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Matthew Vito, who is 17, just had his wish granted last Thursday (11/29) thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Glanbia. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia almost two years ago.

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BOISE -- The body of an Idaho soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last week arrived in Boise Saturday night. News Channel 7 reports Private First Class Shane Wilson was just 20 years old.  He graduated from Kuna High in 2011

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BOISE -- On the eve of Idaho's latest unemployment numbers, the Department of Labor has some bad news for thousands of Idahoans receiving unemployment benefits. KTVB-Tv reports by the end of the year 6,100 Idahoans who are receiving extended unemployment benefits will no longer get that money because Congress decided not to renew those extensions

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says the state is spending $195,000 for two out-of-state consulting firms to examine expanding Medicaid coverage in Idaho for more low-income people under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul

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LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Geological Survey is releasing its first new geologic map of the state since 1978. The Lewiston Tribune reports that the 36-by48-inch map goes on sale Friday for $20

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho health officials say an eastern Idaho man has been diagnosed with fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection commonly used to treat back pain. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare said this is the first Idaho illness linked to a national outbreak that has sickened an estimated 138 people from 11 states

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jerry Conley, the longest-serving director of Idaho's Department of Fish and Game has died. He was 71. Conley led the agency from 1980 through 1996 before leaving for Missouri to oversee the Conservation Department in his native state

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State health officials say a hospital in southwest Idaho and a private clinic in the eastern part of the state are the only two medical facilities that received shipments of a recalled steroid linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis

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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has chosen a preferred route for a 1,100-mile high-voltage transmission line expected to run through southern Idaho and southern Wyoming

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's Fish and Game commissioners are giving their endorsement to a constitutional amendment establishing the right to hunt, fish and trap in the state. The commission came out in strong support of the November ballot initiative in a letter issued Wednesday

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