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Crime Stoppers tip leads to arson charges in Boise

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:02:02 MDT

Thanks to a citizen's tip to Crime Stoppers, Boise police property crimes detectives have found three teenage boys believed responsible for the vandalism and arson last weekend that damaged emergency response equipment belonging to the Boise Fire Department.

Meridian couple accused of defrauding Environmental Protection Agency

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:45:26 MDT

The federal government has filed a criminal complaint against a former Idaho Department of Environmental Quality employee and his wife alleging the Meridian couple conspired to obtain federal grant money.

Ann Morrison Park footbridge closed until Saturday morning

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:22:08 MDT

The bridge, which crosses the river and connects Ann Morrison Park and the Greenbelt, is closed Friday and will reopen Saturday morning.

Nampa man gets life without parole for brutal double murder

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:04:06 MDT

Pete Roberts was stoic and brief as he addressed the grief-ravaged family of the elderly Nampa couple he bound and stabbed to death in their Nampa home on Christmas Day, 2003.

Boise man accused of downloading child pornography

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:03:44 MDT

Boise police made an overnight arrest of Derek Miller, 24, and charged him

Barker: Sugar beet planting begins with uncertainty over lawsuit

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:23 MDT

Gov. Otter gets some good marks on health care plans for Idaho

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is telling us "Idaho is not Waiting for Federal Health Care Reform," with a list of accomplishments to date. But has he really accomplished what he set out to do? We'll see. Read blogs from our Statehouse team Follow the latest news from the Idaho Legislature Follow us on Twitter