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A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo, a Republican.

A lawyer and history buff from New York City plans a long-shot run as a Democrat for the Idaho U.S. Senate seat held by Mike Crapo , a Republican.

John Foster, Communications Director/Senior Advisor for walt Minnick, sends this update: I wanted to clarify from our official office some incorrect information you may have received Friday regarding Walt's voting record.

A new study says communities in the heart of the Idaho dairy industry are, amid falling milk prices, weathering the recession better than other rural regions of the state.

Idaho U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI Personnel Accept Prestigious Award With Murder Victims in Mind It was a killing spree that took the lives of four residents of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; a random and deadly rampage that left a young Idaho girl without her mother, her mother's fianc, and two of her brothers.

Some law enforcement agencies in Idaho are making the change to high-tech equipment to issue tickets.

Early this week, The City of Boise sent letters to over 3,000 registered voters who live in 10 consolidated polling districts. The city included with each letter an unsolicited absentee ballot request form. According to the Boise Weekly, “Deputy City Clerk Wendy Burrows-Johnson said in September that they consolidate precincts—mainly combining ones within city limits with precincts that straddle city and county lines—in order to save money.”

However, rather than sending only letters to these precincts notifying voters of the change in their voting location, which is a great idea, they sent unsolicited ballot requests to every voter in the affected precincts.

On Thursday, TJ Thomson officially called on the City of Boise to correct this egregious, unequal

University of Idaho scientist Stephen Love says forays into the state's backcountry have taught him the most inhospitable territory is often home to remarkable beauty.

University of Idaho scientists are well known for their work on new potato varieties.

A cheerleader at the College Of Southern Idaho has been killed in a onea 'vehicle accident near Jerome.

At his current injury rate, Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter could leave office with a bevy of new parts and scars.He plans to spend several days at home recovering from his third surgery in office, this one to repair a rotator cuff injury in his left shoulder suffered recently while clearing brush on his property west of Boise.The longtime jogger and ...

Lynn Guyer said razor wire has been added to a 10-foot-high chain-link fence, some staff changes have been made, and a faulty automated telephone system has been replaced with a person.

The Idaho Legislature's minority Democrats are pushing Gov. C.L. ``Butch'' Otter to delay boosting insurance premiums for part-time state workers.

Leaders of the Shoshone Bannock tribe say they don't expect any problems with the Church of the Firstborn and the General Assembly of Heaven to meet the Oct.

Mitt Romney is not the only former governor with ties to the west, who has created a buzz.

Romney's morals rarely, if ever, came into question on the presidential campaign trail.

Will morality, marital fidelity and the law of chastity be an issue in the upcoming presidential election?

With rumours brewing that the Dirkmeister (former Idaho governor and former Boise mayor Dirk Kempthorne) is mulling a run for president, it is a good time to revisit some speculation that has been around for years. ... But when Kempthorne was a U.S. senator, he had a reputation. If it is true, he made Bill Clinton look like a school boy.

According to 43rd State Blues: Democracy for Idaho, it is widely rumored that:

ISU Director of Athletics Jeff Tingey said during a Thursday press conference that he’s as optimistic as ever that head coach John Zamberlin is the right guy to turn the football team around.

Two days later Northern Colorado held Idaho State -11 yards rushing, and sandwiched halftime with a pair of long touchdown marches as the Bears came away with a 30-7 win over Idaho State, ending their 19-game road losing streak and picking up their first ever Big Sky Conference road win. The Bengals, who dropped to 0-7 on the year, will now head to Northern Arizona on Saturday with a 19-game road skid of their own to break.

“Let’s hope (Tingey) is right, because ISU has rolled the dice,” says an Idaho State Journal edtorial. The newspaper reminds us that “the university bought out the contract of its former head football coach, Larry Lewis, and he won some games ...

TV TODAY'S 6 NEWS Missing Student Found Caldwell police say Megan Clampitt, the College of Idaho student who went missing, has been found safe.

The Idaho Mining Association is paying for Idaho officials including Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke to use the airplane on a lobbying tour of phosphate mines last month.

BOISE a ' The Idaho State Board of Education has approved a plan to cut a scholarship program designed to help high school graduates attend college by $100. The move was in response to state budget cuts, which trimmed the nearly $4 million state appropriation for the Promise Scholarship program by more than $235,000. The Idaho Legislature created ...

Location: Idaho Mike Chupa and his net-man John Harrison, of Twin Falls, were somewhere between walking on water and having a heart attack as the record-breaking walleye landed on the floor of their boat at 11:45 p.m. Saturday, October 10, on Oakley Reservoir.

The University of Idaho says closing one or more of a 12 agriculture and extension centers is still an option, but a final decision could depend on negotiations with business and industry groups.

U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, an Idaho Democrat, collected nearly $290,000 in campaign contributions since July, giving him a fundraising head start over Republican rivals who will be fighting it out in a contested primary next May.

The 492 jobs created so far have been the result of roughly $12.8 million agencies reported spending.

The Department of Administration's plan to make Idaho state government part-time employees pay more for health insurance will save the state some $2.73 million annually.

The Legislature's budget chief says Idaho's grave financial picture merits major moneysaving reforms for state agencies.

Idaho school districts were reporting more students missing classes due to the swine flu outbreak.

Veterinarians in southwest Idaho are reporting an increase in dogs being diagnosed with parvovirus.

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Washington, DC— U.S. Senator Jim Risch co-chaired a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing today where he expressed support for a nuclear energy agreement between the U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The agreement would allow U.S. nuclear energy technologies and fuel to be sold to the UAE in exchange for their promise to not pursue nuclear enrichment capabilities.

Washington, DC— U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch congratulated Sagle resident Dr. Forrest M. Bird for receiving the National Medal of Technology and Innovation - the Nation’s highest honor bestowed for technological achievement.

Flu vaccines are starting to arrive at the area's local health departments and the Eastern Idaho Public Health district and the Southeastern District Health District have set a schedule for each county.

Plans are underway by Areva Corporation to build a centrifuge uranium enrichment facility near Idaho Falls, ID.

With Gov. Butch Otter aboard, an Idaho state plane sustained damage to one of its cockpit windshields while flying to a Friday morning speech in Pocatello, the Idaho State Journal reported.

An Idaho man who let his 11-year-old daughter walk several miles in freezing conditions along an isolated rural highway on Christmas Day was acquitted Friday of involuntary manslaughter in the girl's death from hypothermia.Robert Aragon was also found not guilty of felony injury to a child after the jury of seven women and five men deliberated for ...

TJ is running for the Boise City Council. The 123idaho editorial team knows that TJ will bring a fresh voice and new ideas to the City of Boise.

Senior Conservation Officer Lee Garwood said the kill occurred in the Eagle Creek drainage north of Ketchum.

A group pushing to shake up how America elects the president has added a lobbyist in Idaho to push legislation that, had it been in effect in 2008, would have given the state's four Electoral College votes to Democrat Barack Obama.

KETCHUM, Idaho - A preliminary study released Sept. 18 by Amtrack indicates higher than expected costs for a proposed resumption of service of the Pioneer Route, which includes a stop in Shoshone, about 50 miles south of Sun Valley.

Southwest Idaho had a small scare last year when the Department of Agriculture found some little bugs that can cause big trouble in Meridian.. But it looks like we dodged a bullet in the fight against the destructive gypsy moth.

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Gary Maki, the former director of the University of Idaho's Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research who was demoted in 2007, is retiring.

Missing in action for 44 years, today an Idaho family finally laid their loved one to rest.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that nearly $72 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 7 states and territories to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.