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NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Math curriculum are getting changes in parts of the state as schools look to better prepare teenagers for first-year college courses. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports last year's average SAT scores in math, reading and writing were better than the rest of the country, but students in southwestern Idaho struggled.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Several vehicles were burned Saturday in a brush fire along Interstate 90 in Coeur d'Alene. The Coeur d'Alene Press (http://bit.ly/2bPwZnh) reports that the local fire department was able to contain the fire within about 10 minutes after they arrived on the scene late Saturday morning. No one was injured in the fire.
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters working on steep hillsides are chopping down trees and searching for hotspots as they battle a wildfire that's blocking one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park. Wildfire managers say their top priority is clearing the highway and protecting campgrounds, buildings and archaeological sites.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials say structural changes at two Snake River dams in Washington state are helping more endangered sockeye salmon make the trip upstream to central Idaho this year. Officials say the new systems at Lower Granite Dam and Little Goose Dam to pull cold water from deep in the reservoirs to put in fish ladders could lead to similar changes at other dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers.
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