNTHIA SEWELL - cmsewell@idahostatesman.com A 6.0-magnitude earthquake in February near Wells, Nev., shook buildings across southern Idaho and served as ...

Jon Anderson: Burley ethanol plant shows Idaho's potential for ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY JON ANDERSON - Idaho Statesman The city of Burley is proud to be providing all Idahoans a home-grown, renewable alternative to imported oil. ...

Idaho summit at BSU to address Hispanic student scores

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA AP The Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs will host a statewide summit next month aimed at closing the gap between Hispanic students and their ...

Norm Semanko's statement on his campaign to be Idaho GOP chairman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Sandpoint, Idaho � June 12, 2008 � "As I and the other Convention delegates arrive in Sandpoint today, I can feel the extra energy and excitement among ...

Woman injured in one-car rollover on Idaho 16

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA One person was transported to St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center after a one-car rollover near Pollard Lane on Idaho 16, said an Ada County dispatcher. ...

State Summaries: IDAHO

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA By Gillerman, VS Bennett, EH Mining and exploration activity in Idaho in 2007 continued its upswing as a result of favorable markets and higher commodity ...

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

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - June 13, 2008 4:44 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs will host a statewide summit next month aimed at improving Latino ...

Idaho receives federal charter school grant

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � Idaho is one of five states the US Department of Education will give hefty grants to develop more charter schools. The Idaho Department of ...

True Romance: Idaho fishing guide nets his lady love

Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA In September 2006, Cassie flew to Idaho to take clients fly-fishing. And that's when she met fishing guide Pete Wood. Pete knew almost immediately that ...

Boise News 13-Jun

Boise Police officer arrested for DUI plans to fight charges

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Blake McCoy BOISE � More details are beginning to emerge about a Boise Police officer's DUI arrest back in April. It�s been learned that he will fight ...

Boise State sees summer enrollment grow

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE - It may be summertime, but more students than ever before are taking classes at Boise State University this year. The school has more than 6159 ...

Carpenters strike at INL after firing by Boise companies

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA AP IDAHO FALLS - About 60 union carpenters walked off the job at the Idaho Cleanup Project at the Idaho National Laboratory. Wednesday's strike came after a ...

Boise gets top marks in Brooking Institution's economic vitality ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Tim and Marsha Hysell are the owners of Arbors, Gates, and Gardens, located on Hill Road in Boise. It's open during spring, summer, and fall seasons. ...

Boise golfer Howland gets major opportunity

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Janell Howland of Boise will make her major championship debut in the US Women's Open, which is June 26-29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn. ...

Cold weather keeps floaters away from Boise River on Wednesday

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Scott Hall, center, and Earle Swope, members of the Boise Fire Department Dive Rescue, patrol along the Boise River on Wednesday morning. ...

Boise police officer to challenge misdemeanor DUI citation

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Veteran Boise Police Officer Gary C. Miller will go to court to challenge a misdemeanor DUI citation he received in late April. The Ada County Prosecutor's ...

Boise police officer fights DUI charge

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA BY KATY MOELLER - kmoeller@idahostatesman.com Ten-year Boise police officer Gary C. Miller will go to court to challenge a misdemeanor DUI citation he ...

Boise Valley Fly Fishermen offer free casting clinic

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Boise Valley Fly Fishermen will hold a casting clinic on Saturday, June 14 from 9 am to 11 am at ParkCenter Pond off ParkCenter Boulevard in East Boise. ...

Snow in the Boise Mountains won�t last long as warm weather moves in

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The worst of the cold weather passed through the Treasure Valley overnight, but evidence of the storm can be seen on the Boise Mountains. ...