Recent stories by Betsy

• Idaho Prisons Join Smoke-Free Trend New Ban Will Apply To Prison Staffs As Well As State’s 3,000 Inmates

  November 15, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Idaho will ban smoking in its prisons in one year, and all new prison buildings will be smoke-free immediately. The state Board of Corrections made that decision Nov. 3, sending …

• If It’s Warren Miller, It Must Be Time To Ski

  November 15, 1995 in Food on Page F7 To thousands of skiers across the country, his voice means winter’s coming. Warren Miller has produced a major ski film every year for nearly 50 years, just in time to …

• Priest Lake Cabin Owners Oppose Sell-Or-Swap Idea, Letters Show

  November 15, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Gov. Phil Batt said Tuesday he has received half a dozen letters from Priest Lake cabin owners who oppose any move by the state to sell or exchange the land …

• Panhandle’s Property Taxes Down Batt’s Relief Package Big Factor In Drop

  November 12, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 North Idaho taxpayers will pay 3.1 percent less in property tax this year than last. A Spokesman-Review analysis of Idaho State Tax Commission figures shows that total taxes are falling …

• Batt Defends Sandpoint Governor Says City’s Reputation For Racism Is Undeserved

  November 9, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Gov. Batt says hate groups “should consider moving elsewhere.” Photo by Associated Press

• Welfare Panel Insists On 2-Year Limit But Teen Mothers Would Get A Slight Break Under Proposed Reforms

  November 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Architects of Idaho’s welfare reform plan decided Monday to stick with a 24-month limit for cash welfare benefits but added a break for teenage moms. The two-year clock wouldn’t start …

• Batt Heralds Tax-Relief Legislation Property Tax Bills See Lowest Increase In 14 Years

  November 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 (From For the Record, Wednesday, November 8, 1995): A story in Saturday’s edition misstated the 1995 property tax revenue increases for Shoshone and Boundary county governments. Shoshone’s revenue is up …

• Easy Money, Hard Time For Sweepstakes Winner Good Luck Turns Bad After Idaho Man Invests Part Of Winnings In Drugs

  November 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Dennis Reimer doesn’t look like a big winner these days. Dressed in jail-issue orange coveralls, he was led into court in handcuffs this week. A girlfriend and niece sobbed in …

• Kootenai Tribe Trying Again To Set Up Shop Proposal Would Let Tribe Collect Sales Tax At Bonners Ferry Store

  October 28, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 The tiny Kootenai Tribe’s hopes to run a grocery story or other business in Bonners Ferry are fading. Members of the local business community have linked arms against the tribe’s …

• How To Stop A Squirrel’s Power Lunch

  October 22, 1995 in Idaho on Page B5 Marauding rodents with a taste for power cables? A single squirrel with the power to shut down all the area’s TV stations and most of the radio stations for eight …

• Idaho Making Juvenile Crime A Crime New Laws, Juvenile Corrections Department Tough On Young Criminals

  October 22, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Idaho’s new get-tough approach to juvenile crime kicked into gear this month. By shifting the whole program out of the state Department of Health and Welfare and into a new …

• Commission Backs Dog-Race Rules Racing Panel Acts On Recommendations By Batt For Coeur D’Alene Greyhound Park

  October 21, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Idaho’s three-member Racing Commission voted Friday to adopt some of Gov. Phil Batt’s suggestions for reforming the Coeur d’Alene Greyhound Park, and agreed to hold a public hearing in Coeur …

• ‘Independent’ Challenges Craig Minnick Running As Democrat With Conservative Rhetoric

  October 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Minnick

• Naval Center To Construct Acoustics Facility Over Lake

  October 19, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Bayview’s naval research center will build a two-story, 25,600-square-foot building over Lake Pend Oreille for its submarine research work, thanks to Gov. Phil Batt’s agreement with the federal government on …

• Gritz Pitching Idaho As A Refuge Seeks People For Real Estate Plans During His Survivalist Seminars

  October 18, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Gritz

• Hearing To Discuss Future Of Welfare 24-Month Lifetime Limit On Welfare Most Controversial Of 42 Proposals

  October 16, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Should Idaho enact sweeping reforms of its welfare system, from limiting benefits to two years to making all recipients work? North Idaho residents will have their say Tuesday, when the …

• Water Bill Has Wide Support Kempthorne Leads Revision Of Safe Drinking Water Act

  October 13, 1995 in Idaho on Page B1 Sen. Dirk Kempthorne, R-Idaho, has won bipartisan support for his new version of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Kempthorne, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, …

• Lake Renters Could Get Chance To Buy Idaho Sites

  October 11, 1995 in City on Page B6 More than 300 people who rent their Priest Lake cabin sites from the state of Idaho could get a chance at owning the land they lease. Idaho’s Land Board on …

• Engineering Confusion

  October 8, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 Take a poorly worded federal regulation. Add citizens already distrustful of the federal government. Top it off with quick-draw elected officials, and what do you get?

• Species Bill Tough Test For Senator Divisive Issue Challenges Kempthorne’s Skills

  October 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 Dirk Kempthorne made his career as a consensus-builder. Now, he’s writing the main Senate legislation to reform the Endangered Species Act. If Kempthorne can find a consensus on this divisive …

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Recent photos by Betsy

Recent videos by Betsy

• Idaho Capitol Tour

  July 10, 2009 in Idaho Reporter Betsy Z. Russell narrates a series of photos she took on a tour of the under-renovation Idaho Capitol building July 10, 2009.