Boise News 29-Jul

Boise mercury spill is making neighbors nervous

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Meteorologist Jennifer Robbins BOISE - The Environmental Protection Agency and Hazardous Materials crews have collected four dump trucks worth of ...

UPDATE:Mercury Spill in Boise

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Officials think there is more mercury outside a home on the Boise Bench than first thought. The site coordinator for the EPA says as much as 16-ounces could ...

Update: Boise Bank Robbery

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA Boise police are investigating the robbery of the Washington Federal Bank this afternoon, near Broadway and Boise Avenues. Witnesses say a man walked into ...

Police looking for man who robbed Boise bank

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By KBCI Web Staff BOISE - Police say a man walked into a Boise bank Monday afternoon and robbed it. Officials say the man handed a teller at the Washington ...

Mercury mishap displaces two Boise families

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA BOISE -- For nearly four days two Boise families have been blocked from their homes after traces of mercury turned up in their neighborhood. ...

Boise State picked to finish seventh in WAC volleyball

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise State volleyball team is picked to finish seventh in the Western Athletic Conference, the league announced Monday. Defending champion Hawaii was ...

DirecTV announces next 44 markets to get HD locals

Engadget HD - Santa Monica,CA,USA Just after 30 some-odd new HD channels go live on August 14th, it will begin rolling out HD locals to cities like Augusta, GA, Baton Rouge, LA, Boise, ID, ...

Child Killer Gets Hearing in Boise

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA A hearing is scheduled this morning in Boise to determine if convicted child killer Joseph Duncan should be allowed to act as his own attorney during his ...

EPA finds Boise Bench mercury contamination is larger than ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA EPA cleanup experts said Sunday they had to excavate more soil than expected from in front of a Boise Bench home as they continue to clean up a toxic ...

Morrison's request to clear trees along Boise Greenbelt denied

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Velma Morrison asked the city to clear vegetation to give a better view of the Boise River from the Falcon Building at 815 Park Blvd. The Boise River System ...

Idaho News 29-Jul

�Peace Officers� Enforcing BYU Idaho

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Are the Police enforcing the laws on the campus of BYU Idaho really keeping the peace? This is the question that has the Idaho State Attorney General ...

Bonneville County Wraps Up Search for Idaho Falls Man Monday

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA Bonneville County Search and Rescue, with help from Bingham County Search and Rescue, ended their search and recovery efforts Monday for an Idaho Falls man ...

Idaho resort plans to sell $670 million in bonds

CNNMoney.com - USA NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Tamarack Resort in central Idaho aims to sell $670 million in bonds to boost finances after a real-estate market slowdown ...

Dog returned after being lost in Idaho wilderness

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � A 13-year-old English setter that was lost for a week in the rugged, central Idaho backcountry is back home in Boise, a little lighter and ...

Retirees file lawsuit against University of Idaho

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - July 28, 2008 6:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Former employees of the University of Idaho have sued the school in 2nd District Court for what they're ...

Tough choices: Idaho senator collects tales of gas price woes

McClatchy Washington Bureau - Washington,DC,USA Then they started adding up how much it would cost for five young families to drive from Idaho and soon realized that their modest family gathering had ...

SONOMA CO.: IDAHO WOMAN DIES OF MOTORCYCLE CRASH INJURIES

CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA The California Highway Patrol said today an Idaho woman involved in a motorcycle accident Thursday succumbed to her injuries Saturday at Santa Rosa Memorial ...

N. Idaho police bolster backcountry patrol

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho � Kootenai County sheriff Deputy Jeff Burns bounces down the long, winding gravel roads through the Fernan back country in his white ...

Judge allows Idaho child-killer to represent self

The Associated Press - BOISE, Idaho (AP) � A man who kidnapped two Idaho children and murdered one of them in 2005 is allowed to represent himself at his death penalty hearing, ...

Utah Man, 60, Died While Competing in Idaho Triathlon

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA BURLEY, Idaho (AP) - A 60-year-old Utah man died while competing in the Spudman Triathlon in Burley, Idaho. Idaho authorities say Donald Morehouse of Provo, ...

Boise News 29-Jul

Hawks end 14-game drought vs. Salem-Keizer

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Drew Rundle's three-run homer in the eighth inning helped the Boise Hawks to 7-5 win over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes on Sunday in Salem, Ore. ...

Mercury Found in Boise

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise -- It's going to be a long weekend for residents in a West Boise neighborhood, after officials discovered mercury in the area. ...

Boise ranger hopes for smoother mushroom season

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - July 27, 2008 8:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Boise National Forest officials handed out three times as many commercial mushroom picking permits than ...

Boise ranger hopes for smoother mushroom season

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � Boise National Forest official say they were overwhelmed by commercial mushroom pickers this year and sold three times as many commercial ...

Haze lingering over Boise

KBCI CBS 2 - Boise,ID,USA By Callie Zanandrie BOISE - The Idaho Department of Environmental quality issued a yellow air quality alert for Sunday. If you look outside and you'll see ...

Dailey: Motivation comes easy for these Broncos

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA It had been 14 seasons since the Boise State football team ended the season with two straight losses. That was when a Pokey Allen-led squad stumbled at the ...

Spokane Shock Spoil Boise Burn Playoff Hopes in 63-48 Victory

MLN - The Raw Feed - Boca Raton,FL,USA The visiting Boise Burn on the other hand, were fighting for their play-off lives and played accordingly. But despite their efforts the Shock came away with ...

Idaho News 29-Jul

Oops! Wrong Larry shown on Idaho campaign buttons

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published July 27, 2008 Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack ...

Idaho irrigation equipment group awards scholarships

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - July 27, 2008 8:24 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Irrigation Equipment Association has awarded more than $15000 in scholarships to 22 ...

Largest fire of 2008 burns in E. Idaho

KTVB - Boise,ID,USA Hand crews from the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center, the Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service are on the scene of the fire. ...

Idaho Falls Police Department Looking for Body in Snake River

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA The Idaho Falls Police Department, Bonneville County Sheriff's Office, Search and Rescue and Air Idaho are on scene looking for a body on the Snake River in ...

Utahn dies during Idaho triathlon

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published July 27, 2008 A 60-year-old Utah man died while competing in the Burley Lions Club Spudman Triathlon, officials said. ...

Idaho works on statewide teacher evaluations

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA By JESSIE L. BONNER BOISE, Idaho � When Mikki Nuchols was first evaluated as a middle school teacher in Idaho, she expected to be graded on how well she ...

Noxious Weeds in Idaho

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA The Idaho Museum of Natural History held their annual River Walk Saturday morning to show off the Greenway and teach people something new. ...

Power line planned from Boardman to Idaho

KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA (AP) - Idaho Power plans a 500-kilovolt transmission line from Boardman to Hemingway, Idaho, and it hopes to have it operational by June 2012. ...

West Views - Idaho Statesman

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA That decision also means Idaho, Montana and Wyoming will have no wolf hunt this fall. Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project and 11 other environmental ...

Idaho Press-Tribune

Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA Idaho State Police will target work zone speeders and aggressive drivers in the Interstate 84 construction zone between Garrity Boulevard and Meridian Road ...