IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho State University professor wants to solve a 1970s east Idaho death mystery and is raising money to find additional clues.

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Students attending any of Idaho's four-year colleges or universities will pay several hundred dollars more next year under a newly approved tuition hike.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys are expected to make their closing arguments next week in a lawsuit brought by a former doctoral student against Idaho State University.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two black Idaho State University football players are suing law enforcement in Idaho and Utah, saying they were illegally detained and arrested, and victims of excessive force based on their race.

Nehemiah McFarlin and Atoatasi Fox, through their Orem, Utah-based attorney, Daniel Steele, filed a civil rights lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Utah.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Computer software that developed at Idaho State University to aid in post-wildfire recovery efforts is now being used by some fire managers during active fires.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State University has entered into an eight-month, $975,000 contract with a Boise-based advertising agency.

The Idaho State Journal reports that the partnership between ISU and Mitchell Palmer is expected to provide the university with its first comprehensive statewide marketing and advertising campaign.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State University says athletic director Jeff Tingey has been fired.

School President Kevin Satterlee on Tuesday told the Idaho State Journal that Tingey's removal does not involve any scandal or violation.

Tingey will receive his $150,000 annual salary until his contract expires in June 2019.

The school last week announced that Tingey had been placed on administrative leave but didn't offer an explanation.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State athletic director Jeff Tingey has been placed on administrative leave by the school, but no reason was given.

The school says President Kevin Satterlee felt it was in the best interest of the university to place Tingey on administrative leave.

The Idaho State Journal said Tingey will continue to receive his $150,000 annual salary until his contract expires in June 2019.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A fossil of the lower jaw containing the spiraling rows of teeth of an ancient "buzzsaw shark" has been donated to the Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University.

KTVB-TV reports in a story on Tuesday that the fossil spiral of teeth is from a Helicoprion, a shark-like creature that lived 270 million years ago.

Monsanto donated the fossil to the museum after finding it during mining operations in the Soda Springs area.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State University officials are warning people to use caution after a second mountain lion was spotted on the Pocatello campus in less than a week.

On May 11, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials tranquilized and relocated a cougar from a trail south of the university. On Wednesday, ISU officials issued a campus-wide alert after a resident reported spotting a mountain lion near the school's Stephens Performing Arts Center.

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Fish and Game officials have captured a mountain lion near the campus of Idaho State University.

KPVI-TV reports a jogger spotted the adult mountain lion Friday morning and called university police.

Idaho Fish and Game officials and Pocatello police responded and found the mountain lion in a tree.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A small amount of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium about the size of a U.S. quarter is missing from an Idaho university that was using it for research, leading federal officials on Friday to propose an $8,500 fine.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Idaho State University can't account for about a 30th of an ounce (1 gram) of the material that's used in nuclear reactors and to make nuclear bombs.

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — State education officials have selected the new presidents of Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College.

The Idaho Press-Tribune reports the Idaho State Board of Education announced Thursday that Kevin Satterlee will lead the university in Pocatello and Cynthia Pemberton will take charge of the college in Lewiston.