Benito Baeza

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The board that oversees timber harvests on state land has approved a plan to increase tree cutting next year.

The state Land Board on Tuesday approved a 2014 plan calling for harvesting 249 million board feet — the highest logging level in decades

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents who fill up at the pump this week will pay 11 cents more per gallon than they shelled out last month — and a penny more per gallon than the national average

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KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Ketchum officials have banned smoking in a long list of areas that include all city-owned facilities, parks, and indoor public places and places of employment, including hotel and motel rooms

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anheuser-Busch is introducing a new, bowtie-shaped beer can that mirrors its iconic Budweiser logo.

The St. Louis-based subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV said Wednesday that the new cans will be available in a special 8-pack nationwide beginning May 6

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho residents who competed in the Boston Marathon say there is no way to compare the shock and horror caused by the bomb blasts that killed three people and left another 150 injured

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BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — The former vice principal of Burley High School has pleaded guilty to two counts charging her with having sexual contact with two students. The Times-News reports 41-year-old Tara Bagley pleaded guilty Tuesday two counts of sexual battery committed by lewd or lascivious acts

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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The family of a miner who died in a tunnel collapse two years ago has sued Hecla Mining Co. 53-year-old Larry "Pete" Marek was crushed to death in a cave-in more than a mile inside the Lucky Friday Mine on April 15, 2011

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 13,000 Idahoans with alcohol or substance addictions could become eligible for treatment under the nation's new health care overhaul. An Associated Press analysis of federal government data shows 13,000 people in Idaho already receive treatment through rehabilitation or hospitalization each year

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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A Pocatello woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend with a steak knife. Pocatello police say 25-year-old Whitney Smiddy is suspected of stabbing Mike Burnham in the chest early Monday morning after an argument

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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A data compiled by the Idaho Housing and Finance Association shows a decline in the number of Idahoans classified as homeless. The agency reports a 9.5 percent decline in homeless persons in 2013 compared to last year

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CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — A Homedale man with a 2006 conviction for having sex with a 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for repeating his crime shortly after being discharged from probation

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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A 57-year-old Hansen man charged with repeatedly raping a young girl has been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. David Michael Meyers pleaded guilty in January to one count of lewd conduct with a child under 16 and three counts of possessing or accessing child pornography

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