Idaho Supreme Court rejects suit from shareholder claiming price-fixing by Micron TechnologyBOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has refused to revive a lawsuit brought by a shareholder who claimed Micron Technology’s top officials were taking part in a price-fixing scheme. American, Canadian leaders criticize northern border policyBOISE, Idaho — Officials from the United States and Canada say that American northern border policy, shaped by terrorism concerns and Mexican border issues, is negatively impacting Pacific Northwest communities. Scientists use shovels, mustard and electricity to search for elusive giant Palouse earthwormMOSCOW, Idaho — The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.” Shovels, mustard and electricity used as scientists search for elusive giant Palouse earthwormMOSCOW, Idaho — The giant Palouse earthworm has taken on mythic qualities in this vast agricultural region that stretches from eastern Washington into the Idaho panhandle — its very name evoking the fictional sandworms from “Dune” or those vicious creatures from the movie “Tremors.” Idaho driver’s game based on life on the road lets players try their ‘Truckin’ Luck’BLACKFOOT, Idaho — A long-haul trucker from southeastern Idaho has created a new trucking-themed board game inspired by his hours on the road. Pentagon criticized by Idaho lieutenant governor over denial of flyover at God, country eventNAMPA, Idaho — Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little said Friday military officials made a mistake by denying a flyover at the annual God and Country Family Festival earlier this month. Google CEO glad he dropped his resistance to co-founders’ push for PC operating systemSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Eric Schmidt spent his first six years as Google’s CEO resisting a push by the company’s co-founders to develop their own operating system for personal computers. Google, Microsoft chairmen share laugh together as battle for tech supremacy intensifiesSUN VALLEY, Idaho — The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn’t prevent the companies’ chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains. Idaho baby sitter charged with having sex with 14-year-old boy she was hired to watchPOST FALLS, Idaho — An Idaho woman face charges that she had sex with a 14-year-old boy that she was hired to watch in August 2007. Twitter’s influence, moneymaking challenges emerge as hot topic as media summit kicks offSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Major media executives are impressed with Twitter’s growing popularity as a communications tool. They just can’t figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money. Cities across US dump ‘impact fees’ in bid to kick-start development during recessionMERIDIAN, Idaho — Developer Frank Varriale hoped his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now. Instead, about the only things standing on his land are knee-high wheat and corn. Bruce Willis plans to rebuild after fire damaged the lodge at his Idaho ski resortFAIRFIELD, Idaho — Hollywood star Bruce Willis plans to rebuild the lodge at a central Idaho ski resort he owns after the structure burned to the ground earlier this year. Road trip on a budget: Camping and long drives with kids for 3,000 miles cross-countryMARION, Mass. — With one set of grandparents on the West Coast and one on the East, my kids have seen the USA from the window of an airplane plenty of times. Idaho Fish and Game plan to kill pelicans to boost fisheries runs into obstaclesBOISE, Idaho — Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an “eradication program” that needs more work. EPA says Monsanto mine discharges violate law even as co. wants new mine for Roundup supplyBOISE, Idaho — Federal regulators said Thursday an Idaho mine that Monsanto Co. depends on to make its Roundup weed killer has violated federal and state water quality laws almost since it opened, sending selenium and other heavy metals into the region’s waterways. Idaho farmers: Bureau of Land Management’s post-wildfire herbicide turned farms to wastelandBOISE, Idaho — When his beets came in patchy, pushing through the soil with misshapen and discolored leaves, Perry Van Tassell did what most farmers would do: He watered more. And more. And more. Actor’s Idaho ski resort plans to rebuild lodge at Soldier MountainFAIRFIELD, Idaho — Managers of a small ski operation owned by “Die Hard” actor Bruce Willis through his Idaho-based company, Valley Entertainment Group, say the main lodge at the Soldier Mountain Ski Resort will be rebuilt. Tweaked about fake tweets, Idaho governor joins Twitter and starts tweetingBOISE, Idaho — A bogus Twitter account set up five weeks ago in the name of Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has been shut down — only to reopen with the real governor sending out tweets. |