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The Idaho Transportation Department says the state could save tens of millions of dollars because bids on federal stimulus-funded highway projects are coming in lower than expected.

Because of its history of punchthroughs, rusting and shipworms threatening its wooden pilings, the Tappan Zee Bridge will be featured in an upcoming documentary on the deterioration of the nation's aging infrastructure.

A North Idaho developer has changed its plans for a big residential and resort development it owns on the Pend Oreille River, near Sandpoint, opting for more single-family homes, rather than condo-style housing, because homes are easier to finance in the current economy.

Idaho has secured almost 78 percent of its federal transportation stimulus funding, second only to Oklahoma and well ahead of the national average of 37 percent.

After three years of sweat and toil, Philippe Cozette tunneled into history one wintry day in 1990, using a compressed air drill to power through the last chunk of chalk marl separating undersea tubes extending from the shores of Calais in France to the white cliffs of Dover in England.

Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, speaks in favor of a gas tax increase to fund road work in Idaho.

C.L. "Butch" Otter and lawmakers over projects due to be paid for by the federal stimulus package is likely averted, after budget writers approved $82 million in bonds for the latest installment of the "Connecting Idaho" roads project.

Gov. Butch Otter outlines his stimulus spending plans on Thursday at a news conference.

Jeff Flint sat with his wife and two infant daughters in the lounge of the Pride of Kent as the ferry left Dover for Calais.

The Idaho Transportation Board recommends $202 million in transportation projects be funded from the federal economic stimulus bill.

Idaho may be able to use federal economic stimulus money for high-priority needs like paving roads, state lawmakers learned Friday, rather than just for big "shovel-ready" construction projects.

The chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee says there is an opportunity to use money from the federal stimulus to complete critical improvements to Idaho roads.

This essay is the first of a series authored by Dave Wisker, a Graduate Student in Molecular Ecology at the University of Central Missouri.

Michael Strobl, a Desert Storm veteran and Marine lieutenant colonel, spotted the name in spring 2004.

Right now the Idaho Transportation Department says there's no money to fix a number bridges that seriously need it and now the department is hoping a federal stimulus plan could help.

After months of discussion, the city is proposing to settle its $524,220 water dispute with the Syringa Water District.