Counties, state study regional jails in Idaho

Counties, state study regional jails in Idaho
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As Canyon County struggles with ways to abate its chronic jail crowding, a statewide effort is afoot to consider regional jails – joint efforts by adjacent counties and the Idaho Department of Correction – as a relatively affordable, efficient way to provide needed space for county and state inmates alike.
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Man shot by police in Caldwell called family just before he died

Man shot by police in Caldwell called family just before he died
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Summary: The man shot and killed by Caldwell police Wednesday night was terrified of returning to prison, family members said.
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Boise State beat notes: Pressure from Congress won’t help Broncos reach BCS

Boise State beat notes: Pressure from Congress won’t help Broncos reach BCS
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Bowl Championship Series executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday that congressional pressure likely won’t play a role in getting the No. 6 Boise State football team a BCS berth on Sunday.
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Leaders vow Nampa Classical Academy won’t close

Leaders vow Nampa Classical Academy won’t close
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Despite statements from the state charter school commission that it could be headed toward losing its charter, Nampa Classical Academy leaders held an informational meeting Wednesday night to assure parents that won’t happen.
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Police: Men broke through walls to break in

Police: Men broke through walls to break in
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Michael Donald Westman, 26, and Larry Michael Clifford, 25, picked businesses in strip malls or office buildings and broke in through a door or window to steal whatever computer equipment or cash they could find, Boise police said. They then broke through the drywall to enter other businesses next door to do it again.
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Expert tells Idaho lawmakers: Back away from the federal transportation trough

Expert tells Idaho lawmakers: Back away from the federal transportation trough
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The only way for the state to control its own roads is to rely less on federal dollars, a national expert told Idaho lawmakers
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Silver Creek is pristine after all — mercury scare was based on faulty data

Silver Creek is pristine after all — mercury scare was based on faulty data
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Faulty data led to a 2007 mercury scare in one of the state’s most famous trout streams
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Will there be new stimulus funds available for Boise’s streetcar?

Will there be new stimulus funds available for Boise’s streetcar?
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Obama administration makes good on promise to support alternative transportation
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Boise State’s bowl breakdown

Boise State’s bowl breakdown
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Boise State may force the Bowl Championship Series to do the previously unthinkable – invite two teams from college football’s lower class into the five elite games. No. 4 TCU has clinched its spot as the automatic qualifier from the five non-BCS leagues. No. 6 Boise State should get an at-large invite Sunday if it beats New Mexico State and Texas beats Nebraska in the Big 12 title game Saturday. The Broncos have pushed their way into BCS contention with a perfect record for the second straight year. They beat Oregon, now No. 7 in the BCS, in the opener. They have a Heisman Trophy candidate at quarterback. Their fans swarmed the desert for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. And many marquee programs have struggled this year. So where are the Broncos headed – and who will they play? Here are the possibilities in order of likelihood:
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CHF furniture store mourns owner’s sudden death

CHF furniture store mourns owner’s sudden death
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Kurpiewski, 60, died doing what he loved: driving a supercharged, super-fast go-kart at a raceway, this one in Sonoma, Calif.
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Mountain Home man gets 20 years for child porn

Mountain Home man gets 20 years for child porn
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U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge sentenced 69-year-old Lorrie Elmer Mecham on Monday, ordering him to spend 10 years on probation after his prison sentence is complete.
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Pastors to pay off unpaid parking tickets

Pastors to pay off unpaid parking tickets
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You, too, can get your parking tickets paid. You must show up between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 — that’s two weeks from now — at Boise City Hall.
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Police seek person of interest in Wash. shooting

Police seek person of interest in Wash. shooting
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A man with an extensive criminal past – whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago – was being sought Sunday as a “person of interest” in a deadly ambush on four police officers who were gunned down inside a coffee shop.
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Bronco Beat: Petersen says Broncos ‘playing for something really, really big’

Bronco Beat: Petersen says Broncos ‘playing for something really, really big’
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Treasure Valley churches join Advent Conspiracy to fight Christmas consumerism

Treasure Valley churches join Advent Conspiracy to fight Christmas consumerism
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Boise’s Second Baptist Church has a plan for making this Christmas season less hectic and harried and more joyful and meaningful.
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Murph’s Turf: Petersen’s faith in BCS system rewarded

Murph’s Turf: Petersen’s faith in BCS system rewarded
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Bronco Beat: Boise State likely headed back to BCS as Oklahoma rolls

Bronco Beat: Boise State likely headed back to BCS as Oklahoma rolls
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Bicyclist injured in Caldwell

Bicyclist injured in Caldwell
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A 26-year-old male cyclist was hospitalized with facial, and other unknown injuries at about 8:30 p.m. Friday, after he was hit by a car at the intersection of Dearborn Street and 5th Avenue in Caldwell.
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Kids can get their flu shots — and then sit in Santa’s lap

Kids can get their flu shots — and then sit in Santa’s lap
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The Central District Health Department will have 1,600 doses of H1N1 swine
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Boise man raising ruckus early Friday outside Boise home charged with drug possession

Boise man raising ruckus early Friday outside Boise home charged with drug possession
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A 26-year-old Boise man who was banging on the back door of a house in the
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Idaho justices’ ruling could clear way for downtown Nampa project

Idaho justices’ ruling could clear way for downtown Nampa project
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The state’s highest court ruled that urban renewal agencies are separate from the cities that establish them, killing a Rexburg man’s lawsuit and suggesting a similar fate for a case challenging Nampa’s plans to issue urban renewal bonds for a new public safety building and library.
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Murph’s Turf: Separating fact from fiction when it comes to Petersen job rumors

Murph’s Turf: Separating fact from fiction when it comes to Petersen job rumors
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Feast on turkey, not on germs, this Thanksgiving

Feast on turkey, not on germs, this Thanksgiving
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Ever wondered how long your turkey safely lasts in the fridge after
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Idaho couple sentenced in crime spree

Idaho couple sentenced in crime spree
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Prosecutors say Shawn Smith and Jennifer Johnson stole more than $150,000 of merchandise in a five-month crime spree
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9-year-old dies, her brother taken to the hospital, after van rolls off of Interstate 84

9-year-old dies, her brother taken to the hospital, after van rolls off of Interstate 84
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A 9-year-old girl died Wednesday morning when her grandparents’ van rolled off of Interstate 84 about 7 miles west of Glenns Ferry in Elmore County. The girl and her 10-year-old brother were both ejected. The boy was taken by air ambulance to a Boise hospital; the extent of his injuries is unknown.
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