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• Priest Lake cabin owners can request new appraisals

  May 22, 2013 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Priest Lake cabin owners who object to skyrocketing appraisals on the state-owned land under their lake homes can request new appraisals, the state Land Board decided Tuesday. If …

• Five cabins face ‘conflict bids’

  May 1, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Four cabin owners on state-owned, leased land at Priest Lake, and one at Payette Lake, could lose their lake homes this fall after drawing competitive bids for their … 16

• Time short for cabin site renters

  April 17, 2013 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s top elected officials quietly heard a presentation Tuesday on what happens if longtime renters of state-owned lake cabin sites just walk away from their leases as rates …

• Idaho puts lakefront cabin lots up for auction

  April 9, 2013 in Idaho on Page A1 For the first time, Idaho is opening up every state-owned cabin site on Priest Lake to bidding that could pit longtime leaseholders against new hopefuls willing to pay substantially more … 24

• Priest Lake covenant proposal riles some cabin owners

  July 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – As Idaho moves toward transferring hundreds of state-owned cabin sites on scenic Priest Lake to private owners through land exchanges or auctions, the state wants to protect the …

• Idaho Land Board updating plan

  September 21, 2011 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – An ideological debate in Idaho over government competing with the private sector has prompted the state Land Board to begin updating its asset management plan for the state …

• Idaho to update state lands investment policy

  September 20, 2011 in Idaho Idaho’s state Land Board voted unanimously today to begin crafting updates to its asset management plan for the state endowment, to reflect recent updates, such as the decision dispose of … 2

• Land Board OKs sale of cabin sites

  May 18, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho in early June will prepare to sell or trade away some or all of its 521 leased lakefront cabin sites, including more than 350 at Priest Lake. …

• Idaho prepares to sell off or trade away lake cabin sites

  May 17, 2011 in Idaho Idaho will start surveys and other groundwork in early June to prepare to sell off or trade away some or all of its 521 leased lakefront cabin sites, including more … 5

• Judge says he’ll freeze cabin site rents

  May 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Priest Lake cabin owners scored a surprise win in court Tuesday, as a district judge in Boise indicated he’ll issue an order to freeze the rents they pay …

• Priest Lake cabin owners score surprise win in court

  May 3, 2011 in Idaho Priest Lake cabin owners scored a surprise win in court Tuesday, as a district judge in Boise indicated he’ll issue an order to freeze the rents they pay for the … 6

• Eye on Boise: Idaho endowment fund sees nice earnings bounce

  April 24, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – It’s been a good year so far for Idaho’s permanent endowment fund, with earnings on investments through March 31 at 23.1 percent. Larry Johnson, investments manager, said the …

• Priest Lake cabin owners get two more years

  April 19, 2011 in Idaho Owners of cabins on state-owned land at Priest Lake got another two-year lease extension today, but it comes with a rent hike.

• Land Board’s PR agent well known among GOP

  December 26, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board has paid more than a quarter-million dollars since 2007 to one of the state’s top Republican operatives for a public relations campaign, but officials …

• Land Board has plan for Idaho cabin sites

  December 22, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho’s state Land Board wants public comments on a plan to get the state out of the business of renting lots for lakefront cabins – and give the …

• Idaho wants input on ditching cabin sites

  December 21, 2010 in Idaho Idaho’s state Land Board voted unanimously today to take public comments for the next three months on a plan to get the state out of the business of renting lots … 1

• New lake-site leases in Idaho unconstitutional

  December 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden won a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking new leases for state-owned lake cabin sites, including 355 at Priest Lake, arguing that the state’s whole …

• Idaho SupCourt tosses state cabin-site rent challenge

  December 1, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s legal challenge to state-owned cabin site rents on two Idaho lakes, which charged that the state Land …

• Priest Lake lot fees in limbo

  July 26, 2009 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – When owners of hundreds of cabins on Idaho state land at Priest Lake submit their applications to renew their leases next year, each will have to pay a …

• Otter defends public land transactions

  July 22, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE - Idaho Gov. Butch Otter spoke out Tuesday against limiting public information about state land transfers, saying he wants “total and complete transparency.” The governor’s comments came after a …