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Areva now mum on date for Idaho nuclear facility

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:56 -0400

BOISE, Idaho - French nuclear services giant Areva SA no longer projects a date for building an Idaho uranium enrichment plant, aiming to avoid dashing expectations while its hunt for financing drags on.

Salmon voters for 9th time reject school bond

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:17 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Voters in Salmon in east-central Idaho have for the ninth time in as many years rejected a plan to raise taxes to repair or replace dilapidated schools.

Nurse assistant pleads guilty to taking pain meds

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:29:32 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An east-central Idaho nursing assistant has pleaded guilty to removing pain patches from elderly patients at a nursing home so she could use them herself to get high.

E. Idaho auto dealership apologizes for radio ad

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:29:40 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An eastern Idaho auto dealership that offended some area residents with a radio commercial that included a derogatory reference about special needs children in a sales pitch for trucks has apologized.

E. Idaho prosecutor to seek death penalty

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:47:08 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - An eastern Idaho man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 21-year-old woman could face the death penalty.

Southeast Idaho woman faces embezzling charges

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:27:13 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A 36-year-old southeast Idaho woman who police say embezzled money from the law office where she worked has been taken into custody.

E. Idaho authorities find body of missing man

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:55:22 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - The body of an Idaho State University student missing since August has been recovered.

Former US Sen. Craig addresses UI graduates

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:34:15 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig challenged 70 new college graduates of a University of Idaho satellite campus to think ambitiously as they move beyond school, urging each to explore their potential as leaders in their communities and country.

Idaho runner symbolically finishes Boston Marathon

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:01:35 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Students and staff at a southeastern Idaho school helped a school employee symbolically finish the Boston Marathon.

E. Idaho in cleanup mode after day of gusty winds

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:47:38 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - Cities and towns across much of eastern Idaho are in cleanup mode after a day of gusty winds felled trees, knocked out power and closed roadways.

Judge rules magazine staff must answer questions

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:10:10 -0400

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - A state judge has ruled that attorneys for Idaho businessman Frank VanderSloot can question four employees of a national magazine to help determine jurisdiction in VanderSloot's defamation lawsuit against Mother Jones.