citydesk gets a Brazilian
Dispatch from Brazil:Uwe Reischl, the lucky Boise State prof whom we wrote about in March, has helped a Brazilian engineering team take the Design Award at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas.Reischl...
View ArticleAir Board Blows Off Emission Test Change for Six Months
The Ada County Air Quality Board is taking a “wait and see” approach to changing who runs its vehicle emissions testing program, but will consider other moves to reduce prices and limit the number of...
View ArticleHow Much Would You Pay for an Electric Car?
As of Tuesday, more than 50,000 people in all 50 states have joined a waiting list to buy a Volt. What's that? You don't know what a Volt is? It's General Motors new plug-in car, which will be sold in...
View ArticleBoise No. 2 for Safest Drivers?
According to Allstate Insurance, in a story from USA Today, Boise ranks behind only Fort Collins, Colo., in the Top 5 Safest American Cities for drivers. The Annual Best Drivers Report, released Sept....
View ArticleUpdate: OnStar Does 180, Will Not Keep Link Active with Ex-Customers
UPDATE: Sept. 27, 3 p.m. OnStar said, "Our bad" today. The General Motors-owned company reversed its decision to keep a data connection with customers once their OnStar service is canceled. "We realize...
View ArticleMichelin Recalling 1.2 Million Tires Following Rapid Tread Loss
Michelin is recalling about 1.2 million tires sold in the United States, because an increasing number are experiencing tread loss or rapid air loss. A company official said the tires were used on...
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Dialing While Driving Increases Odds of Crashes and Near Crashes, NEJM Study...
Idaho proponents of driver awareness now have data to back up their wariness of drivers who talk on phones or text while behind the wheel. A New England Journal of Medicine study released Jan. 2...
View ArticleGM Orders Massive Recall, Pulls Chevy Cruze From Showroom Floors
General Motors added nearly 1 million small cars this morning to its ignition-switch recall, which has been linked to at least a dozen deaths. Adding to its headaches, GM has stopped selling certain...
View ArticleStill Another Recall From General Motors: This Time It's the Camaro
A new problem for General Motors: Yet another recall is coming from the auto giant, this time involving the Camaro. GM announced overnight that it is recalling nearly 512,000 Camaros, including models...
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Eighth Street in Downtown Boise to Change Direction
Beginning Monday, Sept. 1, drivers will notice something fishy about Eighth Street. That's because the Capital City Development Corporation has approved a reversal in the flow of that road's traffic....
View ArticleFord Recalls 850,000 Vehicles
Ford announced Friday morning that it was recalling nearly 850,000 cars and SUV's because of an air bag problem. The recalled models include the 2013 and 2014 Ford C-Max compact, Fusion midsize,...
View ArticleSuspect Charged With Thanksgiving Hit and Run
A Lewiston man is out on $5,000 bond after being charged with a felony hit-and-run in connection with a Thanksgiving incident that left a woman fighting for her life.The collision occurred at...
View ArticleTeen Killed After Being Hit by a Car in Downtown Boise
A Boise teen is dead after being struck by a vehicle in downtown Boise. Witnesses say the 14-year-old boy may have been riding—or had bent down to pick up—his skateboard on the east side of Ninth...
View ArticleHigher Speed Limits in Idaho Led to More Traffic Citations; in Utah, the...
Four months after speed limits on certain stretches of interstate highways were raised from 75 to 80 miles per hour, the Twin Falls Times-News reported that a larger number of traffic citations were...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Assault With a Deadly Weapon, DUI and Asleep at the Wheel
Two Boise men are behind bars, each charged with DUI, following separate weekend busts. A citizen call summoned Boise Police to the intersection of South Owyhee and West Rose streets in the late night...
View ArticleAnother Accident on Eastbound I-84, Officials Warn of Black Ice
For the second time in as many days, a crash has blocked a section of Interstate 84. Elmore County Sheriffs deputies report that a semitrailer rolled over near the the Glenns Ferry exit of I-84,...
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Rush Hour Rawhide: Boise Police Round Up Cows Tangled in Wednesday Morning...
Boise police had to wrangle some cows, along with morning rush hour traffic, early Wednesday. Officers were summoned to Cole Road, just north of Victory Road this morning. That's where they found...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Punching an Officer and Car Clocked at 100 mph
A Meridian woman spent a good part of her holiday weekend behind bars after being charged with punching and kneeing a Boise Police officer. law enforcement was flagged down by a citizen in the early...
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City of Boise Slaps Uber With Cease-and-Desist
In a stunning development that will hit Uber where it presumably would be hurt the most—wrangling customers on a frigid New Year's Eve—the city of Boise issued the company a cease-and-desist order...
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Double Fatality in Saturday Crash Near Caldwell
Idaho State Police report that two people were killed in a bad two vehicle collision Saturday night. The crash occurred at the intersection of Homedale Road and S. 10th Avenue, near Caldwell, after a...
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UPDATE: Several People Arrested at Scene of Early Morning Boise Fire
UPDATE: April 6, 2015 11 a.m. Boise Police report that that they assisted Boise firefighters early Monday morning following a report of a car fire which threatened a home on the 1700 block of North...
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Lewiston Tribune: Amazing Rescue as Vehicle Rolls To Edge of Lewiston Cliff
UPDATE: April 16, 2015 1 p.m. Lewiston Police have identified the hero who pulled a driver from an SUV April 15, as the vehicle was dangling from the edge of a canyon. It was 29-year-old Jason...
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