Idahoans in Action: Dateline Iraq

Phil Groves, a senior fishery biologist with Idaho Power Co., uses two drone helicopters to study and count salmon nests in Idaho waterways. The drones are outfitted with GPS and other computer technology and high-definition cameras. Operators can control the six whizzing blades after a few hours of practice, Groves said.

Are those drones over Boise? Yes.

I daho Power Co. fish biologist Phil Groves doesn’t want to see any more of his colleagues injured or killed in helicopter crashes while doing research.

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IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Meridian to dedicate veterans memorial Friday in Kleiner Park

The Rock of Honor Memorial, a monument to honor the fallen veterans of Meridian killed in battle since Idaho statehood, will be unveiled in a dedication ceremony on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11.

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IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Dateline Iraq: 116th Brigade Combat Team Commemorative Edition

Read the history of the 'Sneaky Snake' patch

1613 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Telling the most important story

KIRKUK, Iraq — When I was a young, budding photojournalist, I always thought that the big cities with the biggest newspapers were where the most important stories were.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Snipers keep watch through Iraqi night

KIRKUK, Iraq — When the peach-orange sun dipped below the hazy horizon, when dusk had faded so that we wouldn't cast a shadow, we scaled the wall to the rooftop.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

A long way from home

These are your husbands, your sons, your brothers.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Car bomb in Kirkuk kills one

KIRKUK, Iraq — A car bomb detonated in a busy traffic circle in Kirkuk on Tuesday morning, killing a one person and wounding as many as 17 other Iraqis.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Amid war and poverty, the children smile

I've always known they existed, those places where people are poor, where they live with fewer luxuries and freedoms than you and I have. I've seen photos in books and magazines and newspapers. But those places were always very far from my reality.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

I went to Iraq to cover a war, and ended up covering a kindergarten pageant

We’re not sure how it happened. But one day last week photographer Kim Hughes and I found ourselves in the front row of an auditorium at a spring pageant for Kirkuk’s kindergarten children put on by Kurdistan Save the Children.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Religion plays a strong role in Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq — Iraq has a newly elected government and a fledgling army and police force. But in Iraq, religious leaders are like another branch of government.

2053 days ago
IDAHOANS IN ACTION: DATELINE IRAQ

Commander says 116th should be home by Christmas

KIRKUK, Iraq — Families of Idaho Army Guard members deployed on a mission expected to last a year probably won't have to ship presents to Iraq this Christmas, the commander of the 116th said.

2053 days ago