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ITD projects aim to improve driver safety

Idaho Transportation Department crews will flatten a median on Interstate 84 and reduce roadside distractions on a stretch of Idaho 55 to improve safety.

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Montana investigating bison deaths north of YNP

State veterinarians have been sent to examine bison carcasses north of Yellowstone National Park amid concerns the bison might have acquired a deadly disease from domestic sheep.

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2 children killed in E. Idaho rollover crash

Two children have died in a rollover crash in southeastern Idaho.

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AZ man indicted in Idaho on wire fraud charges

Federal prosecutors say an Arizona man fraudulently wired $450,000 to his personal accounts through an Idaho-based Internet business, using the money to enrich himself, pay for his home and bolster his retirement and investment accounts.

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Idaho man loses bid to clean up criminal record

Idaho Supreme Court justices rejected a man's bid to have a misdemeanor drug conviction purged from his record, something he'd sought after he was blocked from a job as a state prison guard.

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Mail courier unfazed by N. Idaho lake's threats

Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night stays postal couriers' swift completion of their appointed rounds on the remote southern portion of Lake Pend Oreille.

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Silver City clings to roots and ghost town status

Tucked below the summits of the 8,000-foot-high Owyhee Mountains, sits a once-booming mining town.

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Environmentalists drop 1 of 2 wolf lawsuits

A coalition of environmental groups has dropped one of two lawsuits challenging last year's decision by federal officials to turn over management of Wyoming wolves to the state.

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Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country.