Friday, July 11, 2008

Idaho News 11-Jul

Big Money Takes Over Sun Valley

ABC News - USA By BIANNA GOLODRYGA The first thing one notices when flying into the tiny Hailey/Sun Valley Airport in Idaho is its disproportionately large hangar full of ...

E. Idaho rancher returns to state to raise yaks

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published July 11, 2008 He first ran into yaks while on a trip in Nepal, and in the 1980s bought two when he moved to Idaho. Those two produced more ...

Say what? NYC mayor often mangles his words

The Associated Press - Bloomberg was in Sun Valley, Idaho � and Salt Lake City is 300 miles away and in a different state. One might blame the high altitude for fuzzing ...

Media moguls relax with Herb Allen

Hollywood Reporter - United States By Dan Cox SUN VALLEY, Idaho -- Several hundred major media execs at Herb Allen's annual retreat in this remote Northwest niche thought they could get away ...

N. Idaho man sentenced to 20 years for raping girl

The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA AP � Published July 11, 2008 A northern Idaho man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping the 16-year-old girlfriend of his son more than 30 ...

Music lovers rediscover the timbre of the turntable and return to ...

The Canadian Press - BOISE, Idaho BOISE, Idaho � Travis Dryden spent his childhood listening to his parent's records. And then he left them behind with the other detritus of his pre-college ...

UPDATE 1-Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely

Reuters - USA By Kenneth Li SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, July 11 (Reuters) - News Corp's (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company ...

Bulk of Idaho's growth is in the suburbs

KPAX-TV - Missoula,MT,USA AP - July 11, 2008 12:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - US Census Bureau figures show the rapid growth Idaho saw earlier this decade has slowed, ...

West Nile Reported in Gem County, Idaho

KPVI-TV - Pocatello,ID,USA Gem County, in southeast Idaho, had mosquitoes test positive for West Nile Virus. According to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, this is the first ...

Bulls' Curry suspended one game by NBA

Sports Network - USA Curry, a 6-foot-3, 190-pounder, pleaded guilty to resisting or obstructing an officer and public urination while in Boise, Idaho.

Se Idaho News 11-Jul

Real estate transactions 7/10/08

Daily Journal of Commerce Oregon - Portland,Oregon,USA �Idaho Pacific Lumber has leased 841 square feet at the Heritage Building, 601 Main St., in Vancouver, from Nexus Properties LLC. Doug Bartocci of Norris, ...

Revitalization session sparks debate

Ontario Argus Observer - Ontario,OR,USA Other discussions involved what to do with the undeveloped area between Brewsky�s Broiler, situated at 23 SE First Ave., and East Idaho Avenue. ...

Boise News 11-Jul

Boise State football players to play charity softball game

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Boise State football players - past and present - will gather Saturday night at Memorial Stadium for the inaugural Boise State Football Offense vs. ...

Deeds: Feel free to go to Boston; I'm staying in Boise

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA With disappointing attendance at that event and at the recent Gene Harris Jazz Festival, local promoters have to be wondering whether Boise is interested in ...

Boise State's new blue turf

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA The Boise State football team opens fall practice Aug. 4. The new turf is noticeably brighter than the previous turf - and it's flat. ...

Cashner cashes in, will head to Boise

Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA From there, Cashner will head to Class A Boise, where he will be the closer. "I can move a lot faster that way as opposed to maybe a starter," he said. ...

Boise company rolls out new commuter locomotive

IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA Boise�s locomotive maker, MotivePower Inc., hosted a delegation from Minnesota�s Northstar Corridor Development Authority today to mark the delivery of the ...

BRIEF: Second memorial for Studebaker planned at The Cabin in Boise

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA Studebaker will be remembered at a gathering at 7 pm, Wednesday, July 17, at The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd. in Boise. Check The Cabin's website for more ...

Boise Police Looking for Robbery Suspect

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA Boise, Idaho -- Police are on the lookout for a man who robbed a Jackson's Food Store at knifepoint. The alleged robbery happened just before 1:30 am ...

Two new wildfires burning in Central Oregon

KTVZ - Bend,OR,USA By Barney Lerten, KTVZ.COM As sizzling heat returned and a Red Flag Warning was issued, Central Oregon firefighters were battling two new wildfires ...

Drought relief granted to parched Oklahoma

USA Today - USA According to the Oklahoma Mesonet, Boise City received 10.44 inches of rain in 2007, with 2.54 inches having fallen so far this year. ...

Bail Denied for Washington Man Accused of Sex with Boise Teen

KBOI - Boise,ID,USA A Washington Judge has denied bail for the man accused of driving across the country to have sex with a Boise teenager. 27-year old Morgan Jones was ...

Idaho News 11-Jul

Idaho State Police: Missing boy found dead in remote area

LocalNews8.com - Idaho Falls,ID,USA AP - July 10, 2008 1:14 PM ET CALDWELL, Idaho (AP) - Idaho State Police officials say a missing 10-year-old boy was found dead in a remote part of Canyon ...

State looks to lower S. Idaho nitrate levels

Fox 12 Boise - Nampa,ID,USA AP - July 10, 2008 4:54 PM ET TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality is taking public comments on a proposed plan to reduce ...

UPDATE 2-News Corp's Murdoch sees more economic shocks

guardian.co.uk - UK By Kenneth Li SUN VALLEY, Idaho, July 10 (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch sees another year of "bad shocks" for the economy and does not expect a turnaround in ...

N. Idaho police investigating possible hate crime

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA LEWISTON, Idaho � Police in northern Idaho say they are investigating a report of four occupants in a pickup who roared through a Nez Perce Tribe camp ...

Murdoch sees lot more "bad shocks" for economy

Reuters - USA SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp's (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Rupert Murdoch sees "a lot more bad shocks" ahead for the economy for another ...

Murdoch sees lot more "bad shocks" for economy

Reuters - USA SUN VALLEY, Idaho, July 10 (Reuters) - News Corp's (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Rupert Murdoch sees "a lot more bad shocks" ahead for the ...

Idaho National Laboratory fire burns 1400 acres

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide - Ketchum,ID,USA By :TONY EVANS Idaho National Laboratory and Bureau of Land Management firefighters are fighting a wildland fire which began at the INL nuclear research and ...

Idaho group wants tougher contractor requirements

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA BOISE, Idaho � Some Idaho officials say residents are not being protected from unscrupulous or incompetent building contractors because the state's ...

OSHA finds no fault in Idaho bean plant accident

Fort Mills Times - Fort Mill,SC,USA KIMBERLY, Idaho � Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have ruled no fault in a hand-maiming accident at the ADM-Edible Bean ...

News Corp. Chief Says He's `Very Bearish' on Economy (Update1)

Bloomberg - USA Murdoch said he anticipates ``another 12 months of hard slogging'' during a television interview from the Allen & Co. media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. ...