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DOVER, DE - MAY 07: A U.S. Army carry team carries the flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Army Spc. Thomas Paige Murach, 22, Meridian, Idaho off of a C-17 on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base May 7, 2013 in Dover, Delaware. Assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Murach and four other soliders were killed May 4 when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb during a patrol in the Maiwand District in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

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  • Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

    attorney. Kurbanov, who wore a jail jumpsuit, had dark hair and a beard that was much shorter than the one pictured in his Idaho driver's license.Kurbanov lists Uzbek as his first language and Russian as his second in court documents. Federal officials said   Read more »

  • Agency considers closing Idaho rock climbing area

    -- The federal Bureau of Land Management may permanently close a popular climbing site in southeastern Idaho, over opposition from local rock climbers who argue the plan is too restrictive and was pushed through without stakeholder input.The 400-acre area   Read more »

  • Idaho home fire started after extension cord shorted out kills 5

    to an electric grill on a porch shorted out and started a house fire that killed five people Saturday morning, a northern Idaho fire official says.Orofino Fire Chief Mike Lee said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived after a neighbor   Read more »

  • In powder struggle, ruling for backcountry skiers

    must draw up regulations designating areas of use and non-use by all off-road vehicles, including snowmobiles, on public lands.The Idaho-based Winter Wildlands Alliance argued the agency's failure to do so was leading to conflicts between snowmobiles and backcountry   Read more »

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About Idaho

Idaho (IPA: /aɪ.də.hoʊ/) is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans." Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.

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