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No challengers emerge for Idaho Rep. Simpson, so far

The Republican congressman has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash this election cycle.

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BOISE STATE FOOTBALL

Boise State to request $17.5 million bond for new football facility

Boise State will ask the State Board of Education this week for permission to issue a $17.5 million bond to fund the majority of the new football facility at Bronco Stadium.

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LOCAL NEWS

Canal companies aim to limit liability for damages in Idaho

A proposed amendment to state law governing liability faced by canal companies would affect future claimants, according to the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association.

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LOCAL NEWS

Santorum visits Boise tonight; Romney is due Friday

What’s the buzz? The GOP race for president isn’t yet a two-man contest, but the National Review, an influential conservative journal, said Monday that Rick Santorum should become the “principal challenger” to Mitt Romney.

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LOCAL NEWS

Are you a lovesick Idahoan? You're not alone

Idaho ranks third in a report that analyzed millions of patient records.

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LOCAL NEWS

Idaho pushes for its own planto protect sage grouse

Members of Gov. Butch Otter’s administration outlined their plans Monday in front of a joint session of the House and Senate environment and resources committees.

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BOISE HAWKS

Buckner will pitch for Boise baseball stadium

For more than a year, Mayor Dave Bieter and other community leaders have been lobbying for a new facility for minor league baseball and possible other sports, estimated to cost more than $20 million. So far no one has stepped up to pay for it.

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ENVIRONMENT

Otter starts effort to write tougher sage grouse plan

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CRIME

Police: Boise man who hid under blanket in woman’s car and threatened her with gun arrested for aggravated assault

Robert W. Nicol is being held in the Ada County Jail on a felony aggravated assault charge after police say he hid under a blanket in the back seat of a Boise woman’s car and then threatened her and a man in the front seat with a gun early Saturday morning.

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CRIME

Court rejects Canyon gang member’s appeal of conviction, sentence

The Idaho Court of Appeals Monday rejected the appeal of Lazarus Salazar, who is serving time on two aggravated battery charges stemming from a March 2009 gang fight in front of a Nampa grocery store. Salazar, who in 2010 was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison, contends the 3rd District ...

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