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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than a quarter million sockeye salmon returning from the ocean to spawn are either dead or dying in the Columbia River and its tributaries due to warming water temperatures. Federal and state fisheries biologists say water that is 5 to 6 degrees warmer is wiping out at least half of this year's returning population of the cold-water species.
CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) — A southwest Idaho man who killed his girlfriend and buried her body in a cornfield has been sentenced to life in prison. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports that 40-year-old Alfredo Martinez of Nampa received the sentence Monday and must serve at least 20 years before becoming eligible for parole.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a woman found in an alley in southwestern Idaho. A spokeswoman for the Boise Police Department says an employee found the body between a wooden trashcan holder and a building while taking out the trash Monday morning.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — One man has been arrested while sheriff's deputies continue to search for another suspect connected to a Twin Falls County shooting that left a man dead and another man injured. KTVB-TV reports that deputies had responded to a home Saturday after a report of shots fired. They arrived to find two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
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