Monthly Archives: June 2008

Paleo gets day job

Posted on 28 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

PaleoMedia.org producer named BW News Editor. Continue reading →

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VA. company got 70% of IVA funds

Posted on 28 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

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… Continue reading →

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Meeting in Mtn. Home to pick Gannon succesor

Posted on 28 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

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; … Continue reading →

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Capitol gets max price

Posted on 28 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

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.” … Continue reading →

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Food Bank hands out expired eats

Posted on 28 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

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 Idaho Community Action Network complains that out-of-date food is being delivered to state’s hungry poeple.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.” … Continue reading →

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Obama’s hopeful, changeling vocab

Posted on 13 June 2008 by John Rember

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… Continue reading →

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Field to fight meth for a decade

Posted on 9 June 2008 by Nathaniel Hoffman

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 … Continue reading →

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