Former newspaper publisher appointed to Idaho House
(by IBR staff report @ 10:07 MDT on 07/18)
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has appointed Stephen Hartgen, the former publisher of the Times-News and a past vice chairman of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, to fill a seat in the Idaho House.
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Ada County considers Skyline I development tonight
(by Dani Grigg
@ 13:02 MDT on 07/17)
Tonight, Skyline I Development, Inc., will make its first appearance in front of Ada County planning and zoning to propose a 6,700-home planned community on 2,291 acres about 2.5 miles south of the Boise airport. Planning and zoning staff has recommended the commission approve the development, called Arbor Hills.
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Ada County approves Cartwright Ranch development
(by Dani Grigg
@ 12:58 MDT on 07/17)
At an Ada County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday night, the board approved the 680-acre Cartwright Ranch planned community, an addition to the existing Hidden Springs development. The development will contain 620 homes, 20,000 square feet of commercial space and 473 acres of open space.
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Post Falls considers 1,000-acre annex
In a city sick of urban sprawl, Post Falls officials are considering inflating the city’s geographic footprint by more than 15 percent and edging the city limits farther into the prairie.
Sen. Larry Craig reports on trip to AREVA plants
U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, returned recently from a fact-finding trip to France, where he toured several AREVA nuclear facilities and met with the energy giant’s CEO Anne Lauvergeon.
At risk of joining Phil Gramm under John McCain’s campaign bus I feel compelled to take mainstream news “reporters” to task for both missing the story, and wrongly believing that Gramm was wrong.
Idaho banks continue to sell mortgages into the secondary market, even though it has been a rough year for government-sponsored mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in light of the subprime mortgage crunch, several bank presidents told me. Secondary-market players still want to buy mortgages issued to strong borrowers who made traditional down payments, but are steering clear of creative and risky loans, they said.
Wednesday morning roundup: All right already, we get the point. Don't slam Rep. Bill Sali into us with a sledge hammer. The Wall Street Journal is calling out Walt Minnick and incumbent Bill Sali on the race that shouldn't be a race.
When it was reported last week that an AREVA-owned nuclear plant in the south of France was ordered to close temporarily after about 7,925 gallons of unenriched uranium spilled onto the site and into two rivers, it added fuel to concerns around the world that nuclear energy may be riskier than it’s worth.
Tuesday morning roundup: U.S. states appear to be doing a better job of encouraging entrepreneurial activity than Canadian provinces. Idaho mentioned as top state to follow.
Wednesday morning roundup: Actor Tom Hanks and his wife went to the state’s highest court to settle a dispute over their multimillion dollar Sun Valley home.
I have heard conservative radio and television talk show hosts complain about how they “just don’t get” the Obama-mania that buoys the presidential candidacy of the junior senator from Illinois.
American English is by no means a perfect language, but for native speakers we should have the skill to say and write what we mean. Our inability or failure to do so is why lawyers, judges and the courts have to define and interpret for us what we mean in labor contracts, human resource policies, prenuptial agreements, and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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