Paleo gets day job

PaleoMedia.org producer named BW News Editor.

VA. company got 70% of IVA funds

A Times-News investigation showed that lots of charter, virtual school money is going to out-of-state corporations, which have an increasing influence on the Idaho State Department of Education…

Meeting in Mtn. Home to pick Gannon succesor

District 23 GOP will meet to pick three possible successors to Sen. Tom Gannon, who died Tuesday. Possible appointees include: Stephen Hartgen, Twin Falls business consultant and national GOP convention delegate; District 23 state Reps. Bert Brackett and Jim Patrick;…

Capitol gets max price

The Idaho State Capitol Renovation Project will cost $2.5 million more than planned. Stegner: “We have always been much more concerned about the renovation phase than the wings phase because of the unknowns that are typically attributed to renovation projects.” Project…

Food Bank hands out expired eats

New Idaho Food Bank guidelines allow visual inspection to trump expiration dates. Idaho Community Action Network complains that out-of-date food is being delivered to state’s hungry poeple. ICAN foodie: “I wonder if they would serve it to their own family.” Means…

Obama’s hopeful, changeling vocab

Says John Rember, who knows of what he speaks: Barack Obama really does offer hope. It’s because of the way he uses the language. Obama uses English the same way George Orwell used English, as a tool to expose possibility rather than obscure it…

Field to fight meth for a decade

Montana numbers don’t show dramatic success for Meth Project. Meth use could be up since MT started airing graphic ads in 2005. Debbie Field, Idaho Meth Project does not just sit in her office: “When you have to convince a…

Paulites join forces with Beck

Ada County Ron Paul supporters will unite with Rod Beck at state GOP convention. Rep. Labrador supports deposing Sullivan: “There is some dissatisfaction with the chairman. And I think the dissatisfaction breeds some weird marriages.” Miller, AP in the Press…

Boise lawyer may get back to GTMO

Boise lawyer David Nevin says Bush pushing for Guantanamo Bay convictions before he leaves office. Nevin had five hour meeting with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who rejected his counsel. Nevin: “This is not a fair proceeding. This is a show trial,…

Most of Kuwaiti sand has arrived

The final 7 containers of contaminated Kuwaiti sand will arrive in Grandview shortly. 153 giant boxes of depleted uranium leaden sand already here. No harmful lead levels detected, according to sand host American Ecology. Erik Olson in The Daily News.

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