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Large wind project gets nod
Large wind farm approved in Bingham Co. Commish Wayne Brower: “The opportunity for renewable energy is a positive.” 150 turbines on 20,000 acres. Post-Register story in Statesman. Fish and Game regional supe demoted over different wind farm criticism. Hopkins and Cooper…
Boise State going for connectedness
Construction boom on campus with 113 projects in the works, planned. $150 million. Campus has acquired 90 percent of its anticipated land locked up. James Maguire: “We feel that it’s important to have a boundary and density that’s consistent with an…
Risch questioned on office expenses
Dems say Senate candidate Jim Risch failed to claim campaign expenses for own office rental. Risch spokesman says it’s preposterous. Manager Ryan White: “Office expenses were clearly reported on pages 201, 203, (and) 246 of the second quarter report.” Staff at…
Layoffs at Times-News
Another 14 newspaper layoffs announced, this time at the Times-News in Twin Falls. Consolidation, usually a dirty word in newspapers, will allow 14 layoffs between the Times-News and the South Idaho Press and a series of community weeklies in the…
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.
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…
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