Provides the latest RSS feeds for Idaho News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Idaho State News.net http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/cat/d27673005824a207/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:53 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:53 -0400 30 This is one of the sample questions for sixth grade on the website for the Common Core State Standards. The standards will be taught in Idaho classrooms starting this fall.By the way, the website for the new standards doesn't list the answers to any of the sample questions. Maybe it's a challenge to see if we adults would be able to pass a math class these days.Here are a few more ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279572/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:33 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279572/scat/d27673005824a207 FAIRFIELD - Logging truck activity near Fairfield will increase in the next few weeks due to a forest-thinning project in the Chimney Creek drainage northwest of Fairfield, the Bureau of Land Management said today.Timber from the West Camas thinning project was sold in an auction last week to Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC. There will be about 100 truckloads hauling 500,000 board feet to ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279573/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:32 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279573/scat/d27673005824a207 McCALL, Idaho (KBOI) -- A burglar in Valley County apparently enjoys relaxing after a failed attempted break in. Deputies at the Valley County Sheriff's Office are hoping someone will recognize this man who tried to break into a cabin near Horsethief Reservoir over the June 7-9 weekend. According to the video, the man paddled to the cabin in a small boat and attempted to break into the ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279574/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:27 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279574/scat/d27673005824a207 to keep discrimination in Idaho by getting rid of city ordinances that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The party’s central committee passed a resolution to invalidate the ordinances passed by city councils ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279575/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:24:49 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279575/scat/d27673005824a207 POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- A 36-year-old Chubbuck woman has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for embezzling more than $100,000 from clients of a Pocatello homeless ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279576/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:17:21 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215279576/scat/d27673005824a207 Create a Spokesman.com profile and register for FREE access. S-R Media, The Spokesman-Review and Spokesman.com are happy to assist you. Contact Customer Service ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278309/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:32:16 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278309/scat/d27673005824a207 LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Finally, there's something for couples who'd rather have rave music than a string quartet at their wedding.Organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival say they're teaming up with Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels to hold overnight ceremonies at the mega-party this weekend.Couples can opt for a "traditional'' ceremony performed by an Electric Daisy ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278310/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:15 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215278310/scat/d27673005824a207 , were without power because of the critter, Idaho Power spokesman Kevin Winslow said.Power went out at 10:44 a.m. and was restored by 11:15 a.m.It's not uncommon for squirrels or branches to get into power equipment, and the lines are supposed to shut down, Winslow said."They did exactly what they were designed to do," he said.Coordinates of the outage were Russet Street from ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276995/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:16 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276995/scat/d27673005824a207 By JOHN O'CONNELLCapital PressGrowers throughout most of eastern and southern Idaho believe they escaped serious damage from a mid-June frost, though it remains to be seen if fall wheat at the flowering stage in the south-central Idaho foothills was nipped.The National Weather Service issued a frost advisory for the morning of June 15, when temperatures dipped to 33 degrees in Pocatello, 34 ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276996/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:12:25 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276996/scat/d27673005824a207 An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday it doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276930/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:08:34 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276930/scat/d27673005824a207 Idaho Republican Party leaders are calling on the state legislature to invalidate local and city ordinances that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Cornel Rasor, a former Bonner County commissioner and chairman of the Idaho GOP's resolutions committee, believes the anti-discrimination laws force employers to put up with workplace shenanigans on the part LGBT ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276666/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:47:48 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215276666/scat/d27673005824a207 Eric Langlois, 33, of New Milford, Conn., was reported missing by his wife Amber, right, on June 11, a day after Langlois fell off his bike, landing in Lake Lillinonah in Lovers Leap State Park. Langlois' wife told authorities that the father of two was able to safely reach shore after the fall, but did not return home the following day after an attempt to retrieve the bike. (Courtesy: Amber ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275631/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:38 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275631/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE - The Transportation Security Administration discovered a loaded handgun inside a passenger’s bag as she was going through the security checkpoint Friday. The woman, who was not identified, had the .380 caliber Ruger pistol in her carryon bag. The gun was loaded with six rounds, according to a TSA press release.The passenger had a ticket to fly to San Francisco, but as she passed through ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275632/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:28 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215275632/scat/d27673005824a207 Ron Buss had given up hope.Ten months had passed since he had let his cat Mata Hairi out and noticed that she hadn't returned that night to his Portland, Ore., home.Mata and her brother, Creto, are part of a litter of five kittens that had been abandoned on a neighbor's porch. The neighbor was in the process of moving, and Buss took in the four tiny, 2-week-old kittens that remained in ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274105/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:13 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274105/scat/d27673005824a207 LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) -- An administrative judge has rejected plans by hobbyist miners to set up suction dredging operations along a prized cutthroat trout stream in northern ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274106/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:47:31 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274106/scat/d27673005824a207 The El Korah Shrine Circus parade will impact Boise traffic Saturday as it wends its way through downtown.The parade will travel along Jefferson Street and Bannock Street between 5th Street and 11th Street. The procession will run from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and will include circus performers and animals.No through traffic will be allowed along the route. The circus itself will be in the capital ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274107/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:36 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215274107/scat/d27673005824a207 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) -- Wild horse advocates are celebrating a newfound ability to help manage wild horses in the Silver State.Advocates gathered Monday with Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval during a signing ceremony for AB264.The new law allows agreements between the state and advocacy groups to humanely manage wild animals on state lands -- namely, the wild horses in the Virginia Range outside ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272550/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:36 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272550/scat/d27673005824a207 JEROME - A four-vehicle crash blocked both northbound lanes of US Highway 93 in Jerome County for about one and a half hours Monday night.Kelli Bayless, of Boise, was driving north around 8 p.m. when she slowed to turn left into a driveway. Two vehicles behind her slowed down, but in a third vehicle, Maria Gomes, of Jerome, did not realize the vehicles ahead had slowed. Gomes hit the back of a ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272549/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:36 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272549/scat/d27673005824a207 GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- A climbing guide is the latest person to be rescued at Grand Teton National Park after a busy weekend for ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272637/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:41:08 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272637/scat/d27673005824a207 CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) -- An 18-year-old Caldwell man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his mother last September has been sentenced to up to 15 years in ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272552/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:55 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272552/scat/d27673005824a207 JEROME, Idaho (AP) -- A Jerome man charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl two years ago has pleaded guilty in a deal reached with ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272551/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:40:55 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215272551/scat/d27673005824a207 Since this posting on how to find the crossword puzzle was so helpful I feel you need to do the same for photo galleries. It's easy to find sports pictures under sports , but I would have had no idea about going to "Web only" to see other ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271121/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:51:12 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271121/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- An oil company poised to buy a regional fuel pipeline has also agreed with regulators to sell off a petroleum products terminal in ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271122/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:34:54 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271122/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE - A small grass fire north of Boise has been contained by fire crews, according to dispatchers. The fire, near the intersection of Cartwright Road and Dry Creek Road, burned about half an acre.Although the blaze threatened a nearby home, the building was not damaged, dispatchers said.Boise Fire crews are still on scene.The cause of the fire is unknown.Check back with the Statesman for ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271124/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:43 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271124/scat/d27673005824a207 Traffic is moving slowly in both directions on the interstate between Star Road and 11th Avenue. Westbound traffic from Locust Grove to just past Meridian Road is also congested Tuesday morning.Cars are moving slow around the airport as well.On Eagle Road, commuters between State Street and McMillan Road are constricted, hitting stop-and-go traffic in some spots. No wrecks have been reported as ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271123/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:43 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215271123/scat/d27673005824a207 A jet streaks across the night sky as it comes in for a landing at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North Carolina in this 2008 photo. Venus (bottom) and Jupiter (lower right), which for weeks had been edging closer to each other in the southwestern sky, were joined by a crescent moon. A previous conjunction (that's the term astronomers use) of Jupiter and Venus about 2 B.C. is one ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269809/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:27 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215269809/scat/d27673005824a207 KIMBERLY o Businesses are being attracted to Kimberly's downtown thanks to revitalization projects and plans to modernize Kimberly's most dangerous intersection. Leaders are capitalizing on economic and population growth to make the town more independent in hopes of shedding its reputation as a bedroom community.Nearly 1,000 people have moved to the area since 1990, a significant ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265565/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:33 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265565/scat/d27673005824a207 Seemingly incongruous laws on bicycle riding in Twin Falls and Idaho have confused some observers, as what may appear illegal for a cyclist really isn't.In Idaho, for example, bicyclists are allowed to treat a stop sign as a yield, and a red light as a stop sign."As someone who commutes daily by bicycle, I am always hoping there will be more bicycle awareness," said Jason Beard of ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265567/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:32 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265567/scat/d27673005824a207 TWIN FALLS o Wearing a specialized hand splint, DeVere Hope picked up one foam ball at a time and dropped it into a bin. After he had transferred all 31 balls, occupational therapist Jeff Himes moved the bin's position so his patient would work different muscles while repeating the exercise.Hope had a stroke in February and spent about a month at the Gwen Neilsen Anderson Rehabilitation ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265566/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:33:32 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215265566/scat/d27673005824a207 Finding the perfect family member to adopt is difficult enough without the hassles of Internet scam artists.For weeks, Jeremy and Shelli Ajeti have searched for an English Bulldog puppy. Classifieds -- print and electronic -- were scoured and pored over almost nightly."Then, I came across an ad on Craigslist from a woman in Boise who said she had a boy and a girl," Shelli Ajeti said. ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264699/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:28:21 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264699/scat/d27673005824a207 The event will take place at the Glenns Ferry School sports complex this weekend, June 14-15. And as of late last month, team members had already raised an estimated $20,000. Last year the Elmore County Relay for Life chapter raised $39,000 for the American Cancer Society. "I really think the relay event this year is oriented towards getting the general public out to enjoy an evening ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264701/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:57 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264701/scat/d27673005824a207 Raul Garcia-Rosales, 39, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug. During the hearing, U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Garcia-Rosales to serve three years of supervised release. Garcia-Rosales plead guilty to the charge last November. According to the plea agreement, he admitted that he received approximately one pound of ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264700/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:58:57 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215264700/scat/d27673005824a207 The Boise City Council is scheduled to vote on updating the ordinance Tuesday. When: 6 p.m. Where: Boise City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd., Council Chambers, third ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263785/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:03:40 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263785/scat/d27673005824a207 The folks at Deli Days are cooking up more than food this year as the celebration of traditional Jewish deli food expands to include dance, music, art and ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263786/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:03:39 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263786/scat/d27673005824a207 Hap Tallman's celebrated its 50th anniversary last year with a barbecue and a mechanical bull in its parking lot on Overland. When Hap Tallman opened his store in 1962, the road outside was oil and gravel, said his daughter-in-law Carol Tallman. Hap Tallman, who is no longer living, went into business to cater to cattle ranchers and others with farm operations nearby. At first, he sold only ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263787/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:03:38 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215263787/scat/d27673005824a207 TWIN FALLS o Community School graduate Carson Sofro has big plans for his basketball camp.He does not undersell his vision or product -- big is the operative word in his big-picture pitch.Sofro, C.E.O. and Founder of HSBCAMPS, believes it will turn into the biggest online basketball academy on the internet, and that eventually -- perhaps soon -- it will feature a world class sports complex and ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262971/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:22:49 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262971/scat/d27673005824a207 Did you know? The Boise City Council voted to add the Masonic Temple Lodge in Downtown Boise to its list of local historic landmarks in 2012. Becoming a landmark means the lodge joins iconic buildings such as the Old Ada County Courthouse and the Boise Depot. Lodge members petitioned for the honor, which comes with a brass plaque for the outside of the ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262972/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:01:03 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262972/scat/d27673005824a207 CASCADE - The Valley County Sheriff's Office has asked for public help identifying a man authorities say tried to break into a vacation home near Horsethief Reservoir.The incident occurred the weekend of June 7-9. According to the sheriff's office, security video shows a man paddling to the cabin in a small boat and attempting to break in to it. He wasn't able to get in, ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262975/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:58 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262975/scat/d27673005824a207 Idaho 16 was reopen Monday evening between Chaparral Road and Jackas Gulch Road south of Emmett as crews mopped up after a brush fire.Firefighters from Eagle, Fire, North Ada County, Meridian, Boise, Gem County and Bureau of Land Management responded.The Ada County Sheriff's Office said commanders on scene estimated that the fire burned between 30 and 40 acres. No structures were involved. ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262973/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:58 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262973/scat/d27673005824a207 Idaho Republicans took a stand on Common Core over the weekend — but stopped well short of outright rejection of the controversial educational standards.Meeting in McCall on Saturday, the GOP’s state Central Committee passed a resolution rejecting “the collection of personal student data for any non-educational purpose.”The resolution takes no position on Common Core itself — or the Idaho ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262974/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:57 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262974/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE - Faced with repeated opposition over its plans to put a transportation hub in Downtown Boise, Valley Regional Transit is looking for people to participate in a committee that will "provide guidance on the design of the multimodal center, assist with public outreach and help...obtain plan review approval," according to a news release.The committee will meet at least five times ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262976/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:56 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262976/scat/d27673005824a207 Bull trout are a threatened species in Idaho. (Idaho Statesman file photo by Roger Phillips) Northwest Environmental Advocates filed a lawsuit Friday against federal agencies for delaying taking action in controlling toxics that threaten salmon and steelhead. The Portland-based group filed the suit under the federal Endangered Species Act against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262977/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:55 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262977/scat/d27673005824a207 GARDEN CITY - A Garden City man was arrested Saturday after allegedly dealing in heroin, police said.Chadwick Dolby Pasquini sold a total of 26 grams of the drug at a Garden City home Saturday, according to detectives.When police searched the home, they uncovered about 29 additional grams of heroin. Pasquini was arrested and booked into the Ada County Jail just after 3 p.m. Saturday. The man had ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262978/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:54 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262978/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE - Boise Fire crews are headed to a vehicle fire on State Street and 32nd Street.The car’s engine is on fire, dispatchers said. There are no injuries reported, and no nearby structures are threatened by the fire.At least one lane is blocked as crews deal with the vehicle, according to the Ada County Highway District website. Check back with the Statesman for ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262980/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:53 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262980/scat/d27673005824a207 A vehicle fire at State Street and 32nd Street in Boise is backing up traffic, although the affected car appears to be on the right shoulder.Westbound I-84 traffic is slow-moving between Northside Boulevard and Star Road Monday morning. Traffic headed west between Locust Grove Road and Meridian Road is also slowed.On Eagle Road, cars are hitting heavy traffic between State Street and Chinden ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262979/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:53 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262979/scat/d27673005824a207 Fire crews are finished mopping up the last hot spots at a Middleton barn fire that began before 4 a.m.Middleton Fire, Star Fire and Caldwell Fire all responded to the blaze, according to Canyon County dispatchers. The fire, located just north of Middleton on Galloway Road, did not reach any other buildings, dispatchers said.No one was injured in the ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262981/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:52 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262981/scat/d27673005824a207 It's deja vu all over again - and again - in the American West.Last year, the Waldo Canyon Fire near Colorado Springs destroyed 345 homes. Twelve miles away, the count on Sunday in the Black Forest Fire was nearly 500 homes destroyed and two people dead.Our first response should be to help the victims of this disaster pick themselves up, bury their dead and go on. We should reach out to help ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262982/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:51 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262982/scat/d27673005824a207 Tom LaPointe, director of My Own Home, a village in Moscow, Idaho, will lead a discussion and question-and-answer session following a presentation about the concept on Tuesday. Attendees will have an opportunity to form working groups to further explore creating one or more villages in Boise: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, at North Junior High School, 1105 N. 13th St., ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262983/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:51 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262983/scat/d27673005824a207 MAYFLOWER, Ark. - On warm spring evenings, North Starlite Drive buzzed with children. They cycled around the cul-de-sac at the end of the wide, block-long road, shot baskets in driveways and inevitably wound up on the swing set and trampoline behind the Bartletts' large brick house.These days, there are no children. Yellow police tape stretches across the turns from the main road onto the ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262984/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:50 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262984/scat/d27673005824a207 A lot could happen before House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, faces another vote from his caucus on whether they want to keep him in the ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262985/scat/d27673005824a207 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:00:49 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215262985/scat/d27673005824a207 In court Monday, Jeremiah Ramirez’s mother, Mildred Nava Ramirez, wept as she pleaded with the judge not to impose a lengthy prison sentence."I don’t want him to be like the other sons that mothers cry for," Mildred Ramirez said.The younger Ramirez, now 18, could still serve up to 15 years in prison for aggravated battery. But 3rd District Judge Thomas Ryan diverted him into a ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215259615/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:45:18 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215259615/scat/d27673005824a207 MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) -- Jos Zamzow was blasting southward on a train on the island of Taiwan last December, looking out the windows at colorful structures atop apartments and houses passing by in a blur. The train was traveling too fast to make out exactly what they were: Bird coops, it turns out."When I got off, the first thing I did was ask what kind. Somebody told me pigeon racing in ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257694/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:33 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257694/scat/d27673005824a207 TWIN FALLS - Free access to Idaho's undeveloped recreation areas on public lands could end if a federal law isn't reauthorized or replaced within the next year.Starting Tuesday, a U.S. House Natural Resource subcommittee will listen to testimonies on how the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act has affected the public's access to federal lands.Congress passed the law in 2004. ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257695/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:32 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257695/scat/d27673005824a207 BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Fewer sandhill cranes in Idaho mean fewer chances for hunters to bag the long-legged birds.The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will be taking public comment on a proposal to limit the 2013 harvest to 137 cranes and make changes to daily and seasonal limits.The state's changes are brought about by a decision of The Pacific Flyway Council to allocate 137 cranes for ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257696/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:01:30 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215257696/scat/d27673005824a207 TWIN FALLS o The Idaho State Police is reporting that fire units are on the scene of a multiple vehicle crash on eastbound Interstate 84 near Jerome. Officers responded to the crash at 3:00 p.m. Sunday near milepost 200. Traffic is reduced to one lane. Injuries and fatalities are unknown. The Times-News will give updates as information becomes available.Around 4:00 p.m. Sunday there was a fender ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256626/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:58 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256626/scat/d27673005824a207 TWIN FALLS o Wearing a specialized hand splint, DeVere Hope picked up one foam ball at a time and dropped it into a bin.After he had transferred all 31 balls, occupational therapist Jeff Himes moved the bin's position so his patient would work different muscles while repeating the exercise.Hope had a stroke in February and spent about a month at the Gwen Neilsen Anderson Rehabilitation ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256624/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:57:58 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256624/scat/d27673005824a207 Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256627/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:15 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215256627/scat/d27673005824a207 For the second year in a row, the Boise Hawks have partnered with the Central District Health Department (CDHD), in order to promote vaccinations. All you have to do is bring proof that your child is up to date on immunizations. The promotion is for children ages 4 to 13. Once you show proof ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255466/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:50:08 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255466/scat/d27673005824a207 PASCO, Wash. — Franklin County sheriff's deputies are looking for a Sandpoint, Idaho, woman who disappeared while stopping at a fruit stand near Pasco. Deputy George Rapp tells the Tri-City Herald ( http://bit.ly/19KiNWl) that 21-year-old Rashelle Klontz has been missing since around 3 p.m. Sunday when she stopped at the Country Mercantile. Her purse, cellphone and laptop were found ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255412/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:44:35 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215255412/scat/d27673005824a207 County treasurers are reminding remind Idaho property owners who chose to split their 2012 property tax payments that the second half of the payment is due by 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.There are several methods for property owners in Ada and Canyon counties to make property tax payments:In person: Tax payments may be made in person on the first floor of the Ada County Courthouse at 200 W. Front ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215254799/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:41:10 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215254799/scat/d27673005824a207 POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- A former teller at an Idaho Falls credit union has been sentenced to two months in prison, followed by two months of home detention for ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215253278/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:33:39 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215253278/scat/d27673005824a207 By JOHN O'CONNELLCapital PressBOISE, Idaho -- Idaho's general surface water quality has improved in recent years, and five state stream reaches are ready to be delisted for specific pollutants, thanks in part to voluntary efforts by farmers and ranchers, according to an Idaho Department of Environmental Quality draft report now open for public comment. Under the federal Clean Water Act, ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251551/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:41:34 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251551/scat/d27673005824a207 Racing pigeons owned by the Yeh Cheng-shen, chairman of the Taipei County Pigeon Racing Association, sit in an elaborate set of rooftop cages in Taipei County, Taiwan in 2005. After a trip to Taiwan last December, Idaho resident Jos Zamzow is betting his Meridian company can develop and successfully sell high-performance racing pigeon feed to the island nation's fanciers, enough to ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251001/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:23:18 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215251001/scat/d27673005824a207 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- The 13 boaters on Jon "JB" Boling's Middle Fork trip were in disarray in the moments following his death a little more than a year ago.Two boats had flipped going over Velvet Falls. Boling didn't flip, but was pitched out of his boat and died of a heart attack in the 38-degree water.The carnage shattered the party, splitting it into three groups ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215249633/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42:35 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215249633/scat/d27673005824a207 IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Jon Boling sang as he steered his cataraft down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River on June 3, 2012.His little ditty parodied the tune of an old Toys-R-Us jingle: "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Middle Fork kid!"He was giddy.These were the moments he lived for -- a beautiful river, a cooler full of good beer, the company of friends.Life doesn't get ... http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215249632/scat/d27673005824a207 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:42:34 -0400 http://www.idaho.statenews.net/index.php/sid/215249632/scat/d27673005824a207