Magic Valley News

JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Officials in Jerome say a fire that destroyed an apartment building and damaged two nearby buildings last month started when a woman accidentally left a hot glue gun on a plastic chair

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two Idaho state judges have raised concerns the Department of Correction is recommending probation for convicted criminals, rather than prison time, to manage its budget for keeping people behind bars

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided that it is not going to continue killing gulls that have been eating all the baby Caspian terns at a nesting colony at the mouth of the Columbia River

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CHICAGO (AP) — Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery. For years the choice was whether to remove just the cancerous lump or the whole breast. Now, new approaches are dramatically changing the way these operations are done

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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)-A new traffic signal will go up on Fillmore Street and North College this year. Twin Falls City council approved a measure that will allow the use of about $300,000 of Street Impact Fee Funds to install the signal

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A Wind Advisory has been issued for the Western Magic Valley and Camas Prairie through 1 am Tuesday (May 14).

Winds could gust up to 50 mph at times.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The first rescued pit bull still in Boise of more than 60 taken from the scene of an eastern Idaho triple homicide that included a dog fighting operation has been adopted.

The Idaho Statesman reports in a story published yesterday that Kyle and Janet Moore on May 5 adopted a 2-year-old dark tan female with white markings named Tess

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voters in the eastern Idaho town of Salmon are poised for another chance to approve a multimillion dollar bond levy to either fix or replace the aging elementary and middle school

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