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CdA police Bottles in parking lot intended as explosive - Tue 21 May 2013 PST
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Zip Line Coming to Top of Rio Casino in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Why have one Las Vegas zip line when you can have three?The Rio casino off the Strip plans to build a new thrill ride that will zing tourists along 400 above the ground.The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the ride will be called Voodoo Skyline and is expected to open this summer. It will send adrenaline-seekers rushing from one tower to another and back again over the course of 70 ...
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Two-alarm fire reported in northwest Boise
Firefighters are responding to a two-alarm house fire at 4774 Pennfield Place near McMillan Road. Crews are on scene now. Further details about the fire are not yet available.Check back to IdahoStatesman.com for updates as this story ...
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Boise State Adds Asheville Assistant
Boise State University and head swimming and diving coach Kristin Hill announced Wednesday the hiring of Kirk Ermels as assistant swimming coach. Ermels joins the Broncos from the University of North Carolina at Asheville."I feel really fortunate to have someone with such passion, character, and success join our coaching staff," Hill said. "He loves our sport, he is a great ...
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Two arrested in million-dollar Eagle heist
Police say they've arrested a Boise couple who allegedly stole nearly $1 million worth of items from an Eagle home.The pair allegedly stole guns, furniture, appliances, precious metals and a 2002 Mercedes while the homeowners were out of town between March 17 and April 4.Gilberto Garza Jr., 32, and Jessica Lynn Engelhardt, 24, were arrested Wednesday afternoon at a Tamarack Drive home. They ...
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Fitch Rates Idaho Housing Fin Assoc Taxable CP Program Gen Oblig Notes Bank Secured Series F1
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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Weather Reflection on the Okla. Tornado
Like many of you, I have been watching the coverage of the tornado and the aftermath out of Moore, Okla. My heart breaks for all those impacted in Oklahoma and on Monday night, watching the firefighters and people working on clearing the rubble and debris from what was Plaza Tower Elementary School, I cried. I say this not as a meteorologist, but as a son of a teacher, the husband of a ...
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Cash-crunched Nampa schools could benefit from housing raffle
Developer Philip Allaire said he will raffle off homes and donate part of the proceeds to the Nampa School District. Allaire talked with news media representatives Wednesday, May 22, in one of 40 Nampa homes that will be ...
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Cougar kills dog injures another in Surprise Valley
A mountain lion is pictured at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is searching for a mountain lion that killed one dog and injured another May 21 in ...
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Mountain Lion Kills Dog in Southeast Boise
BOISE, Idaho -- State wildlife officials are searching for a mountain lion believed to have killed one dog and injured another in a subdivision in southeastern Boise.KTVB-TV reports the Yorkshire terriers were attacked in a fenced yard Tuesday morning.Idaho Fish and Game spokesman Evin Oneale says conservation officers will decide what happens to the cat if they catch it.IFG has emailed a ...
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Fire at Perrine Elementary Ruled Accidental
TWIN FALLS o The fire that damaged a modular building at I.B. Perrine Elementary School last week has been ruled an accident, said Staff Sgt. Dennis Pullin of the Twin Falls Police Department.Pullin said the fire is being investigated jointly by police and the Twin Falls Fire Department.A 9-year-old boy caused the fire, but Pullin said the boy did not willfully or maliciously start the fire.No ...
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BLOG What Happened with White Arrow Ranch
the White Arrow Ranch property . Who? They're not telling us. What? They're not telling us. When? Not telling. Where? Nope. Why? Probably because someone bought the property for its tremendous ability to hide from everything (both from the public and behind large hills).It would be awesome if it were turned into a water park with 500-foot slides winding around the landscape and a ...
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ISU to pay $400K after medical records breach
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Idaho State University is paying a $400,000 to the federal government to settle allegations it improperly exposed confidential medical ...
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Idaho prosecutor wont seek death again for Sivak
Sivak was sentenced to death for the murder of Dixie Wilson at a gas station in 1981, but the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals reversed his sentence in 2011 after finding the state allowed a jailhouse informant to lie on the witness ...
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SNEAK PEEK Picked On Report it to the Bully Bucket
TWIN FALLS o Bullying has become part of the national conscience, but one Magic Valley school found a way to confront the problem head on.When a student at Robert Stuart Middle School is bullied or feels picked on, he or she can fill out a form and drop it into the school's "bully bucket." The school's resource officer and administrators review the forms and confront the ...
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Lincoln and Gooding County Election Results
RICHFIELD - Last night voters in Richfield passed the RichfieldpermanentLibrary District Levy. According to the county clerk's office, 66 people voted in favor of the levy while 19 voted against it.In Gooding County, voters passed the Hagerman Cemetery District permanent override levy in the amount of $15,000. 285 voted in favor and 137 voted against.Other Gooding County Votes:The Hagerman ...
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High prices propel dry pea acres in Idaho
SEAN ELLIS Capital PressDry pea acres in Idaho are expected to be up significantly from last year, as pea prices have reached levels not seen in 40 years. That increase in pea acres will come at the expense of lentil acres, which are expected to be down from last year. "We're seeing dry pea prices at their highest levels since the early 1970s so that's the reason you're ...
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Vandals damage N. Idaho classic car collection
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Police in northern Idaho say vandals caused about $54,000 in damage by smashing windows in 26 classic cars in a collector's wooded ...
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Idaho rep complains lobbying helped kill gun bill
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A lawmaker who had his firearms bill killed in the 2013 Legislature has complained to the secretary of state that it was torpedoed by lobbyists who weren't properly ...
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Crosses removed from Roberts water tower
ROBERTS, Idaho (AP) -- Three lighted crosses have been removed from the water tower in the southeast Idaho town of Roberts following a complaint by a ...
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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve 2013 Insiders Guide
Adventure Guide: See the exclusive special section in the Times-News on May 22. The 2013 edition features the state parks and national monuments throughout south-central Idaho -- and all the fun you can have there. It's a section you'll want to keep handy all ...
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Nurse assistant pleads guilty to taking pain meds
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- An east-central Idaho nursing assistant has pleaded guilty to removing pain patches from elderly patients at a nursing home so she could use them herself to get ...
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Salmon voters for 9th time reject school bond
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- Voters in Salmon in east-central Idaho have for the ninth time in as many years rejected a plan to raise taxes to repair or replace dilapidated ...
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Vehicle involved in rollover crash in Eagle
Police and paramedics are responding to a rollover accident at Chaparral Road and Highway 16. The vehicle was initially described as a white Cherokee with a male driver. Injuries and number of passengers are unknown at this time.Check back with the Idaho Statesman for updates on this ...
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Boise man nabbed in meth arrest
BOISE - An Ada County man was arrested late Monday night after drug dogs found methamphetamine in his car, police said. Christopher Richard Johnson, 37, had been pulled over for running a red light when the officer noticed that the driver seemed impaired. A K9 unit was brought to the scene, and officers found 5.1 grams of meth and a digital scale with white residue on it.Johnson was arrested and ...
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Idaho looks to eco-business for eventual recovery
Colorado has been leading the country in developing a sustainable, environmentally-friendly ‘green economy’ using $1 billion in federal grants over the last ten years or so, the efforts have paid off and now it seems that Idaho’s leadership may be looking to do something similar.
Using a $1.25 million federal grant the state of Idaho is investigating the extent of our green economy. Officials from the Idaho Department of Labor are in the process of interviewing around 5000 large and small employers and asking them, basically, how many ‘green’ jobs they’re currently got and what their growth potential is for the coming years. Read more
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