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Idaho school's Bully Bucket gives victims an outlet

Robert Stuart Middle School seventh-grader Austin Stearns said he has used the Bully Bucket, and both teachers and students think it is making a difference.

Twin Falls students drop in a form anonymouslyto report intimidation, name-calling, other acts 27 minutes ago

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APNewsBreak: Deal reached on Oregon wolves

Conservation groups and cattle ranchers have agreed to a landmark settlement in a lawsuit that, for the past year and a half, has kept the state of Oregon from killing wolves that prey on livestock.
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Private prison company asks to seal lawsuit docs

The nation's largest private prison company is asking a judge to seal a wide spectrum of documents in a lawsuit brought by inmates at a Corrections Corporation of America-managed prison in Idaho.
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Dry Idaho spring dooms projected shroom boom

What was supposed to have been a banner mushroom boom after last summer's big Trinity Ridge Fire on the Boise National Forest as become a fungi flop, as dry weather led to few morels and only sporadic pickers.
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Idaho reports brisk sales of new parks passport

Sales in the first six months of Idaho's new state parks passports show residents are taking a liking to the program.
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UI says Akey got everything he's owed from school

The University of Idaho says fired football coach Robb Akey doesn't deserve more money than he's already gotten from the Moscow school.
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Avalanche forecaster dies in Idaho while cycling

A retired ranger who helped start the U.S. Forest Service National Avalanche Center died while mountain biking near his home in Idaho.
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Nurse says she was fired for complaining about doc

A northern Idaho nurse is suing Kootenai Medical Center, saying she was fired last year in an act of retaliation against her for complaining about a doctor's erratic behavior.
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Mass. soldier killed in Afghanistan remembered

Family and friends are paying final respects to a soldier from Massachusetts killed in Afghanistan.
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WSU squares off against golf course opponents

Opponents of a 7,305-yard golf course at Washington State University contend the school is mining a declining aquifer that provides water to the region for an amenity. University officials contend their use of the water is lawful.
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Otter defends ID exchange's use of fed computers

Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is defending a move by the new Idaho Health Insurance Exchange board of directors to temporarily rely on federal computers to help people sign up for insurance coverage, contending it will help the state be ready to enroll people by October.