New Plymouth News

NEW PLYMOUTH, Idaho - The railroad siding at Blue Sky Biodiesel hasn't seen an oil train for six months.

A letter from New Zealand, where Nathan Deuel finds a near-mythic ethos of compromise starting to fray.

A dozen Idaho school districts are taking advantage of a new state law allowing them to cut teacher pay, hours and contract length after declaring a financial emergency.

The National Weather Service says a trained severe weather spotter saw a small funnel cloud near Emmett this afternoon.

A barn burned with morning with several animals inside. The fire started around 3 am this morning on Southwest 7th Avenue between New Plymouth and Parma.

FELINE FREEDOM: Gaylene Hansen helps rescue her daughter's cat Bubbles after he was found in the roof of her neighbour's house.

The bill's sponsor Sen. Tim Corder, a Mountain Home Republican, says the state has a responsibility to license providers who take care of Idaho's children.

I have a solution to one of music's most hotly debated controversies. "World music" is a dirty term among many world music fans.

Thursday, February 26, 2009 Idaho counties could have final say on bighorns Idaho's county commissioners would have the final say on transplanting bighorn sheep in the state under two bills introduced Monday in ...

New Plymouth farmer Galen Lee was already in Washington, D.C. lobbying for the Sugar Beet Grower's Association.

Galen Lee last visited the nation's capital city in 1982 as a high-school student attending a Future Farmers of America conference.

The snowfall last night made for a slick commute this morning. One area where police have been busy is the stretch of Interstate 84 between Caldwell and New Plymouth.

Weiser sheep rancher tells Idaho lawmakers Forest Service threatens his livelihood By Brian Murphy - bmurphy@idahostatesman.com Comments Before his wife and other family members, Ron Shirts called an Idaho ...

Crews are working around the clock to keep up with the latest snowfall, but despite their efforts roads are still treacherous in some areas of the Treasure Valley.

Idaho District 9 state legislators Sen. Monty Pearce and state Rep. Lawerence Denney listen while state Rep.

Kristin "Kristi" Wherry, New Plymouth, believes that being program director of the Boys & Girls Club of Western Treasure Valley fits in nicely with what she wanted to do with her degree in sports and recreation ...

The man killed in a head-on collision in Palmerston North has been named. He was Henry Kong, 19.

Cracks are appearing in New Plymouth's main street as the wheels of bureaucracy slowly turn.

Third-graders from New Plymouth Elementary School sing "O Christmas Tree," directed by Cindy Cutts, school music provider, after decorating the Christmas tree at Zions Bank, New Plymouth, with hand-made ...