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Dan Cravens: College jobs lead to love, entrepreneurship for Elwells
The Joplin Globe - Missouri
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During the summer, many high school and college-age youths find employment opportunities. The primary motivation for young people seeking employment is to earn money for school, insurance and the various other items they may desire. However, the...
Hear Bryan Kohberger admit to 2022 Idaho college student murders
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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Bryan Kohberger answers State District Judge Steven Hippler as he asks Kohberger whether he committed the murders of four Idaho college students in their off-campus home in 2022. At Wednesday morning’s hearing in Boise, Idaho, Kohberger pleaded...
The Best Places To Work In Boise According To Their Employees
Power 105.5 - Idaho
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July 2, 2025
Looking for a job can be a grueling process and for a lot of us, the work environment is just as important (if not more important). Thank goodness for technology... We live in the future, people - literally. And just step back and think back for a...
What losing funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would mean for Idaho
Boise State Public Radio - Idaho
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July 2, 2025
Public media is under threat after the U.S. House narrowly passed a recissions package that would eliminate $1.1 billion in previously-approved funds for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. Boise State Public Radio received about 20% of its...
Bryan Kohberger admits to Idaho student murders
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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Boise, Idaho (CNN) — A month before the scheduled start of his murder trial for the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, defendant Bryan Kohberger admitted his guilt and entered a plea deal that removes the...
Boise’s Basque Celebration Actually Goes Year-Round
Seattle Met Magazine - Washington State
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July 1, 2025
I’m only a few sips into my picon punch, a bright and bitter (and very boozy) cocktail, when I hear my companion place her order: “Can I have a Franco Is Still Dead?” It takes me a moment to decipher the cocktail name, but then I laugh. It’s a...
Remembering Idaho murder victims: Who was Xana Kernodle?
KING 5 - Washington State
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July 2, 2025
Xana Kernodle, 20, was majoring in marketing, a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority and loved her dog, Shoeshine. SEATTLE — Xana Kernodle, who was killed in an off-campus house near the University of Idaho in November, was remembered by her family...
Idaho's newest laws in 2025
Boise State Public Radio - Idaho
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July 1, 2025
A rash of new laws go into effect Tuesday as Idaho begins its new fiscal year, including a controversial measure preventing private business owners from refusing service to actively sick customers. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act also bars employers...
Utah, Idaho ranked among most independent states
Cache Valley Daily - Utah
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LOGAN — Utah and Idaho have been named two of the most self-reliant states in the nation, according to a new WalletHub report released ahead of Independence Day. Utah ranked first overall in WalletHub’s 2025 Most Independent States report, with...
Bryan Kohberger expected to plead guilty at hearing in Idaho college student murders
NBC News
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July 2, 2025
Death penalty, a sticking point in trial, remains rare in Idaho While prosecutors pushed for the death penalty if Kohberger were found guilty at trial — and the defense was steadfastly opposed — its use remains exceedingly rare in Idaho. The state...
Idaho fire shooting: Wess Roley's shocking past reveals his 'disturbing' childhood and pro-Trump 'extremism'
The Economic Times
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July 1, 2025
The 20-year-old suspect who police believed killed two firefighters Sunday and wounded a third after having set a brush fire in Idaho before he opened fire has been identified as Wess Val Roley, the sheriff said Monday. Roley is suspected of...
‘Everyone is welcome’ classroom sign violates new Idaho law, state’s attorney general says
The Mercury News - California
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July 2, 2025
A classroom banner declaring that “everyone is welcome” has been declared illegal under a new Idaho statute. On the eve of the July 1 start date of House Bill 41, Idaho’s attorney general released an opinion clarifying that the banner, the subject...
New budget, some new state laws take effect in Idaho
Bonner County Daily Bee - Idaho
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July 2, 2025
Idaho’s new state budget and several new laws take effect today with the beginning of the 2026 fiscal year. Idaho’s state budget and state government operate on a fiscal year calendar that runs from July 1 to June 30 each year. That means fiscal...
Megabill heads to House | Economy shrinks | Childcare costs
The Stand - Washington State
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July 2, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 STRIKES ► From the Philly AFL-CIO: If you’re wondering why DC 33 is on strike this morning, listen to what President Boulware said last night 👇 Remember- Philadelphia works because DC 33 does!@afscme33...
VA issues more Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Idaho in Q1 2025 vs. Q4 2024
Gem State Wire - Idaho
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July 2, 2025
The VA issued 363 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Idaho during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, compared to 148 loans the previous quarter, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.Loans issued in the...
This B.C. company says it can change the weather to stop lightning and wildfires — but won’t say how
The Narwhal
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July 2, 2025
Lightning causes nearly half of all wildfires in Canada, but what if you could stop the strikes before they hit? A B.C. company, Skyward Wildfire, is testing cloud-seeding technology it says can prevent “up to 100 per cent of lightning strikes”...
Young entrepreneur opens new business for special facials
Wrangell Sentinel - Alaska
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Emma Martinsen left Wrangell with a plan and, at age 20, has now put that plan in motion with the opening of her business Fireweed Lounge. Located near the old Diamond C Café on Front Street, across the street from Nic's Place, Martinsen offers...
JOIN US!!! in Philadelphia for the Business Conference for Liberia!
Liberian Observer
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Theme: Prioritizing President Boakai’s ARREST Agenda for Economic Growth and Job Creation Confirmed speakers include H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., President of the Republic of Liberia (Keynote Speaker) Alison Germak, Deputy Head of Office of...
A Good Idaho Fireworks Display Will Reset Your Attitude
95.7 KEZJ - Idaho
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July 2, 2025
I have a buddy who watches fireworks from his dairy farm. He lives eight miles away from a baseball stadium where the show takes place. He lives on a hill and actually looks down at the display instead of up in the sky. After a particular...
Idaho firefighter killings: Grandpa describes suspect in four chilling words as he hints at motive
Irish Star
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July 1, 2025
The grandfather of the man accused of killing two firefighters and critically injuring another in a horrifying ambush attack has described his grandson as "kind of a loner" as he hints at a possible motive. Wess Val Roley, 20, is suspected of...