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Idaho legislator pushes neutering feral cats

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 12:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho legislator wants to encourage sterilizing wild cats instead of killing them.

Idaho lawmakers debate 3rd illegal employment bill

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:24:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 12:24 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The third bill of the 2010 session to take on employers who knowingly hire illegal workers emerged in the Idaho...

Police: Man kills infant son and then himself

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 11:34 AM ET MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) - Police in Meridian in southwest Idaho say an initial investigation appears to show that a 20-year-old man shot and killed...

House to consider photo ID bill for Idaho voters

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 12:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho voters could have to present photo identification before casting their ballots, if a bill introduced in the House State...

Idaho officials confiscate wolf carcass

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 12:04 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has confiscated a wolf carcass from central Idaho wolf advocate Lynne...

Senate panel dumps bill aimed at invasive species

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 11:14 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Senators rejected a measure meant to help law enforcement officials stop invasive species at Idaho's borders, saying it would...

Shooting suspect at state mental hospital

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 11:14 AM ET GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - The trial of a Great Falls man accused of shooting his landlord to death has been delayed, while he undergoes another...

ISU professor to work on bomb-finding technology

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:54:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 10:54 AM ET POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho State University physics professor says he will develop technology to detect bombmaking materials hidden in...

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:54:00 EST

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Judge gives Idaho man 34 months for gun possession

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 8:04 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a south-central Idaho man to nearly three years in prison for unlawful possession of a...

Nampa man gets prison time for drug and gun crimes

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 9, 2010 6:04 AM ET NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - A 37-year-old Nampa man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm and...

Tapeworm in Idaho years before wolves arrived

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 7:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho's wildlife agency wants to set the record straight: Tapeworms were in Idaho long before wolves were transplanted, and...

Lawmaker: Nix 'retarded,' 'lunatic' from Idaho law

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 5:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho legislator wants to get rid of words like "lunatic" and "retarded" from state laws, saying they're outdated and...

In Haiti, Americans' attorney says they had papers

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 4:14 PM ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The new attorney for 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti says the group had authorization to take the...

Lawsuit seeks pygmy rabbit decision

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 3:44 PM ET SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The federal government has failed to make a decision about protecting the rare pygmy rabbit in eight Western states.

ID Senate backs bill to kill tax check-off

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 3:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A three-decade-old provision that's allowed Idaho residents to chip in a buck of their taxes to their favorite political party...

Idaho Human Rights Commission backs move to Labor

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:34:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 2:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Human Rights Commission unanimously backed a new partnership between the state's discrimination watchdog and the...

Idaho House clears bill to waive tax for shelters

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 2:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho House voted unanimously to temporarily waive sales taxes for homeless shelters.

Idaho lawmakers want to pay kids to graduate early

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 1:34 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - For Idaho students who think high school lasts forever, two lawmakers want to pay them to speed up their education.

Tax rebate for jet owners could spur Idaho company

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 12:44 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho lawmakers hope a proposed sales tax rebate up for debate in the House will prompt an aircraft maintenance company to...

Wyo. commissioners debate employee housing levels

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 12:14 PM ET JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - Some planning commissioners in the Jackson region say developers are being required to build too much employee...

Moderate avalanche risk in west-central Idaho

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:54:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 11:54 AM ET MCCALL, Idaho (AP) - Officials with the Payette Avalanche Center say the risk of a slide remains moderate in the mountains of west-central...

Idaho National Laboratory gives grants to schools

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 11:44 AM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Officials with the Idaho National Laboratory are asking for schools to apply for mini-grants to advance instruction in...

BPA forecasting revenue loss from dry weather

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 11:44 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Bonneville Power Administration says the El Nino weather pattern has forced it to cut its hydropower revenue forecast...

Idaho, others prepare for California egg exodus

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:04:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 11:04 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho is among states watching to see if a new California animal cruelty law drives flocks of big egg farms there to fly the...

Quincy's hydro push draws 2 competitors

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 8, 2010 10:44 AM ET QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The Mississippi River city of Quincy's efforts to build a hydroelectric plant may be getting some competition.

N. Idaho airport sees increase in burglaries

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:54:00 EST

Associated Press - February 7, 2010 6:54 PM ET LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - The manager of the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport says there's been a "dramatic" increase in parking lot crime...

Rash of daytime burglaries reported in Twin Falls

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:24:00 EST

Associated Press - February 7, 2010 6:24 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - Police in the south-central Idaho city of Twin Falls say they have no suspects in a rash of daytime home burglaries and...

Caldwell bar owners want Sunday liquor ban lifted

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 7, 2010 6:14 PM ET CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) - Some bar owners in the southwestern Idaho city of Caldwell are asking officials to lift a ban on selling...

UI hopes to start law school classes in Boise

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 17:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 7, 2010 5:44 PM ET MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - University of Idaho officials say they hope to start offering third-year law classes this fall in Boise without state...

Wolves pushed as park "stewards" on a tight leash

Sun, 7 Feb 2010 07:34:00 EST

Associated Press - February 7, 2010 7:34 AM ET BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Researchers say small packs of gray wolves introduced to national parks and other sites across the country could curb...

Lawyer for US missionaries fires counsel in Haiti

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 21:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 9:14 PM ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The Dominican lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti says he has fired their...

S. Idaho group appeals decision on zip line

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:24:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 7:24 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - A group that wants to build a zip line in the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls has appealed a decision the city...

Judge authorizes N. Idaho timberland to be sold

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 19:14:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 7:14 PM ET GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) - A judge in northern Idaho has authorized a Portland, Ore.-based company administering the assets of the defunct Three...

Bank tells Idaho man that old CDs have no value

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:54:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 6:54 PM ET RICHFIELD, Idaho (AP) - A southern Idaho man who thought he had rediscovered a fortune in long-lost certificates of deposit has been told by a...

Former prisoner obtains $2.9 million judgment

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 18:44:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 6:44 PM ET SODA SPRINGS, Idaho (AP) - Officials in Caribou County in eastern Idaho say they will file a motion to set aside a $2.92 million judgment against...

S. Idaho man faces animal cruelty charges

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 11:34:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 11:34 AM ET JEROME, Idaho (AP) - A south-central Idaho man who authorities say is responsible for the deaths of 43 cows due to neglect has been charged with...

Man pleads guilty in '03 Nampa stabbing deaths

Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:34:00 EST

Associated Press - February 6, 2010 10:34 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A man has pleaded guilty to the 2003 stabbing deaths of a Nampa couple in exchange for prosecutors not seeking the death...

10 US missionaries back in jail in Haiti

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:34:00 EST

Associated Press - February 5, 2010 7:34 PM ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Ten U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti have been taken back to jail after appearing before a judge to...

Baptists concerned Haiti arrests may hurt image

Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:24:00 EST

Associated Press - February 5, 2010 6:24 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Officials at the Southern Baptist Convention have appealed to President Barack Obama to help get medical treatment and...

Idaho's Nez Perce ship coho eggs to Oregon

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:04:00 EST

Associated Press - December 10, 2009 8:04 AM ET LAPWAI, Idaho (AP) - American Indians from northcentral Idaho are shipping 700,000 bright orange Clearwater River coho salmon eggs to a national...

Nampa mom pleads guilty in abuse case

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:14:00 EDT

Associated Press - October 2, 2009 11:14 AM ET NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - Prosecutors say a Nampa mother has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in the sexual abuse case of a 16-year-old...

Old photos show Teton glaciers are shrinking

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:14:00 EDT

Associated Press - August 16, 2009 9:14 AM ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - New research shows that glaciers on the iconic Teton Range are shrinking.

Mullan Tunnel opening delayed once more

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:14:00 EDT

Associated Press - August 10, 2009 9:14 AM ET MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Montana Rail Link officials have again pushed back the expected opening date for the Mullan Tunnel near Helena.

Meridian Police: Man Kills Infant Son and Then Himself

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST

Police in southwest Idaho believe a 20-year-old man shot and killed his 9-month-old son and then killed himself.

Driggs Elementary Closed Tuesday

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:37:00 EST

A collapsed drain line closed Driggs Elementary School Tuesday. All other schools in Teton County School District 401 are business as usual.

The Brownstone Faces Eviction in Lawsuit

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:34:00 EST

The Brownstone Restaurant and Brew Pub in Idaho Falls, could lose its building as they face a nasty lawsuit with their landlord, The Watkins Company.