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Snake River students turned over to juvenile justice system

Bingham County detectives had been investigating the Aug. 27 incident, which occurred at the school and left another juvenile injured.

Rampant growth and a developing tax base have wafted local property taxes to unprecedented levels compared to districts of similar size.

Administrators say alternative assignments will be provided to students concerned about a sexually charged passage in the book.

The petition has garnered over 500 signatures and 200 comments from people across Idaho, and overseas.

The prospect of banning a book in this East Idaho district fueled a social media firestorm this week.

Students in East Idaho are more likely to go on a two-year mission right out of high school, which affects first-year college go-on rates.

A teacher at the school may be linked to the incident, though police aren’t yet providing details about the case, which is still under review.

A social change campaign set out to help Idaho teens develop more confidence to go to college.

The vast majority of Sugar-Salem High School’s roughly 125 juniors took the state’s other acceptable college-entrance exam, the ACT.

The agreement could mean a 3.6 percent pay increase for teachers who advance on the state’s career ladder salary law.