Hailey

Students have been released from Wood River High School following a bomb threat this morning.

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HAILEY--Thousands lined the streets of Hailey Wednesday for the annual 4th of July Parade. KTVB reports the town did something special this year for the only known American prisoner of war Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. At

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of a U.S. soldier who was taken prisoner in Afghanistan is thanking the motorcycle riders of Rolling Thunder for raising awareness of missing-in-action troops and prisoners of war.

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(AP) The parents of a U.S. soldier in captivity for three years after being taken prisoner in Afghanistan are hopeful aggressive negotiations or a prisoner swap could bring their son home. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, was captured in June 2009 and is believed held by a group affiliated with the Taliban, likely somewhere in Pakistan. His paren

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(AP) - Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit organization.The action star has already put his lavish home in nearby Hailey  on the market, as well as the local bar he owns, for a combined $19 million.

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Idaho House lawmakers marked Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's third birthday in captivity of a Taliban-allied group in central Asia. Bergdahl is a U.S. soldier from Hailey, Idaho, taken prisoner in Afghanistan in June 2009 who is now being held by the Haqqani network. The now-26-year-old Bergdahl was born March 28, 1986.

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A Wisconsin family has started a petition drive to try and help bring a Hailey soldier back home from Afghanistan.   Bowe Bergdahl, a 25-year-old Army sergeant from Hailey, was taken prisoner two and a half years ago by the Taliban

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The Idaho Fish and Game Department says two men from Hailey have received fines and  penalties after being caught poaching in Custer County.  A total of 49 citations and 21 warnings were issued to seven individuals this week by Custer County Magistrate Judge Charles L. Roos. 44 year old Juan Pasillas-Garcia of Hailey, was sentenced to 540 days in jail with  all but 40  suspended. He also must pay over $3,200  in fines and fees and his hunting, fishing and trapping privileges were suspended for 15 years.

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The Hailey Police department is confirming that 55-year-old Jon Anderson and his ex-wife, Linda Vaughn, were found dead this morning in their Bellevue home.

A caretaker found the bodies.  Police say at this point they are treating the case as a murder-suicide. The incident remains under investigation by the Bellevue Marshals Office and the Hailey Police Department.

Though the two were divorced

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A national website reports that an Idaho soldier who has been held captive in Afghanistan for the past 2 1/2 years may have tried to escape from his captors.

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