UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                   May 9, 2006
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                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

                                   ITRON, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



         Washington                   000-22418                 91-1011792
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File No.)         (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)


                 2818 N. Sullivan Road, Spokane Valley, WA 99216
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

                                 (509) 924-9900
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                      None
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 5.02      Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of
               Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.


On May 9, 2006,  Itron Inc.'s Board of Directors  appointed Kirby A. Dyess,  age
59, as a director,  to expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2007. Ms.
Dyess is a principal of Austin Capital Management LLC in Portland, Oregon. Prior
to that, she was with Intel  Corporation  from 1987 to 2002, where she served in
numerous  positions,  most recently as Vice President and Director of Operations
for Intel Capital. Ms. Dyess is also a director of Merix Corporation, as well as
various private and non-profit organizations.


The  information  presented  in this  Current  Report  on Form  8-K may  contain
forward-looking   statements   and   certain   assumptions   upon   which   such
forward-looking  statements  are in  part  based.  Numerous  important  factors,
including those factors  identified in Itron,  Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K
and other of the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange  Commission,
and the fact that the  assumptions  set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K
could prove  incorrect,  could cause actual  results to differ  materially  from
those contained in such forward-looking statements.


                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.



                               ITRON, INC.

Dated:  May 10, 2006      By:  /s/ STEVEN M. HELMBRECHT
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                               Steven M. Helmbrecht
                               Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer