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Time is Running Out to Vote For the Magic Valley Teacher of the Year!
25 minutes ago With almost 2,300 votes so far, the action has been brisk but we're in the home stretch. Time is running out to vote for the Magic Valley Teacher of the Year!
At last check Jerome High School's Scott Burton had taken the lead, but Wendell Middle School's Travis Robison and Filer Intermediate's Kent Snow were hot on his heels.
Voting deadline is May 28th, 2013 at midnight.
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Man Charged with Terrorism will Stay in Idaho for Now
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbek national facing terrorism-related charges in Idaho will remain jailed pending his trial after waiving his right to a detention hearing. Lawyers for Fazliddin Kurbanov on Tuesday waived a hearing where a U
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Carrie Underwood’s ‘Blown Away’ Gets the PS22 Kids Choir Treatment
At PS22 in Staten Island, a chorus of mega-talented 5th graders earns a music credit by putting on their own renditions of hit songs. Led by their instructor, piano player Gregg Breinberg, the adolescent kiddos have sang songs by everyone from Katy Perry to Adele to our own country music gem Carrie Underwood. Recently, PS22 gave Underwood's 'Blown Away' the special treatment.
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Idaho Still at Bottom of List for How Much is Spent on Students
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Idaho remains at the bottom of public education spending. The Spokesman-Review reports that Idaho spent about $6,800 per student for the 2010-2011 school year
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Idaho’s Endowment Fund at its Highest
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials say the endowment fund that is used annually to support public schools and other beneficiaries has its highest balance in history. The Department of Lands reported Tuesday the fund currently has a balance of $1
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Paintball Warfare Banned at Idaho Bird Sanctuary
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal land managers are imposing a ban on paintball warfare and rock climbing in and around a raptor sanctuary along the Snake River canyon south of Boise. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced the new rules Monday for the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey area
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Taylor Swift Reacting to Justin Bieber Kissing Selena Gomez Is the Perfect GIF
Forget all the awards she won at the Billboard Music Awards recently -- the trophy for Best Reaction to Justin Bieber Trying to Kiss Selena Gomez goes to Taylor Swift! That's the award that matters, as far as we're concerned.
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Boy Scouts to Vote on Gay Member Ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will convene a two-day meeting of 1,400 local leaders to consider changing its long-standing ban on allowing openly gay boys to don the Boy Scouts uniform
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Ballots In and Jerome County Gets a New Jail
JEROME, Idaho (Times News)-After five tries, voters in Jerome have approved funding for a new jail. Voters passed the $11.2 million bond by 70.8 percent.
JEROME • Jerome voters did not pass a $48 million bond needed to fund improvements to its city’s wastewater treatment facility
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Are Trampoline’s Unsafe? [POLL]
4 hours ago My kids have been begging for a trampoline for the past year so we finally gave in and put one in the back yard. My kids love it! And I have to admit...it's almost as cool as when I was little. My siblings and I lived on our trampoline from 3 years of age to 18 years of age. It was the one toy that never got old.