Idaho's Port of Lewiston at Crossroads

On a bright, sunny spring morning, Jake Putnam paid a visit to David Doeringsfeld, manager of the Port of Lewiston. Port crews were loading a barge of hold-over grain from last year's harvest. Doeringsfeld could...

Judge orders woman to return library books

JoAn Karkos took out two copies of “It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health”, a sex education book for kids, late last year and refused to return them, saying, “I have been sufficiently horrified of the illustrations and sexually...

Is That a Guitar in Your Pants Or Are You Pleased To See Me

Apparently this is not the first time a guitar has been stolen this way.I will try to find the video of this one. (Sorry can't find it)"LEWISTON, Maine - Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in...

Wait at Canadian border going from bad to brutal

     I always like to shop in the United States because there is more variety and prices tend to be more competitive.  It is now especially a good time to cross over...

Continued flooding and severe weather plague Midwest

UPDATE (Aug 25 19:30 PST): Storms continue to bombard the Midwest Saturday, causing increaising flooding and hardships for residents in the region. "Storms slammed rain-soaked Ohio on Saturday as hundreds of...

Hebron VFD Firefighter Suffers Apparent Heart Attack

" December 4, 2006 Maine - A Hebron firefighter suffered an apparent heart attack Sunday afternoon at the scene of a house fire on Woodman Hill Road in Minot. James Trundy, 53, who is Hebron's fire chief, was taken by helicopter to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston,...

Professor devises new form of solar cell (AP)

" 2 hours, 42 minutes ago LEWISTON, Idaho - A University of Idaho professor is devising a new form of solar cell she says could lead to a breakthrough that would make solar energy commercially feasible. Chemist Pam Shapiro, her graduate students and her colleagues at the...

Jager-bomb threat cancels concert

"Guns N' Roses canceled a performance in Portland, Maine this week after being told by state officials that the band could not drink on stage. Inspectors from the state fire marshal's office gave the band the...

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