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The University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, circa 1915
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Idaho (/ˈaΙͺdΙ™hoʊ/ β“˜, EYE-dΙ™-hoe) is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of 83,569 square miles (216,440 km2), Idaho is the 14th-largest state by land area. The state has a population of approximately two million people; it ranks as the 13th-least populous and the seventh-least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.

For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho had been inhabited by natives. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area which was disputed between the U.S. and the British Empire. Idaho officially became a U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead being included for periods in Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. The state was eventually admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, becoming the 43rd state.

Forming part of the Pacific Northwest (and the associated Cascadia bioregion), Idaho is divided into several distinct geographic and climatic regions. The state's north, the relatively isolated Idaho Panhandle, is closely linked with Eastern Washington, with which it shares the Pacific Time Zoneβ€”the rest of the state uses the Mountain Time Zone. The state's south includes the Snake River Plain (which has most of the population and agricultural land), and the southeast incorporates part of the Great Basin. Idaho is quite mountainous and contains several stretches of the Rocky Mountains. The United States Forest Service holds about 38% of Idaho's land, the highest proportion of any state. (Full article...)

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Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 and 270,000 employees as of fiscal year 2019, the company is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America after Kroger. Albertsons ranked 53rd in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Prior to its January 2015 merger with Safeway Inc. for $9.2 billion, it had 1,075 supermarkets located in 29 U.S. states under 12 different regional banners. Its predecessor company, Albertsons, Inc., was reorganized as Albertsons LLC and sold to AB Acquisition LLC, a Cerberus Capital Management–led consortium. After buying back the majority of its former stores it sold to SuperValu in 2006, AB Acquisition announced it would change its name to Albertsons Companies Inc. in 2015. The company's corporate name was Albertson's Inc. until 2002, when the apostrophe was removed. (Full article...)

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  • ... that in its first full month on the air, an Idaho TV station had the highest prime-time viewing share of any independent station in the United States?
  • ... that Warren Truitt served as a legislator in Oregon and a judge in Alaska in the 19th century, and as both a legislator and a judge in Idaho in the 20th?
  • ... that a new soccer team in Boise, Idaho, plans to play at a converted horse racing track?
  • ... that an Idaho TV station lost its network affiliation after less than two years on the air but did not permanently close for another decade?
  • ... that Pocatello mayor Les Purce was the first African-American political officeholder in Idaho?
  • ... that several mining communities in Idaho during the late 19th century were majority-Chinese?
  • ... that some Idaho mountain deathcamas are pollinated by carrion and flesh flies rather than bees?
  • ... that the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery faced criticism in 2014 when it did not allow a lesbian couple to be buried together?
  • ... that Idaho's Ridgevue High School collaborated with a local museum to select their mascot, which honors the P-40 Warhawk World War II fighter plane?

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2008 Humanitarian Bowl β€’ Boise National Forest β€’ William Borah β€’ Cutthroat trout β€’ Ernest Hemingway β€’ Harmon Killebrew β€’ Sawtooth National Forest

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Idaho's congressional delegations β€’ List of governors of Idaho β€’ List of longest streams of Idaho

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1970 Idaho gubernatorial election β€’ 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl β€’ Beulah Ream Allen β€’ Leonard J. Arrington β€’ Beaver drop β€’ David B. Bleak β€’ Burke Canyon β€’ Burke, Idaho β€’ Coeur d'Alene, Idaho β€’ USS Idaho (BB-42) β€’ Interstate 86 (Idaho) β€’ KIFI-TV β€’ Kootenay River β€’ H. Rex Lee β€’ The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) β€’ The Oregon Trail (1985 video game) β€’ Potato β€’ Potlatch River β€’ Jane Severance β€’ Snake River β€’ Twin Falls saucer hoax β€’ U.S. Route 195 β€’ Brad White (defensive lineman)

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