Magic Valley News

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho family is undergoing rabies shots after a rabid bat flew into their home.

Cynthia Taggart of the Panhandle Health District tells The Spokesman-Review in a story published Wednesday that there's no sign anyone was bitten

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BOISE, Idaho (KTVB) – An Idaho soldier who died earlier this month in Afghanistan was brought home Wednesday as part of an honorable transfer.  U.S. Army Specialist Tom Murach and four other Americans died when a bomb exploded while they were driving down a road on May 4th

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate agriculture committees have laid the groundwork this week for reducing the size of the federal food stamp program, approving farm bills that would shrink the food aid and alter the way people qualify for it

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SEATTLE (AP) — They've spent nearly eight months visiting marijuana grow houses, holding public hearings, meeting with dealers and studying the science of getting high. Now, officials in Washington are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An early morning fire destroyed a pair of historic buildings in the Idaho mountain mining town of Mullan. The blaze at the Silver Eagle Bar and the adjoining United Steelworkers of America union hall created a glow that could be seen for miles in the dark sky

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho will resume paying a $4,500 monthly governor's housing stipend to C.L. "Butch" Otter in June as it clears furniture from the governor's mansion in Boise in preparation for returning the home to the Simplot family

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Twelve years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. Tuber processing giant J.R

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $360 million in a matter of weeks, a jump that's propelled it to be the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in history

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If you are planning on finding some fireworks displays this 4th of July, many towns in the Magic Valley area will be involved. Budget cuts have hampered some towns but others are moving full speed ahead.

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