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Idaho health exchange hearing begins with homage to Lincolns civility, talk of socialism
Boise :: ID :: USA | 3 months ago
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House and Welfare Committee Chairman Fred Wood invoked President Lincoln's memory Thursday in urging calm and respect on the hot-button issue of the year, GOP Gov. Butch Otter's push for a state-based health insurance exchange to allow consumers to
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As home sales, wood products prosper, big construction lags
Boise :: ID :: USA | 4 months ago
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Heres what some experts have told the Legislatures economic outlook committee. John Eaton, government affairs director for the Idaho Association of Realtors, says home sales increased in all but one Idaho county in 2012, and prices are approaching
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Search on for WA rafter missing on Snake River
Grangeville :: ID :: USA | 6 months ago
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The Idaho County sheriff's office in Grangeville, Idaho, has begun a search for a 54-year-old Seattle man who had planned a rafting trip on the Snake River. KHQ-TV of Spokane, Wash., reports ( http://is.gd/zERbrI ) that Alexander Belyaev left the
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Idaho county sues amid bid to delist caribou
Toronto :: Canada | 6 months ago
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A northern Idaho county and a snowmobile group sued the U.S. Department of Interior in federal court, the latest step in their bid to have Endangered Species Act protections lifted from rare woodland caribou that roam the U.S-Canadian border region.
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Idaho History: City and county names are an unusual mix
Madrid :: Spain | 7 months ago
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Payette is the name of a notable scenic river, beautiful lakes, mountain peaks, a national forest, a city and a county. They all bear the name of Francois Payette, a French-Canadian fur trapper who was in charge of the Hudsons Bay Co.s trading post
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Commissioners approve $6K pay increase
Summit :: NJ :: USA | 9 months ago
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 Commissioners approve $6K pay increase Vote circumvents committee recommendation The Blaine County commissioners voted Monday to raise their salaries from $55,434 to $61,522 for fiscal 2013, despite a citizen committee's
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Barker: Labrador's forest proposal has roots in the 1980s
Clearwater :: FL :: USA | 11 months ago
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The idea of forest trusts for managing national forests is not new but it has gotten new life as a way to raise money for struggling rural counties, especially in Idaho and Oregon. Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labradors Self-Sufficient Community Lands
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Labrador's forest management plan would give Idaho control of some national forests
Boise :: ID :: USA | 11 months ago
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Labrador's bill would give states control over large chunks of federal forests to raise money to pay for local roads and schools. Idaho Republican Rep. Raul Labrador is looking past the November election with a bill that would give states
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County receives $1.8M in federal PILT funds
Sun Valley :: ID :: USA | 11 months ago
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Future of program still uncertain Blaine County received more than $1.8 million in federal funding last week as part of the government's payment in lieu of taxes program, but could lose that funding next year if a program extension is not approved
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Ex-Idahoan will bring years of activism to bear on new role as National Education Association chief
Boise :: ID :: USA | over 1 year ago
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When John Stocks began his career in Boise in 1982, he worked to add stop signs in high-traffic neighborhoods and persuade irrigation companies to quit charging people for water they couldnt get. Theyd watch the water run right past them while
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