The West

Printed on: Friday, July 30, 2010

For graduate students, meeting a revered professor is an academic golden opportunity. Kaspar Kp, a nuclear power safety doctoral student at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, got his...

When she found out many Idaho health care businesses are reeling, state Rep. Janice McGeachin started applying pressure and looking for answers. Since Idaho Medicaid providers reported delays in...

BOISE (AP) -- A federal judicial panel wrestled Thursday with perceptions of bias and conflict among both judges and geography in figuring out where to consolidate more than 300 lawsuits filed...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- An energy company received federal approval Thursday to take natural gas from a largely untouched, picturesque region of Utah by agreeing to use new technology to drill under...

Sightseers are backed by cascading waters of the upper falls of Multnomah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge near Bridal Veil, Ore., on Thursday. The Oregon side of the Gorge has many waterfalls...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- New brush fires swept over rural hills in Los Angeles County on Thursday, while good weather to the north aided firefighters building containment lines around two...

Idaho Falls Police detectives are investigating the city's second church burglary this week after a thief reportedly scaled the wall of the Calvary Chapel Church and entered through a second-story...

ASHTON -- Mayor Teddy Stronks appointed a new City Council member Tuesday night at a special meeting called in response to the resignation of Penny Vasquez. Teresa Hansen, who has been involved in...

Environmental Protection Agency officials released a rural Madison County property back to its owner after a cleanup costing an estimated $115,000 was completed last week. EPA Federal On-Scene...

Grain & livestock POCATELLO -- Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain Grain and Livestock Report for Thursday, July 29. POCATELLO -- White wheat 4.45 (steady); 11.5 percent winter 4.41 (up 6); 14 percent...

Firm buys land for proposed nuke plant TWIN FALLS (AP) -- A small company that wants to build a billion-dollar nuclear power plant in Idaho says it has signed an agreement to purchase 6,000 acres in...

BOISE -- A legislative ethics panel dismissed part of a complaint against a state lawmaker embroiled in legal fights over unpaid income taxes during a hearing Thursday that turned into a tea party...

RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- An engineer who oversaw research and technology at the Hanford nuclear reservation claims he was fired for raising concerns about safety and design at the site's $12.3 billion...

PHOENIX (AP) -- The U.S. Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont as homes for the military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting applause from officials banking on the...

Woman drowns in river in Yellowstone YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- A Taiwanese woman has drowned in the Firehole River at Yellowstone National Park. Park officials said Wednesday that...

Neither Mountain Home Air Force Base nor Boise's Gowen Field was included on a U.S. Air Force list of "preferred alternatives" for serving as an operational or training base for an F-35 Lightning II...

Crime-tip reporting is now as quick as the click of a button. The Bonneville-Idaho Falls Crime Stoppers, with the assistance of Anderson Software's WebTips, has activated a new, anonymous online...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A popular air show will be held this weekend, days after four people were killed when a military cargo plane crashed at an Anchorage base during a training demonstration for...

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Mourners packed a Southern California church Thursday to say goodbye to Norma Lopez, a 17-year-old girl who was abducted just blocks from her school then killed. Family...

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