Idaho's wolf hunting season ended Saturday, but a summer season with wolf hunting allowed on private lands in the northern Panhandle region opened the same day. It's the first phase of the 2012-2013 season; wolf hunting in the rest of the state doesn't open until…
When ailing Olympic athletes need sports massage during the upcoming London Olympics, it'll be highly trained Idaho fingers providing the relief. That's because Paul Weston, massage therapy coordinator at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, has been named a member of the medical team for the…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) ― Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's office is seeking federal assistance for victims of a southeastern Idaho range fire that destroyed 66 homes and 29 outbuildings. Otter on Tuesday toured ground charred by the now-notorious…
An Idaho soldier from Preston has been killed in Afghanistan, falling when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. Private First Class Cody O. Moosman, 24, had joined the service in 2010; his family said he'd wanted to join the Army since he…
Idaho Statesman columnist Dan Popkey reports today that Idaho Power Co. has joined forces with the libertarian Idaho Freedom Foundation, with both the utility and its CEO listed as sponsors of the group's upcoming annual banquet. "Idaho Power is the only old-guard sponsor," Popkey reports.…
Idaho phone companies won't have to fix outages to land-line phone service within 24 hours any more, nor will they have to give credits to customers when they don't meet the new standard, which is doubled to 48 hours, under new rules approved Tuesday by…
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