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• Flat fruit trees produce harvest in slim space

  Robert Crum, of Eagle, Idaho, wanted to plant fruit trees using the espalier method, which allows tree limbs to grow only along support cables on a single plane, and theoretically improves the fruit yield.

• Idaho police say missing toddler found safe

  Police in Nampa, Idaho say a missing toddler has been found safe in Farmington, New Mexico and the child's non-custodial mother has been arrested.

• Big Treasure Valley Job Fair on Thursday

  With a statewide unemployment rate of 8.9 percent, Thursday's job fair at the Idaho Center in Nampa will take on a special urgency.

• Nampa woman pleads guilty to enticing 13-year-old

  A 33-year-old Nampa woman has pleaded guilty to felony enticement for a sexually explicit online conversation she had with someone she believed to be the 13-year-old son of a friend.

• Idaho's Cuban Connection

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• Idaho Amber Alert extends to Nevada

  Victim Catelynn Sandoval is believed to be in the company of her non-custodial mother.

• Amber Alert issued in Nampa

  The Nampa Police Department issued an Amber Alert shortly after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

• Telethon Bittersweet for Local Family

  Local volunteers manned the phones for the annual Jerry Lewis telethon. But for one family, the day was bittersweet.

• Boise man puts BSU sticker in Va Tech sauna

  A Boise State football fan's work took him "behind enemy lines" this summer as he helped install saunas in Virginia Tech's new locker rooms.

• New charter school planned in southwest Idaho

  A southwestern Idaho group associated with a charter school that wanted to use the Bible in the classroom but was shut down by the state due to money problems is contacting parents about a new school.