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Debt ceiling fix could mean problems for states

The cost of the compromise needed to raise the federal debt ceiling likely will inflict more fiscal pain on states still struggling to recover from the recession and the end of federal stimulus spending.

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Debt ceiling fix could mean problems for states

Crews looking for help to find elderly Meridian couple

Crews are searching for an elderly Meridian couple who went missing Saturday. Dispatchers in Boise County say that Charles Rigg, 81, and Barbara Rigg, 77, went for a drive on Highway 21.

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Crews looking for help to find elderly Meridian couple

Five suspects arrested for burglary and grand theft

Five people were arrested for burglary and grand theft Sunday morning. At 4:11 a.m. Canyon County Sheriff’s Deputies received a report of a burglary in progress at a farm on Purple Sage Road.

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Five suspects arrested for burglary and grand theft

Police Look For Oklahoma-Based Truck Driver Involved In Fatal Crash

The location of an Oklahoma-based truck driver who police say was involved in a crash that killed two Boise, Idaho residents remains unknown for more than two years, after he failed to show up in a southwest Idaho courtroom to plead guilty to two counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

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Police Look For Oklahoma-Based Truck Driver Involved In Fatal Crash

Idaho’s victim notification system expands

Idaho’s system for notifying victims and other interested parties about the custody status of offenders is expanding.

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Idaho’s victim notification system expands

Drums explode sending fireballs into the sky

A storage building used by Evergreen International Aviation was destroyed by a two-alarm fire late Thursday night, with ruptured drums of flammable liquid creating spectacular fireballs that could be seen for miles.

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Drums explode sending fireballs into the sky

Five teens arrested for burglary, aggravated assault

Five teenagers are under arrest in connection with two crimes that happened in Nampa in the past two weeks.

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Sheils Advances to Final Eight at Women’s TRANS

Nebraska senior Madeleine Sheils won a pair of matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the 81st annual Women’s TRANS National Amateur Championship in Sheridan, Wyo., Friday.

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Sheils Advances to Final Eight at Women’s TRANS

Boiseko Gazteak teaches kids Basque dancing, culture

It’s a great time to be Basque this weekend. But if you’re not Basque, it’s still a chance to have a great time in downtown Boise as the Saint Ignatius Festival is well underway.

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Boiseko Gazteak teaches kids Basque dancing, culture

Otter spars with feds over control of Deer Flat

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter says state water law supersedes wildlife habitat at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge where federal officials are proposing changes that would limit some longtime recreational uses to protect wildlife.

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Otter spars with feds over control of Deer Flat

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