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Megaload Driver Cited For Inattentive Driving
The driver of a large load of oil refinery equipment that struck and damaged a van in northern Idaho has been cited for inattentive driving.
The collision on Dec. 6 near Moscow led the Idaho Transportation Department to suspend shipments of Imperial Oil equipment to an oil sands project in Canada...
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Health Rankings Show Montana Unchanged From 2010
The 2011 America's Health Rankings finds that Montana residents aren't as overweight as some, but the scales are tipping in the wrong direction.
Idaho Hunter Ed Teacher Dismissed After Gun Fired
A hunter education instructor in eastern Idaho was dismissed after a loaded handgun brought to class for a demonstration was discharged by a student.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says no one was injured when the weapon was accidentally fired during the class late Monday in Soda Springs...
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Univ. Of Montana Investigating Sexual Assault
The University of Montana is bringing in an outside investigator to review recent allegations that two female students may have been given a date-rape drug and sexually assaulted by several male students.
Otter Says Planning Jobs To Remain At Idaho Site
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says news that France's state-controlled nuclear giant Areva has decided to suspend plans to build a uranium enrichment plant in eastern Idaho may not be as bad as it sounds.
Areva announced Tuesday a series of job cuts and other steps to make the company profitable after a disastrous 2011...
Lack Of Snow Limits Snowmobiles In Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park will open for the winter season on Thursday but a lack of snow will limit where snowmobiles can go for now.
Commercially-guided snowmobiles or snowcoaches will only be allowed to travel between the park's South Entrance and Old Faithful...
7 Miners Removed From Idaho Mine After Rock Burst
A mine company says seven miners have been safely removed from deep in a northern Idaho underground mine after rock burst caused injuries to the miners.
Hecla Mining Co. spokeswoman Melanie Hennessey didn't immediately have other details on the Wednesday night incident at the Lucky Friday mine...
Man Pleads Guilty To Murder, Landlady Strangled
A 51-year-old Nampa man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the strangling death of his landlady in September.
Canyon County Prosecutor Bryan Taylor says in exchange for the guilty plea Tuesday, the county would not seek the death penalty against Theodore Kestner...
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Officers Follow Footprints In Snow, Arrest Suspect
A would-be burglar who had a hardware store full of tools at his disposal was still unable to open the store's safe.
21-year-old Justin Walker Smartt was arrested Monday after officers followed footprints in the snow from the Hamilton store to a nearby house...
1st Suit Filed In Vegas Copter Crash
A lawyer representing a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash has filed the first negligence lawsuit in the case.
Attorney Gary Robb of Kansas City, Mo., says he's seeking unspecified monetary damages from tour operator Sundance Helicopters Inc...