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What's closed Memorial Day in the Treasure Valley

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:00 EDT

What’s open and closed Monday for Memorial Day:

Idaho DEQ stops reviewing Dynamis Energy landfill project; application is ‘incomplete’

csewell@idahostatesman.com (Cynthia Sewell) — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:24 EDT

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has determined Dynamis Energys air quality permit application to build a waste-to-energy facility at the Ada County landfill is incomplete.

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Meridian high school students build houses and resumes

cmsewell@idahostatesman.com (CYNTHIA SEWELL) — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:00 EDT

About two dozen students spent the last 10 months building a Habitat for Humanity home for a Burmese refugee family.

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Canyon, Ada schools get grants for fresh fruit and veggies

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:30 EDT

Thirty-six Canyon and Ada County elementary schools are among 112 Idaho schools that will receive grants to provide fresh fruit and vegetables as snacks during the 2012-13 school year.

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Treasure Valley Memorial Day closures

Wed, 23 May 2012 02:00 EDT

Whats open and closed Monday for Memorial Day:

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Indian Creek elementary school in Kuna closed Tuesday for lice outbreak

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:07 EDT

A southwestern Idaho school district is closing an elementary school due to an outbreak of head lice.

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Meridian police: 22-year-old man arrested for aggravated assault

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:23 EDT

Jackie Shayde Sedillo is being held in the Ada County Jail on a felony charge of aggravated assault after police say he threatened a neighbor with a rifle because of…

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House Hunters will film in Eagle next week

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:19 EDT

The popular HGTV real estate show "House Hunters" will film in Eagle next week, KIVI Channel 6 reports.

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Lanes of Eagle Road and Farivew Avenue in Meridian reopen after Sunday morning crash

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:57 EDT

A crash at the intersection of Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue backed up traffic and shut down lanes for about an hour Sunday morning.

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Boise’s brewhaha: City, beer festival split up

porr@idahostatesman.com (PATRICK ORR) — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:00 EDT

The city is suing festival owner Brewforia Beer Market for $7,886, saying the organizers owe about $4,000 for turf damage and cleanup at Ann Morrison Park and the rest for…

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Electrical problem forces evacuation of some employees at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:10 EDT

Some employees who work in the basement of St. Lukes Meridian Medical Center had to leave the building for more than an hour Thursday after an electrical problem caused smoke…

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Hate long lines? Ada County urges you to register your recreational vehicles before the rush

kmoeller@idahostatesman.com (Katy Moeller) — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:26 EDT

Idahoans who own a motorhome, boat, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and/or trailer (including horse trailers) are required by law to register them annually. Most registrations expire Dec. 31, and many people…

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Government sues would-be Tamarack buyer from Eagle

broberts@idahostatesman.com (Bill Roberts) — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:16 EDT

The U.S. Department of Labor seeks to block him from administering pension funds he allegedly misused.

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Kuna couple temporarily displaced after fire early Wednesday

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:20 EDT

A Kuna man awoke to the sound of things exploding in his garage, then discovered a raging fire, Kuna Fire Captain John Charlton said. No one was injured in the…

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Closed primary takes down turnout

dpopkey@idahostatesman.com (BY DAN POPKEY) — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:00 EDT

Idaho’s first closed primary election apparently drives down turnout. While some voters groused, the election ran more smoothly than many expected.

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Former Meridian man sentenced to 18 months for drug trafficking, firearms and immigration violations

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:23 EDT

Andres Barajas-Linares, 40, a Mexican national formerly living in Meridian, will spend 18 months in prison for distributing cocaine, unlawfully possessing a firearm and being a deported alien illegally in…

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Water managers to roll back releases from Lucky Peak into the Boise River this week

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:06 EDT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation reduced outflows from Lucky Peak Dam into the Boise River by 250 cubic feet per second Monday morning and…

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Fire crews extinguish 12 small fires along railroad tracks in South Ada County

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:47 EDT

A train apparently caused 12 small grass fires along the railroad tracks Monday afternoon near Cloverdale Road near Kuna.

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Police: 22-year-old Meridian man charged with felony injury to child for breaking 2-year-old’s arm

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:01 EDT

Anthony Edward Ortega is being held in the Ada County Jail on a charge of felony injury to child after Meridian police say he broke his 2-year-old sons arm last…

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Happy Mother’s Day from four generations

Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00 EDT

Margi Stroh, 51, second from left, brought four generations of her family together Saturday for the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

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