Benito Baeza

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An eastern Idaho auto dealership that offended some area residents with a radio commercial that included a derogatory reference about special needs children has apologized.

KIFI-TV reports that Pocatello-based Cole Chevrolet pulled the ads and is also teaming up with the Special Olympics of Eastern Idaho

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. Forest Service to consult with wildlife officials to protect Canada lynx in portions of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. U.S.

District Judge Dana Christensen said in Thursday's order that the Forest Service drafted management plans for 11 national forests that did not consider critical lynx habitat designations

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate remained stable at 6.1 percent in April, in part because of a continuing decline in the number of people seeking work

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City officials are drawing up plans for a $2 billion total remake of the city's airport. Mountain views, faster takeoffs and workout equipment are a few things they're considering in that design

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — All watercraft entering Yellowstone National Park's lakes must first pass an inspection for invasive species. National Park Service staff will also conduct daily inspections for all boats that launch from Bridge Bay, Grant Village and Lewis Lake boat ramps

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of the president of the Mormon church has died.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement on its web site that Frances B. Monson died at 6:35 a

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The warden of the privately-run Idaho Correctional Center has quit, one month after his company acknowledged falsifying staffing records for much of 2012. Timothy Wengler, who works for Corrections Corporation of America, lasted three years as warden of the prison south of Boise

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in state prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities in Idaho say they have arrested an Uzbekistan national on federal terrorism charges. Prosecutors say 30-year-old Fazliddin Kurbanov was arrested in Boise on Thursday, one day after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of a terrorism investigation

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EMMETT, Idaho (AP) — The Gem County Prosecutor has filed criminal charges against two men accused of intentionally setting fire to a pair of Emmett churches last month. One of the suspects charged Wednesday was convicted of killing his adoptive parents in 1989

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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — A 38-year-old northern Idaho woman who police say doused her husband with gasoline and stabbed him in the face has been charged with felony domestic battery in the presence of a child

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NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Canyon County Commissioners in southwest Idaho say they will not use local law resources to enforce on-water regulations that might be enacted by federal authorities on Lake Lowell at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge

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