Boise News

SIMPLOT ACQUIRES CALIFORNIA RETAILER EASTSIDE CHEMICALS Feb. 13, 2012 Source: J.R. Simplot Company news release The J. R. Simplot Company has acquired Eastside Chemicals, Inc., a key provider of agronomic products and services for citrus growers on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley in California.

BOISE, Idaho If you recently dined at the Boise Cheesecake Factory, you may have been exposed to Hepatitis A. An employee who worked at the Cheesecake Factory was just diagnosed with the disease.

If you get a text message about a surprise giveaway, odds are you probably didn't win anything, except a chance to give away your information to scam artists.

Seattle-area veteran believes his duty in the Vietnam War led to the cancer he has now, but the Department of Veterans Affairs says he just doesn't fit the rules.

Officer Anthony Dahlinger, 27, and his partner were investigating a two-car crash near Nez Perce Drive and Perimeter around 1:00 p.m. Another driver reportedly lost control while going down a hill and hit the side of the patrol car before striking Dahlinger, who was standing outside of the car.

A snowboarder lost for hours on Mt. Hood Saturday was found by crews after his friends called for help.

BOISE, Idaho We recently told you that state lawmakers considered increasing the speed limit for trucks to 75 m.p.h. on the interstate.

Republican U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador plans to announce his bid for re-election next week in Boise.

A person of interest related to a triple homicide that left one woman and two children dead has gone missing.

When the band played in Boise in September, it opened for Explosions in the Sky at the Egyptian Theatre.

Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, has died.

TACOMA, Wash. -- Hundreds of people gathered Saturday morning at the Life Center Church in Tacoma for a funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell.

The Nampa Police Department are looking for a man who robbed the Tobacco Connection store at 1023 12th Avenue South on Thursday night.

Heads up food truckies: The vintage airstream trailer that recently appeared on State Street across from Lake Harbor doesn't sling feedlot franks or offer boutique poodle grooming.

Tears and cries of outrage erupted from a crowd numbering around 300 after a party-line Senate committee vote Friday rejected changes to the state's Human Rights Act meant to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from workplace and housing discrimination.

Exactly 20 years ago, Robin Row set fire to her Ada County home, killing her husband and two children.

BOISE, Idaho - On Friday, President Obama ensured women will still be able to get birth control without having to pay for it, no matter where they work.

The Nampa Development Corporation has chosen Gardner Company as the master developer of the library project and pivot block in downtown Nampa.

CRESWELL, Ore. -- A Lane County couple has been arrested in connection with the December death of their 16-year-old son, because they failed to provide adequate medical care, police said.

Because of population growth over the past decade, Canyon County has to redraw its precinct boundaries and establish new polling places -- and it all has to be done by February 27th.