2 days ago PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees. Entomologist Steve Sheppard and his crew are using liquid nitrogen to preserve bee semen
2 days ago COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Another rabid bat in northern Idaho has turned up, this time after one was caught by a Coeur d'Alene family's pet dog. The Spokesman-Review reported Saturday the dog had been vaccinated, but that it will remain under observation for several weeks, just in case
2 days ago MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's potato growers have helped create a new professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison which is expected to lead to promising advances in potato breeding. DNA sequencing and other biotechnology have helped speed plant breeding in many food crops
2 days ago MERIDIAN, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho company aims to sell more than pet products and commercial pork feed in Taiwan. Jos Zamzow of Meridian's Dynamite Marketing is homing in on the island's high-performance racing pigeon feed market, an industry worth millions in prize money, breeding stock — and even illicit gambling receipts
Family man and country music superstar Tim McGraw is the lone guy in a house full of women, with his gorgeous wife, Faith Hill, and their three daughters. He dishes on an important lesson that his daughters have taught him.
2 days ago MCCALL, Idaho (AP) — Republican Party leaders are urging the Idaho Legislature to put a stop to local communities' efforts to provide discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals
2 days ago BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Republican leaders in Idaho rejected a plan calling for party officials to vet GOP primary election candidates. The proposal was dumped at the Republican Party Central Committee's meeting in McCall on Saturday
2 days ago Congratulations to John Hall from Valley High School. John's award is a Nissan Versa that was donated by Rob Green Auto Group to be given to a Magic Valley High School senior with perfect attendance over the 2012/2013 school year.
Mr. Hall plans on attending CSI and
Almost 25 years ago, country icon Willie Nelson, along with rockers Neil Young and John Mellencamp, dreamt up the Farm Aid Music Festival. It's still going strong today, widely known as the longest-running benefit concert in the country, and will once again take place this fall, in upstate New York.
2 days ago BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists in Idaho will be flying military-style drone aircraft over the sagebrush, not in a bid to find terrorists but to locate the best habitat for one of West's smallest mammals, the pygmy rabbit
2 days ago BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's highway agency will be in the spotlight of transportation activists next week when members of its board of directors meet about new rules meant to allow bigger trucks on the state's roads
Ninety-four-year-old Michael Karkoc has spent six decades living in America. Recently, the Associated Press discovered that, prior to illegally entering the country in 1949, he was a leader in a World War II group that committed war crimes including the massacres of women and children.
