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APNewsBreak: Idaho prison contract up for bid

Idaho prison leaders are looking for a new company to run the state's largest prison after Corrections Corporation of America admitted to understaffing and overbilling for its work operating the Idaho Correctional Center.

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Idaho leaders: How can we reduce crime, spending?

A group of Idaho lawmakers will spend the next several months researching ways to reduce crime and prison costs with the help of the Council of State Governments and other organizations.

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Army Corps won't do overall study of coal exports

An official with the Army Corps of Engineers told a Congressional committee Tuesday that the agency doesn't plan a broad environmental study on exporting coal from the Western United States.

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Chubbuck woman sentenced, embezzled from shelter

A 36-year-old Chubbuck woman has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for embezzling more than $100,000 from clients of a Pocatello homeless shelter.

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Climbing guide latest to be rescued at Grand Teton

A climbing guide is the latest person to be rescued at Grand Teton National Park after a busy weekend for rangers.

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Judge nixes miner plans to dredge N. Idaho stream

A federal administrative law judge has put the brakes on plans by hobbyist miners to set up suction dredging operations along stretches of a prized cutthroat trout stream in northern Idaho.

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Drone aircraft to study rabbit habitat

A group of researchers will use an unmanned aircraft small enough to be launched by hand to study potential pygmy rabbit habitats in eastern and central Idaho.

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Vermont man drowns while fishing in E. Idaho

Authorities believe a medical condition may have played a role in the death of a Vermont man who drowned while fishing a trout stream in eastern Idaho.

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Jerome man pleads guilty in sexual assault case

A Jerome man charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl two years ago has pleaded guilty in a deal reached with prosecutors.

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Caldwell teen sentenced for stabbing mother

An 18-year-old Caldwell man who pleaded guilty to stabbing his mother last September has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.