Pack River Co lays off 65 at Dover Mill despite denial
The Pack River Lumber Co confirms no curtailments at Bonner and Boundary counties mills but informs about a January 12 layoff for about 65 Dover Mill workers. Company plans a larger staff reduction by August 31 and outlines asset sales to improve finances.
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Spokane
Pack River Co
Chester Chastek
The
Daily Bee
Pack River Mills
Pack River Lumber Co
DeArmond
Kettle Falls
Wash
Boise Cascade Corp
Pack River’ Co Emfployes
Mayor appoints interim police chief in Sandpoint
Mayor Les Brown names Gary L Harding of Cheney Wash to supervise Sandpoint police on an interim basis while the police study committee recommends a permanent chief. Harding will be sworn in Monday and may serve about 10 days. Chief Dick Abbott resigns effective Jan 12.
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Les Brown
Cheney
Sandpoint
City Council
Police Study Committee
Gary L Harding
Brown
Dick Abbott
Harding
Bonners Ferry
Hook
Mayor appoints interim police chief surprises council members
Emma Lou Hook and Gene Holt voiced shock after Mayor Les Brown named Gary L Harding as interim police chief without prior council input. Hook said the police study committee discussed interim supervision yesterday, and law allows mayor to hire without council approval except for clerk attorney and engineer.
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Emma _ Lou Hook
Les Brown
Hook
Gene Holt
Brown
Dave Easton
Closure urged for Athol Treatment Unit in Idaho
Acting Health official Joe Nagel urged closing the Athol Treatment Unit at State Hospital North saying the state should not run alcohol detox services and citing no evidence government helps alcoholism. Local lawmakers seek an $80 000 emergency aid to keep the program until year end.
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Orofino Institution
Leon Swenson
RK Nampa
Swenson
United States
Nagel
Manes
Hope fades for Alcohol Treatment Unit at State Hospital North
Senator Mike Mitchell filed an 80 000 supplemental request with the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee to keep the Alcohol Treatment Unit at State Hospital North open through the fiscal year. The unit faces Friday closure amid Health and Welfare cutbacks as advocates warn 250 alcoholics would lose services and strain jails and hospitals. Mitchell argues in–patient care is needed to meet new drunkenness decriminalization rules and prevent community drain.
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AIC
Region II
Mitchell
House Health and Welfare Committee
Boise
ATU
State Hospital North
Mike Mitchell
Dlewiston
Legislative Joint Finance Appropriations Committee
Orofino
Senate Health, Education & Welfare Committee
State Department of Health & Welfare
Idaho
Rudy Andersen
Rboise
House Health & Welfare Committee
Claud Judd
D-Orofino
Public Employees Right To Bargain In Idaho
Boise public employees should have the right to collective bargaining but not to strike. Senator Robert Hosack of Moscow supports limited bargaining with a no strike clause. He cites a US Faculty Council report favoring bargaining while noting Idaho opposition.
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Boise
Robert Hosack
D-Moscow
University of Idaho
Faculty Council
Hosack
Gove
Cecil Andrus
Andrus
Hosdek
Idaho
Attorney Withdraws From Lawsuit Over Public Defender Reappointment
Attorney Jon Hammarberg seeks dismissal with prejudice of his suit against county commissioners and Treasurer over the reappointment of Public Defender Lamanna. The suit names Dan Featherston and Jim Hunt and argues the process ignored a committee recommended list, seeks damages and fees, and seeks to bar payments to the defender without full legal compliance. The county says reappointment complied with the law and that the court lacks jurisdiction, noting the list included Lamanna and several others and that an appeal is available as the remedy.
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Jon Hammarberg
Nick Lamarina
Hammarberg
Dan Featherston
Jim Hunt
Lamanna
Dist
Alice Nelson
Public Defender
Cogswell
Hunt
Featherston
Jim Paulsen
Steve Herndon
Inflation and education funding shape Idaho schools
Idaho education leaders warn of a persistent inflationary spiral that raises per student costs without improving overall support. Dr. J P Munson predicts 10 to 15 teacher strikes next year while urging state funding increases and better mechanisms for mediation and fact finding.
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Boise
State Board of Education
J.P. Munson
Sandpoint
Joint Finance Appropriations Committee
Idaho
Munson
State Department of Education
Board of Education
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Dover Mill
Bonner
Boundary
Thompson Falls
Chastek
Robert J DeArmond
Pack River
Dave Pemberton
Bonner County
Hook, Holt
D-Lewiston
Hope
Feds
Hospital North
Dar Cogswell
Department of Health & Welfare
Maurice Clements
Rampa
State Board
Muhson
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