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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A triple homicide that occurred a year ago this month in southern Idaho's Oneida County remains unsolved. The bodies of 62-year-old Brent L. Christensen, his 32-year-old son Trent Jon Christensen and Trent's 27-year-old girlfriend, Yavette Carter, were found in the home of the Christensen ranch about 25 miles west of Malad City.
KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Blaine County commissioners have given initial approval to a plan to keep about 2,000 acres of farmland as open space in the southern part of the county. The Idaho Mountain Express reports that the project would spend about $1 million from the Land, Water and Wildlife program to buy conservation easements.
CHALLIS, Idaho (AP) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake shook central Idaho over the weekend, flinging items off walls and scaring residents but otherwise producing no reported damage or injuries in the sparsely populated mountain area. USGS geophysicist Dale Grant says the earthquake was "kind of an unusual occurrence" being the first one of its strength in the area since 2005.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Projecting a looming shortage of doctors in the state, Washington State University is exploring the creation of its own medical school. The Pullman-based university has commissioned a feasibility study, due at the end of June, on whether a medical school in Spokane would succeed.
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