Craig to get day in court

Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will have his day in court at 12:40 p.m. on Sept. 10 before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. The three judge panel includes Judge Thomas J. Kalitowski, Judge Natalie E. Hudson, and Judge Louise Bjorkman.

Press-Tribune layoffs not in newsroom

The Idaho Press-Tribune announced 16 layoffs Wednesday, but publisher Rick Weaver said editorial staff has not been cut.
“Business is just bad,” Weaver said. “If the economy was better we wouldn’t be doing it.”
The Canyon County paper posted a story Wednesday afternoon announcing the layoffs.

Spokesman-Review gets the list

Spokesman Review publishes list of almost 10,000 people who got bogus degrees from Spokane diploma mill. NASA engineer, Saudi gyno, NSA employees, CIA contractor all had fake degrees. Source: “There are people in high places with these degrees, and only…

Boise gives up spots

In an effort to stop the governor from parking on city sidewalks, Boise is about to offer the Idaho State Police two street spots. See Wednesday’s BW for the scoop.

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Bilingual ed hits Boise Valley

When teaching in Spanish is a civil right. “Many of these young teachers have begun to see America’s school system as an increasingly racist widget factory that culls out minority students—largely Hispanic students, but also the poor and alternative students—pushing them…

Children of deportees

Five million U.S. citizen kids have an undocumented parent raising specter of deportation orphaning. Caldwell family: “They attend local schools and churches, but unlike most of their classmates, they have to drive 20 hours to see their fathers.” ICE: It’s not…

Sockeye return

As many as 700 endangered sockeye salmon are headed up to Redfish. Jeff Heindel, Eagle Fish Hatchery: “We haven’t had 500 fish in the system since the 1970s. It’s a feel-good story.” IDFG says fish like colder water, high flows. Kauffman…

Chicken fights in Wendell

Gooding Co. SO broke up a cockfight Sunday night on a dairy near Wendell. 9 arrests, 20 vehicles impounded. Birds may have come from Cali, rising the possibility of federal charges. Humane Society’s Rosenthal: “Cockfighting is almost always associated with other…

Outsourced Idaho

Study: Idaho had largest percentage of lost jobs since 2001. 9,000 computer and electronics jobs lost in Idaho and 2.3 million total U.S. jobs lost to “trade gap” with China, according to American manufacturers. In 2007 we bought $68 billion more…

Times-News discovers new outlaw biker gang

TF reporter discovers Hells Angels. Jackson on Angels (or not): “According to media reports, Hells Angels must be white, with Harley Davidson motorcycles, and without any history of molesting children or law enforcement work.” Riding to Montana, stopped for a…