BOISE -- Students at Boise State University are calling some fliers offensive and racist. The literature first surfaced last week on World AIDS Day. It tells people how not to catch AIDS by suggesting no sex with bisexuals or people who inject drugs. But the language that has students most concerned is about African Americans. Senior Jalara Walker, an African-American, came to BSU from ... Full Story »
CALDWELL -- The Canyon County Sheriff's Office arrested this man today, 24-year-old John Wayne Richmond Junior of Caldwell. He appeared before a Grand Jury today where he was charged with Solicitation to Commit Murder. His target? Court records say it's Homedale Police Chief Jeff Eidemiller. At this point authorities believe they know Richmond's motive, but can not release the details right ... Full Story »
NAMPA -- The cold weather is affecting the homeless and that includes homeless families. Recently, the Nampa Chamber of Commerce president learned there are 500 children without homes in the Nampa School District. Many live with other family members or in shelters, but 30 children are living on the streets. So the chamber has raised $2,000 and Wal-Mart donated $5,000 more. They are hoping to ... Full Story »
VANCOUVER, Wash. – It sounded like something out of the popular holiday movie "A Christmas Story," but it was actually a real-life drama for a Vancouver boy whose tongue got stuck to a flagpole in below-freezing temperatures outside his school Wednesday morning. Alki Middle School officials called 9-1-1 for help just before 9 a.m. and Clark County firefighters arrived quickly, armed with lots ... Full Story »
BOISE -- Idaho public health departments will now offer the H1N1 flu vaccine to all people over the age of 6 months. The Department of Health and Welfare is urging people to get vaccinated before the holidays in order to prevent the spread of illness to visiting family and friends. Public health districts continue to offer the H1N1 vaccine at no charge. For more information about the H1N1 ... Full Story »
Federal health care reform could hurt Idaho hospitals, depending on what the reforms look like when Congress is done. Full Story »
Bill Loverde celebrated his 65th birthday Wednesday night with his family, an event he might have missed if not for the fast action of strangers. Full Story »
Some experts are predicting that pico projectors may soon be available on smart phones - and Micron may have the know-how to make it happen. Full Story »
Idaho Power wants to change the way it charges for power. But is their plan fair to everyone? Full Story »
The Hispanic Business Association will begin distributing $100 gift cards this week to 40 third grade teachers in southwest Idaho school districts to help purchase classroom supplies. Full Story »
Maryann Matthews says the wrong oil filter destroyed her engine, but after getting nowhere with the company she asked the Truth Squad to investigate. Full Story »
The voice of the Broncos changed slightly after 35 years, but will soon be back on KBOI. Full Story »
Authorities say a man fired a gun to scare a dog who got loose from its leash while walking along the greenbelt in Garden City. Police say no one was hurt and no one was taken into custody because the man holds a concealed weapons permit. Full Story »
Troy Jackson, Northwest Animal Companions executive director, said Boise Police showed up at his Boise home at about 1 a.m. on Wednesday for an arrest warrant out of Jefferson County. Full Story »
Need help with heating bills this winter? There are options out there for those that qualify: Full Story »
A Caldwell man was indicted today by a grand jury following a recent joint investigation by several local law enforcement agencies that were following up on information they had received that the man Full Story »
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- An examination of Montana's first public gray wolf hunt shows at least nine were killed in an area prone to livestock attacks. Wildlife officials say they may increase the quota on the predators next year, but first the hunts in Montana and neighboring Idaho must pass muster with a federal judge in Missoula. Full Story »
A Canadian mining company says it's gotten federal approval of its plan to mine cobalt from deep beneath the mountains of central Idaho, putting it on track to begin operations in 2011. Full Story »
Administrators of the state's newest community college say rapid growth in student enrollment has prompted the hiring of almost 100 new faculty members for the spring semester. Full Story »
Idaho Lottery has a case of Fiesta Bowl fever. Full Story »
Roman Polanski seemed to have little to lose last summer when his lawyers pressed to dismiss the child rape case in California that has haunted him since he fled to France three decades ago. Full Story »
A riot at a Southern California prison that left more than 200 injured and two buildings destroyed was triggered by an "ongoing racial street war" between black and Hispanic gangs, corrections officials say. Full Story »
A federal prison psychologist says that the suspect in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart understands the accusations against him but isn't competent to stand trial. Full Story »
A group of white firefighters who persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to sanction their promotions over black colleagues are receiving their new badges Thursday in a ceremony that provides symbolic recognition of their victory. Full Story »
James Cameron's sci-fi extravaganza "Avatar" is getting its first airing before a mass audience in London. Full Story »
The Central District Health Department (CDHD) Mountain Home office will hold a special by-appointment-only H1N1 (swine) flu clinic on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Mountain Home office at 520 E. 8th North St. Full Story »
Record-shattering crowds packed into the local Mormon stake center for a chance to capture the spirit of the season during the annual Christmas creche Friday and Saturday. Full Story »
A Mountain Home man preparing for another retrial for vehicular manslaughter faced new charges related to the same incident during a preliminary hearing Friday morning. Full Story »
Members of the Mountain Home Arts Council and the visual arts committee chat as local residents look at an assortment of displays during the council's holiday open house Dec. 4 at the Brown Wrapper framing and art store downtown. Full Story »
El-Ada Community Action Partnership will offer free HIV screenings in Mountain Home on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 10:30 am until noon. There are no needle sticks or blood involved with the screening. An oral sample is taken from the gum line. Results are read in 20 minutes. Full Story »
Idaho Legislative Dist. 11B Rep. Carlos Bilbao addressed the Kiwanis Club of Emmett at its regular weekly luncheon on Dec. 2 and delivered a familiar refrain coming out of Boise as the 2010 legislative session nears — less money means a tight budget. Full Story »
A State of the County Address will be held on Friday, Dec. 11, at 3:30 p.m. by the Board of Commissioners for Gem County. All three commissioners will give a presentation on the last year in Gem County and what’s in store for the future. Full Story »
When Walter Knox Memorial Hospital opens its community H1N1 vaccination clinic on Friday, Dec. 11, all age groups will be eligible for the free vaccine. Full Story »
For 60 years, some of the most prominent citizens of Emmett and Gem County have been donating their time, money and talents to serve the Gem County community as members of the Kiwanis Club of Emmett. Full Story »
What goes around, comes around, and in the case of the Gem County Jail, that is certainly true. Fifteen years ago, Gem County was paying to transport inmates to jails throughout southwest Idaho — including to Canyon County. At the time, Gem County’s jail did not meet regulations and was closed down. Full Story »
CANYON COUNTY — A man has been arrested in Canyon County, accused of buying a gun from undercover officers and intending to use the weapon to kill Homedale Police Chief Jeff Eidemiller, authorities said late Wednesday. Jeff Wayne Richmond Jr., 24, of Caldwell was indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on a charge of soliciting to commit murder in the first degree. Full Story »
NAMPA — The Nampa Chamber of Commerce luncheon turned into a frenzy of blanket-tying Wednesday as busy fingers knotted together the loose ends on more than 170 gifts of warmth for local residents in need. Chamber members and visitors cleared their lunch tables and spread out two large sections of fleece with 3-inch-long, inch-wide cuts on their edges. Like North Pole elves, 370 pairs of hands ... Full Story »
NAMPA — Bickering between Republican 1st Congressional District hopeful Rep. Raul Labrador and GOP Sen. Mike Jorgenson continued Wednesday after Jorgenson accused Labrador of using personal attacks to avoid a discussion of the issues. Jorgenson, a Hayden Republican, called for Labrador, of Eagle, to drop out of the race shortly after he launched his campaign. The Associated Press reported the ... Full Story »
BOISE — One lucky Boise State Broncos fan will be traveling in style to this year's 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl as the winner of the Idaho Lottery's Fiesta Bowl Fever II promotion. This limited-time promotion runs through noon Dec. 27. Idaho Lottery players who enter two, non-winning $5 Idaho Lottery Scratch tickets through the Lottery's Web site (idaholottery.com) will be entered for the chance ... Full Story »
BOISE — Boise police detectives are searching for a man who reportedly robbed a credit union near downtown. Police were called about 10:10 a.m. Wednesday with a report of a robbery at the credit union in the 100 block of West State Street near Fort Street. The suspect was last seen leaving the credit union on foot. Full Story »
NYSSA — She knows at her age it will not happen, but Elsie Wyatt, 103, would still like to go hunting. Full Story »
Nyssa — Nyssa Chamber of Commerce will sponsor two holiday events this month. Full Story »
ByJESSICA KELLERARGUS OBSERVERJessicak@argusobserver.com Full Story »
GRANTS PASS — With school funding tight, state leaders would like to squeeze a little more money out of timberland in Oregon's Coast Range — the last, best remnant of a network of state lands that once paid for K-12 education. Full Story »
GRANTS PASS (AP) — Bills to open more of the backcountry in national forests to fire-prevention thinning projects and to promote woodburning heating systems in public buildings have been introduced in the U.S. House. Full Story »
Local streetcar, buses and roads all vying for same stimulus bucks. by Nathaniel Hoffman The City of Boise is not the only Idaho entity waiting to hear from the feds on a major, competitive transportation grant called TIGER, or Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery. Boise, which requested $40 million toward building a downtown streetcar loop, is competing with Valley Regional ... Full Story »
Professor Tom Trusky passes away, VAC has a new exhibit you won't forget and Downtown Boise gives window shopping a whole new feel. by Amy Atkins On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Boise Police found 65-year-old Boise State English professor Tom Trusky dead in his home. The cause, though not yet determined, is not believed to be suspicious. Trusky, a longtime member of the Boise State faculty, founded the ... Full Story »
Obama is not unpredictable. Give the man a middle course, and he'll split the difference every time. by Ted Rall LOS ANGELES--According to White House insiders, President Barack Obama considered three choices for digging our way deeper into the "graveyard of empires": Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the occupation forces, asked for 40,000 additional soldiers. Defense Secretary Robert Gates ... Full Story »
Report: Individuals in Idaho need to make $12.41 an hour to cover their housing, food, medical, transportation and other basic costs. by Nathaniel Hoffman Idaho will have paid out federal unemployment benefits to some workers for a continuous 99 weeks by year's end, including another 14-week extension announced this week. But unemployed and underemployed Idahoans are still living well below the ... Full Story »
Decoy carving according to Frank Werner by Anna Demetriades For Frank Werner, duck hunting is like an opera. "Opening day is always a special occasion, a 12-gauge symphony of joyful noise," he says. To Werner, hunting ducks is an "operation"—each act has its specific purpose and value, like an opera. Werner describes with careful detail how he prepares for a hunt, from loading his boat the night ... Full Story »
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