Fred Woods

Sandra Dallas' novel 'True Sisters' tells of pioneer women

In her new novel, "True Sisters" (St. Martin's Press, $24.99), author Sandra Dallas explores what it might have been like for women in the Martin Handcart Company through the eyes of four women.

Idaho public schools budget to fund laptop program

Legislative budget writers voted Monday to increase state support for public schools by 4.6 percent in 2013, bumping up the minimum teacher salary by $500 a year and funding education reforms approved during last year's session, including a statewide laptop program.

Idaho bill targets contraceptive rules

A measure to allow Idaho employers to ignore new federal rules requiring them to cover contraception in their insurance plans survived efforts to kill it Monday.

Judge, lawyers urge parole in 1970s bus kidnap

Fred Woods and brothers Richard and Jim Schoenfeld captured the nation's attention in 1976 when they used guns and nylon masks to commandeer a Chowchilla school bus and hide the 26 children and driver in a truck underground.

Obituary: PACHECO, HENRY J