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“With the touch scanner, students are screaming through the line. We've cut efficiency down by 15 minutes a meal”

For students at three Mountain Home elementary schools, lunch is now just a touch away. via Mountain Home News

“We believe that this park is the showcase for Southern Idaho, all of Idaho, even the Pacific Northwest, that we want to make sure that when people see the entrance they'll say it's a great park.”

With all this beauty bestowed in this area; it is no wonder that the city wants to make improvements to the park that include upgrading the parking lot and entrance area and eventually putting kiosks in to show ... via KMVT Twin Falls

Fourteen students in southern Idaho are each creating three- to five-minute videos as part of the Raices Project, a four-year plan to strengthen rural Latino communities in Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota and Oregon. via KIFI

“The tribes came and they negotiated in good faith and we did accomplish several things that we have been trying to accomplish for a number of years. Ladies and gentlemen, I think this is a good agreement”

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho House has overwhelming approved fuel tax agreements between the state and four American Indian tribes. via Times-News

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Supreme Court has rejected a bid by Pocatello to leverage a 120-year-old act of Congress to assert a federal water right to rivers that flow across eastern Idaho tribal lands. via Times-News

Taxes get more and more complicated as the years go by, especially for seniors and the self-employed. Trained help is now available to all, thanks to a nationwide AARP program, the IRS and Idaho Tax Commission. via PostFallsPress

“We usually end up picking them up.”

Family movies are less common, but in demand By Ariel Hansen Times-News writer A few Christmases ago, Maria Walker and her son Tai, now 5, went to see "The Polar Express." Halfway through the animated Tom Hanks ... via Times-News

“The fun is to watch the expressions on peoples' faces when they walk in and think they're doomed, and then walk out with a refund”

SEAN GARMIRE/Press Ron, Linda and son Jeremy Jones wait while Duane Brown files their taxes free of charge with AARP's Tax-Aide program at the Silver Lake Mall Monday. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

The director of the Marshall Public Library in Pocatello is trying to raise more than $12,000 in grants to help promote a community reading project. via KIFI Idaho Falls

Posted: A week after being appointed by Governor Butch Otter, the newest Bingham County Commissioner was sworn into his new position Friday afternoon. via KPVI-TV Pocatello

BOISE, Idaho - The weather and threat of avalanche is making travel difficult all across Idaho. via Times-News

PTE was once commonly known as vocational education, amongst other titles. Some equate PTE with one of its key branches, Trades and Industry, which incorporates areas such as welding, automotive technology and ... via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“There's definitely less injury crashes, but we still have countless amounts of slide offs which means people are driving a little too fast for the conditions of the roadway”

Police across the valley spent Sunday responding to slide offs as a result of the latest round of snow In the morning hours, Idaho State Police officials say they responded to 40 slide offs spanning four ... via KTVB Boise

INL is closing and sending its workers home from the desert facilities because of dangerous roads and worsening weather. via KIFI Idaho Falls

Only a handful of people turned out last week to comment on the draft Environmental Impact Statement detailing alternatives for expansion of L&W Stone's Three Rivers Stone Quarry. via Challis Messenger

An unusually small pottery vessel found in central Idaho has been donated to the Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University. via KIVI-TV Nampa

“But right now we would be looking at hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars if we wanted to develop those on our own. So, let's give collaboration a chance.”

North Idaho College's top executive asked state lawmakers Wednesday to budget $115,000 for NIC to enter a joint class program with Spokane Community College. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“It's not the same case with these airsoft guns.”

POCATELLO, Idaho - A series of encounters between police and children toting toy guns has some eastern Idaho parents and police wondering if the state needs tougher restrictions on toys that closely resemble ... via Times-News

“It is inescapable - - that spring flows have declined over time and that a portion of that decline is attributable to groundwater pumping”

Story published at magicvalley.com on Saturday, January 12, 2008 Last modified on Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:26 AM MST Times-News file photo Chief Justice of Idaho Gerald Schroeder, picked to resolve a ... via Times-News