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ISP Trooper Receives Purple Heart Award
An Idaho State Police trooper has received the Purple Heart award after he was shot earlier this summer in a hostage standoff at a local motel.
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Some Idahoans Going Hungry
Currently, one in six Idahoans live lives that are considered food insecure. With Thanksgiving just a few days away, many Idahoans are planning their holiday meal.
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More Idaho Soldiers Return
The soldiers of the 391st Engineer Company are back in Idaho after returning Saturday from a tour in Iraq. They have a rare perspective on the war, and hope the work they did there doesn’t go to waste.
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Hansen Girl Injured In Weekend Crash
A Hansen teen is recovering after a weekend accident that also killed a Blackfoot girl. Idaho State Police say 19–year old Katherine Bulcher of Hansen was driving South on highway 55.
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Former Twin Falls Woman Dies In Utah BASE Jumping Accident
A University of Utah student from Idaho has died in a BASE jumping accident. It happened Tuesday afternoon in Provo, Utah. The Provo Fire Department says 24-year-old Holly Brittsan was attempting to jump from a cliff on the north side of Rock Canyon when she fell.
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Idaho Shooter Says He’s Jesus, Obama Is Antichrist
An Idaho man charged with firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the Antichrist.
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It Is Finished.
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Other Counties, Cities, Join Twin Falls In Redistricting Challenge
Northern Idaho’s Kootenai County will join a lawsuit being drafted by Twin Falls County seeking to upend the state’s new redistricting plan. Kootenai County commissioners on Tuesday asked the county prosecutor to intervene.
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Emergency Appeal Filed To Stop Rhoades Execution
The attorneys for condemned Idaho inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades have filed an emergency appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court in hopes of staving off the execution set for Friday morning. In a 33-page brief to the court, Oliver Loewy and the other attorneys with the Federal Defenders of Idaho reiterated Rhoades’ contention that Idaho’s new lethal injection protocol is likely to be botched, causing him to suffer excruciating pain in violation of the 8th Amendment.
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Charter School Searches For New Principal
Xavier Charter School in Twin Falls is looking for a principal…again. Only so far, the search is open only to internal employees. If a successful candidate has not been found by January 1st then the search will widen.
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Twin Falls To Join Boundary Challenge
The Twin Falls City Council voted yesterday to join the challenge against the latest redistricting plan. The vote at yesterday’s meeting was 5 to 0 to join Twin Falls County in the challenge. The latest plan would split Twin Falls County into different districts where the population centers are far removed.
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No Stay!
A federal magistrate judge has denied a stay of execution for convicted killer Paul Ezra Rhoades. The 43-page decision from Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush came down late Monday afternoon.