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Idaho (IPA: ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans." Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.

According to the United States Census Bureau in 2004 Idaho had an estimated population of 1,393,262. The state's postal abbreviation is ID. Idaho is nicknamed the Gem State because of its abundance of natural resources. The state motto is Esto Perpetua (Latin for "Let it be perpetual").

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Idaho Mountain Express & Guide: News

Sweetwater deal blows up
After striking a deal with the Hailey City Council earlier this month that would have allowed him to begin selling his Sweetwater townhouses, Tennessee developer J.
Highway 75 expansion gains momentum
Funding is now secure for the first segment of a state Highway 75 expansion project in the Wood River Valley, but the start of actual roadwork is still more than three years away.
Redefining Western medicine
Part 2 of a two-part series.
Idaho wolf hunt will last longer
In a move that's sure to generate controversy, hunters will have another three months to fill their wolf tags after the Idaho Fish and Game Commission last week voted to extend the state's first wolf hunt well into 2010.
Happy Hour, with a view
The historic Roundhouse restaurant, located midway up Bald Mountain, has gone through a facelift between winter seasons, resulting in a renovated dining hall, heated cement stairs and the most notable alteration of all, a new bar dubbed Averell's.
Housing plans come to fruition
Okland Construction crews tore through the undisturbed soil at the open lot north of the Wood River Community YMCA in Ketchum last week, starting a yearlong project that will culminate in a five-building, 32-unit, affordable rental housing development.

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