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BOISE, Idaho, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- DBSI Acquisitions, a nationwide buyer of investment-grade commercial properties, is pleased to announce that it has recently completed four transactions. The company closed on the purchase of residential land ideally located in the current and future paths of growth. The primary focus of DBSI Acquisitions is on well-positioned real estate opportunities. These recent dealings fall under that approach as the company is aggressively buying finished lots,...

By Katy Moeller, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jul. 10--Idaho Humane Society officials said Wednesday that a dozen emaciated horses and a donkey that were seized in early June have been fattened up to healthier weights -- and four are ready for adoption. Three Canyon County horses that came into the Idaho Humane Society's care before the large June influx have been adopted. "I found two wonderful homes for three horses," said Pat Vance, director of operations at the Idaho Humane...

By Stephanie Eddy, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Jul. 3--Trading Places Home Consignment, a furniture consignment store, has opened at 1322 W. Main St., in a 4,000-square-foot location near the Linen District in Boise. A grand-opening celebration and sale will be during First Thursday. "The Linen District is becoming a great place for style, art and unusual finds in Boise, so we are very happy to be here," said owner Carrianne Recla. "Our furniture is stuff you just can't find in a mass...

Silver Falcon Mining, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SFMI) announced today that agreements have been reached with a local contractor to undertake the grading and leveling of the access roads on the mountain to repair ruts and other damage done during the latest snow melt. Transport of the tailings from the mountain to the mill should follow in a timely fashion. Approval from the Owyhee County (Idaho) Commissioners and the Owyhee County Road Department granting access and use by heavy trucks on the main...

Silver Falcon Mining, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SFMI) today released details of a report from the Idaho Historical Society, written in 1992 by Mr. Robert L. Romig and based on the Mr. Waldemar Lindgren's report, on War Eagle Mountain. Mr. Romig wrote: "The country rock on War Eagle Mountain is granite. Instead of the usual conversion to sericite and carbonates, we find a nearly total absence of carbonates and scarcity of sericite. The veins on War Eagle Mountain are not pseudomorphic. The ores...

By Kristin Rodine, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Nov. 30--A photograph of a beaming little girl, playing on a swing, greets people who visit the Nampa Family Justice Center's new forensic medical unit. The girl, Ellen Marie Sinclair, was killed in August 2001, a few months before her third birthday. She represents the mission and the inspiration for the unit and those who work at the justice center, Executive Director Rebecca Lovelace said. On Friday, the medical unit will be dedicated in her...

By Bill Roberts, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Feb. 2--The fire that gutted Middleton High School on Thursday brought back memories to Bev Bradford. She was principal at Meridian Middle School when its main building burned during Memorial Day weekend in 1989. "I lost all my memorabilia of my career to that point," said Bradford, now retired from Meridian School District. School officials ended Meridian Middle's year immediately and concentrated on trying to open the school for fall,...

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise Dec. 27--Knights of Columbus, Council 12854, in Boise is looking for donations of used medical equipment and associated appliances that members will repair. Items include walkers, canes, wheelchairs, crutches and shower seats. The refurbished items are made available free to anyone in need. For more information or to drop off medical supplies, call Dale Anderson at 888-3782 or Dick DeLeonard at 362-3710. ----- Copyright (c) 2006, The Idaho Statesman, Boise...

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police are charging an Idaho man with killing his wife after her severed head flew from the bed of his pickup truck during a crash that also claimed the lives of another woman and her child, officials said on Friday. Alofa Time, 51, of Nampa, Idaho, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Theresa Time. He was also charged with two counts of second-degree murder stemming from the head-on collision in Boise, which police said they believe...