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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Despite widespread drought in the West, wildfires have burned less than half the 10-year average area so far this summer. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said yesterday that largely has been a matter of luck, with the hot, windy weather known as "red flag" days not lining up with the lighting strikes that start fires. But he says that is changing, as 18 large fires burn in the Northwest with intensities not normally seen until August.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has banned exploding targets in southern Idaho because of wildfire and public safety concerns. Foresters issued the ban that started yesterday and runs through July 22, 2015, on national forest lands. The Forest Service in May imposed a similar ban in northern Idaho and several other western states.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Members of Occupy Boise want the state to pay more than $175,000 in attorney costs and legal fees after the group won a lawsuit over rules designed to curb protests and rallies around the Capitol. Under federal law, the winner of a lawsuit can generally seek to recover attorney's fees and costs from the losing side. Occupy Boise and the ACLU asked Judge B. Lynn Winmill to order the state of Idaho to pay the costs.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A Twin Falls woman police say hit her 6-year-old daughter outside a bar is facing a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child. Twin Falls police say they responded Saturday to a report of an intoxicated woman yelling at a little girl and hitting her. The girl was taken into protective custody.
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