Stories from Thursday, January 3, 2002

The kept an eye on Santa as he traveled across Idaho on Christmas eve. More importantly, they kept an eye on every plane in the air from southern Washington to Northern Utah, as part of Operation Noble Eagle, the effort to ensure the safety of America's skies...

The city of Mountain Home will file an amended petition for judicial confirmation to construct and operate a new stand-alone facility for its police department. Mayor Dave Jett called for a special session after learning of the county's decision to pull out of the project that would have included a joint law enforcement center/jail...

Elected officials locally, like those throughout the state, will face the first real test of the term limits law this year. Originally passed in 1994, the term limits law was struck down last year by a lower court in eastern Idaho, causing elected officials facing the prospect of losing office due to the measure to breath a sigh of relief. But at the end of 2001, the Idaho Supreme Court reversed the lower court and upheld the constitutional validity of the initiative...