Butch Otter Campaign Tour Draws Idaho GOP Support
Butch Otter, a Weiser spud farmer and Republican gubernatorial hopeful, visited Sandpoint to rally local supporters at the Edgewater Lodge. He touted free enterprise and limited government while criticizing federal control over land, timber, and state revenues, and urged residents to demand more local funding and self-reliance.
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Mike Dalen
Bee
Ben Otter
Butch Otter
Idaho
Saundpoint
Edgewater Lodge
Weiser Spud
Bonners Ferry
Coeur‘d’ Alene
Otter
J.R. Simplot
Massachussetts
Steve Symms
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
College of Idaho
National Forest and Park
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Otter Eet
Boise
Fish and Game Department
Folger Cuts Vacuum and Instant Coffee Prices
Cincinnati report notes Folger Coffee Co the nation's second largest roaster lowered wholesale prices by 20 cents a pound for vacuum coffee and 2 cents an ounce for instant coffee.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Folger Coffee Co
Sandpoint Expected to Gain Over 2 Million in EDA Grants
Federal sources say Sandpoint will receive more than 2 million dollars in Economic Development Administration grants to revamp its water system, with 487000 to Bonner County for a maintenance shop, garage, security fence, and county agent office. The city plans include replacing wooden water mains, a new pumping plant, and Sand Creek dam and pipe repairs.
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Sandpoint
Ioho
Jim McClure
Idaho
EDA
Bonner County
Tenance
Kenney
Marlin “Green
Green
Lake Pend Oreille
Idaho Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy Warm With Showers
The forecast for Northern Idaho calls for partly cloudy skies today with warmer temperatures. Highs are expected to reach 75 to 85 degrees today and remain in the 80s on Wednesday with a chance of mountain showers.
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Idaho
Firefighters Battle Multiple Western Fires Across States
Firefighters completed lines around a Utah Wyoming border blaze and fought hot spots as thunderstorms and winds threatened. Mt Nebo near Nephi burned 700 acres while crews of about 100 worked steep canyons. Fires burned in Washington Montana California with evacuations near Missoula and fires near Hollywood Bowl and Red Bluff.
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United Press International
Utah-Wyoming
Mt. Nebo
Nephi
Utah
U *Ah
Forest Service
George Fry
Fry
Gene Campbell
Dwight Hodgkinson
Dave Noel
Juab County
Washington
Montana
California
Colville
Missoula
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles
Red Bluff
Separation case ends in tragedy at Boise resort
Blaine County Sheriff Orivle Drexler reports a Boise man Sechrest 36 shot his stepdaughter Dana Blankenship 15 then killed himself after divorcing his wife Nancy, owners of the resort. The Sechrests were involved in a divorce action.
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Haley
Idaho
Blaine County
Orivle Drexler
Boise
Ponts
Dennis
Sechrest
Dana Blankenship
Fred ‘Klamm
Paul
Drexler
Nancy
Moon investment pushes Boise school funding plan
Ruth Moon reports the state plans to raise nearly 23 million through an overnight repurchase agreement with Boise investors as part of a larger 46 million installment program. Funds are needed to clear school warrants and provide transfers to districts.
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Ruth
Moon
Miss"Moon
Miss Moon
Loan for Kootenai Co-op Approved in Washington
Senator Frank Church announced that the Rural Electrification Administration approved a 628000 loan to Kootenai Electrical Cooperative Inc. to serve 550 additional customers with two miles of new distribution line. The cooperative, headquartered in Coeur d Alene, serves Kootenai Benewah and Bonner counties.
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Washington
Frank Church
Rural Electrification Administration
Kootenai Electrical Cooperative, Inc
Kootenai
Coeur d’ Alene
Coop
Benewah
Bonner
Oil Barons Seek Price Hike On Trans Alaska Pipeline
Exxon Mobil Arco Sohio and BP ask the 5th Circuit to review ICC action raising interim transport rates for the Trans Alaska pipeline while Alaska officials and an Eskimo interest group warn profits and royalty income would suffer. The ICC set 4.20 per barrel pending full hearing.
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Bruce Nichols Houston
UPI
Interstate Commerce Commission
State of Alaska
5Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
ICC
Alaska
Avrum Gross
Exxon
Mobil
Arco
Sohio
British Petroleum
Exxon Pipeline
Richard Flynn
Arcte Regional Slope Corp
White
Eskimoes
Sewage Injected Into Rathdrum Aquifer Cited by State
Idaho environmental officials report about half a million more gallons of raw sewage injected into the Rathdrum Aquifer over six years. Nitrate levels have risen from under 1 ppm in the 1960s to 6 to 12 ppm, prompting calls for improved sanitation and a possible Post Falls sewer system. The Idaho Board also set VA Home Boise resident fees up to 230 dollars monthly based on ability to pay.
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Otter
Morrison-Knudeson
Boise Cascade
Potlatch
Idaho
Boise
UPI
Rathdrum
Idaho Board of Health and Welfare
Kim Lustig
Panhandle
Post Falls
Lustig
Veterans’ Administration
Three Juveniles Held After Gasoline Theft Report
A resident reported three youths siphoning gasoline from Forest Service vehicles near the Federal Building around 11 15 PM Monday. The juveniles from Empier and Modesto California and Kalama Oregon are in Bonner County jail awaiting processing.
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Forest Service
Federal Building
Empier
Modesto
California
Kalama
Oregon
Bonner County
Carpet theft reported behind PJ's Tavern
Bill Brown of Sagle told police early Sunday a 12 foot carpet roll was stolen from the back of his pickup parked behind PJ's Tavern. The carpet was valued at $250.
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Bill Brown
Sagle
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