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NEW YORK -- Alabama will bring a lineup powered by All-Americans into the BCS National Championship Game. The top-ranked Crimson Tide had six players, including Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram, voted to The Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday -- more than any other school.
COEUR D'ALENE -- Sarah Palin mania gripped northern Idaho this week. The former Republican vice presidential candidate signed copies of her book "Going Rogue" at the Coeur d'Alene Fred Meyer Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of people stood outside the store all night in sub-freezing temperatures for just 15 seconds with the former governor of Alaska. Some reported they were there for 24 hours ...
Some close to former Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho) think he’ll run for his old seat but other GOPers hope not. Read more...
A respected non-partisan citizen activist, former Harvard professor and trained mediator stunned Idaho's political establishment Thursday by filing to run against GOP Gov. Butch Otter as a Democrat.
Keith Allred, who spent five years building a nonpartisan citizens group into a force with clout in the Legislature, has abandoned that effort to run for governor as a Democrat.
About 80 people, most enthusiastic to the cause, attended the second meeting of the Custer County Tea Party Patriots, adopting that name for the group and talking strategy for the upcoming 2010 midterm Congressional and Idaho Legislative elections.
This memo from Democratic candidate for Idaho governor Kieth Allred was forwarded to citydesk from a reader. In the note, apparently to Common Interest supporters, Allred describes why he is running, the stance the Idaho Democrats have taken toward his politics and his plans for taking The Common Interest national, using his race and potential governorship to advance that group's problem solving ...
State Rep. Raul Labrador entered the GOP primary contest for a chance to challenge Idaho's Democratic 1st District Congressman Walt Minnick today, even as a fellow Republican lawmaker urged him to abandon his run.
The Nampa City Council has voted to lift the city's prohibition on Sunday liquor sales. The council's 3-2 vote on Monday called for the drafting of a new ordinance allowing bars, restaurants and other businesses in Idaho's second biggest city to begin selling booze on Sundays.
A contract for artwork honoring Grass Valley's past as a mining and lumber hub is expected to come before the City Council today. Grass Valley artist Kurt Steger is proposing a sculpture reflecting Grass Valley's industry and people, which he envisions as a "gateway to the city," the sculptor said. It would be placed at the round-about at the intersection of East Main Street, Idaho-Maryland Road ...
REXBURG -- District Judge Greg Moeller has appointed Bonneville County Prosecutor Penny North Shawl as special prosecutor to handle the investigation of alleged violations of Idaho's open meeting laws by the Rexburg City Council.