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Eye On Boise archive for May 16, 2011

MONDAY, MAY 16, 2011

Luna, teachers tussle over political activity warning

State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna is warning Idaho teachers they could lose their certification if they participate in recall efforts against him or a referendum effort to repeal his school reform legislation or engage in other political activities on school grounds. Idaho Education Association…

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Six to receive Idaho Medal of Honor

It was an evening last June when an EMS crew from the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department was dispatched to a scene where a vehicle had crashed into a home. Firefighters Nathan Hyder and Dylan Clark found a truck crashed into the garage, its wheels still…

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Rain on a window turns the Boise spring landscape into something like an impressionist painting; Idaho precipitation is well above normal this spring and keeps coming. (Betsy Russell)

Water, water, everywhere...

There's even some snow mixed in this morning here in the Boise foothills, in this spring that still doesn't seem to have sprung. Here, the rain on my window yesterday afternoon turned the green Boise spring landscape into an impressionist painting. According to the Natural…

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