Boise News 22-Apr

Boise firm wins $95 million contract to make locomotives for ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA By Bethann Stewart - bstewart@idahostatesman.com A Boise locomotive manufacturer has won a $95 million contract to build 26 commuter locomotives for the ...

Judge orders mental evaluation before killer can defend himself

WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A federal judge is ordering a confessed child killer to be mentally evaluated before he can act as his own lawyer. The judge in Boise, ...

Micron unveils DRAM joint venture

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise computer chip maker said its venture with Nanya Technology Corp. in Taiwan will upgrade an aging Nanya plant there to today's technology for ...

Workers talk about the ups and downs of building Boise's 'skinny ...

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Dave Grant is the project manager of the Aspen Lofts in Downtown Boise. Although Grant says it is not the biggest project he�s worked on, it is one of the ...

Idaho History: 1910 Sunday-closing law hit Boise theaters hard

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA That one kind of public amusement should stay open, while others were forced to close, seemed unfair to the operators of Boise's movie theaters, ...

From Baghdad to Boise: Renewal for Iraqi refugees

USA Today - USA By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY BOISE � Alaa Amir fled Iraq for Jordan a decade ago after years of being harassed for his liberal views by Saddam Hussein's ...

Maryland Transit Administration places $95M locomotive order

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA Wilmerding, Pa.-based Wabtec (NYSE:WAB) said the locomotives will be built in Boise, Idaho, and will be delivered this year and next.

Boise(R) BEWARE(R) Meets April 1 Federal Medicaid Guidelines ...

CNNMoney.com (press release) - USA Boise BEWARE currently meets two of the three criteria. "BEWARE is now in full compliance with the federal mandate effective April 1, 2008," said Steve ...

Le Boise Alternatives Finds the Fax is Greener with MyFax

Earthtimes - London,UK OTTAWA - (Business Wire) When you make your living helping customers take advantage of renewable energy sources instead of living on the power grid, ...

Cable One Selects Time Warner Telecom as Primary Backbone Provider ...

Earthtimes - London,UK Time Warner Telecom will provide Cable One in Boise with a 10 Gbps Ethernet network infrastructure to support the cable company's high-speed Internet ...