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Idaho Power Co. customers saved 132,443,336 kilowatt-hours of electricity through company sponsored programs in 2009.

The Boise Police STEP team and other Ada County law enforcement agencies

Christine Abrams, 47, has been charged with felony grand theft.

A House panel approved a measure that would add an emergency surcharge to infractions, misdemeanors and felonies to help pay for the judicial system in Idaho.

Health care institutions are seeking immunity through a bill in the Legislature. But opponents say the bill wouldn't help patients or physicians.

Democrats in Washington, D.C., hope to pass health care reform soon, but Republican state leaders in Idaho are preparing to go to court to fight it.

Boise School District superintendent Stan Olson has his own challenges after he officially kicks off his race Thursday to unseat Tom Luna for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

It can be hard to deal with the emotions resulting from childhood sexual abuse. Reporter Sandra Forester writes about being molested at age 5 and finding healing decades later.

John Gout, an inmate in the state prison system, has found an unusual way to wait out the last months of his sentence.

BOISE - Idaho Power crews restored electricity to Downtown Boise by 8 a.m. Wednesday morning after a goose hit a piece of electrical equipment an hour earlier. Traffic signals on Front Street were dark.

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Parents at Washington Elementary listen to Nancy Landon, Boise School District budget and finance manager, on Wednesday as she discusses how state budget cuts will impact education — there will be less money for supplies, textbooks, technology, field trips and more. The district also has the option to cut teacher salaries and reduce the school year. Gina Bessire, who has a fifth-grader at Washington, got parents together to sign letters to lawmakers in hopes of reducing some of the proposed cuts to schools.

The Idaho Transportation Department has two overnight closures planned this week for Interstate 84 construction.

With warm weather, door-to-door solicitors and vendors are spreading out across Boise.

District water managers say the water-supply outlook is uncertain for this season because of a dwindling winter snow pack.

Boise deejay Margo Vaughn, who was in intensive care Monday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise after a weekend car crash, has been upgraded to fair condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Idaho Power crews restored electricity to Downtown Boise following an hour-long outage Wednesday morning caused by a goose that hit a piece of electrical equipment.

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Dispose of your expired or unused medicines ‹ over the counter drugs or prescriptions -- at Saint Alphonsus Eagle Health Plaza from 9 a.m. To noon Saturday, April 10.

Ada County investigators say they have new evidence that former Boise police officer Stephen Young may have victimized children he knew in the decade he worked as a resource officer. School resource officers are more than just police to kids How can you keep your children safe? Experts: Men who prey on preteens rare but dangerous