The Boise Police have sent out a news release about this morning’s crash of a patrol car into an SUV in downtown Boise, while the squad car was traveling to an emergency call going the wrong way on 13th Street, smashing into the SUV as…
A California firm has been pitching a Russian ambhibious firefighting jet to to U.S. and Idaho officials for fighting wildfires, and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter says he wants to see the plane up-close in a Boise trial run, the AP reports. The Russian Be-200 can…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 800 Idaho National Guard employees will start taking furlough days mandated by federal budget cuts. Idaho National Guard spokesman Col. Tim Marsano says about 860 full-time employees will have one unpaid…
Idaho will join three other states in a pilot program to serve Greek yogurt as part of school lunch programs. Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo hailed the decision, saying in a statement, “Greek yogurt is one of the country’s fastest growing industries, and I hope USDA…
KTVB-TV is reporting that a Boise Police squad car going the wrong way on 13th Street downtown crashed into an SUV this morning, knocking the vehicle into a parking lot; the police car had its lights flashing at the time, a witness told the TV…
Idahoans are now paying the seventh-highest gas prices in the country, AAA reports today, at an average $3.75 a gallon, down about 5 cents from a month ago, but well above the $3.48 national average. Washington is even higher, ranking fourth in the nation at…
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