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Teens host prom for senior citizens

Teens aren’t the only ones having a prom night this month. More than 50 Nampa senior citizens dressed up and danced the night away on Wednesday. The cafeteria at Lone Star Middle School was the place to be. “This is the second year we have done this dance,” said Parker Akkerman, a junior at Nampa…

Horseshoe Bend principal promoted to superintendent

Dennis Chesnut becomes the fifth district leader in three years. He’s a long-time Horseshoe Bend teacher and administrator.

Otter calls ‘extraordinary’ legislative session for May 18

The session will focus exclusively on Idaho’s child-support enforcement crisis.

The first, complicated steps to a career ladder

District officials are figuring out how to implement the complicated new teacher pay plan, signed into law less than four weeks ago.

Who is Forrest Bird, the namesake of a North Idaho school?

The 93-year-old is an accomplished pilot, doctor and world-famous inventor.

Are you smarter than a seventh grader?

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