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• Idaho won’t require escorts for oversized loads to mill

  September 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – The first oversized load hauled by the Nickel Bros. on scenic Highway 12 in north-central Idaho traveled without any state police escorts, and the Idaho Transportation Department now …

• ITD drops police escort rule for megaloads

  September 27, 2011 in Idaho The first Nickel Bros. megaload on scenic Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, which crossed into Montana late Monday night, traveled without any state police escorts – and the Idaho Transportation … 4

• Idaho issues permit for pulp mill megaload

  September 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The Idaho Transportation Department announced late Wednesday that it had issued a permit for Nickel Bros. transportation company to take its first megaload across U.S. Highway 12 in …

• Former ITD chief secretly fired, given ‘graceful’ exit

  July 18, 2011 in Idaho Former Idaho Transportation Department Director Dave Ekern was secretly fired after a whistleblower’s complaint in 2006 and allowed to “gracefully” depart, claiming he was leaving for another job, according to … 1

• ITD fines increase for water violations

  July 15, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – The Idaho Transportation Department has agreed to pay more than $1 million in fines for Clean Water Act violations related to construction on Highway 95 south of Coeur …

• ITD agrees to more than $1M in EPA fines

  July 14, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department has agreed to pay more than $1 million in fines for Clean Water Act violations related to construction on Highway 95 south of Coeur d’Alene, including … 4

• Eye on Boise: Megaloads may take both route options

  July 3, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 It’s possible that megaloads of oil equipment bound for the Kearl oil sands development in Canada could take both identified routes through Idaho – scenic U.S. Highway 12, where the …

• Ruling favors megaloads

  June 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – More than 200 megaloads of Korean-made oil equipment bound for Canada should be given the go-ahead to roll across northern Idaho’s scenic U.S. Highway 12, an Idaho state …

• ITD board drops 10-minute rule for future megaloads

  June 17, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s top transportation officials voted unanimously Thursday to eliminate the state’s 10-minute limit on traffic delays from oversized loads traveling Idaho roads, including megaloads. The Idaho Transportation Department … 1

• ITD, oil company happy with megaload test run

  May 7, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – A “test module” for proposed oversize loads on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho made it to Montana this week, but it took weeks to arrive and caused …

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  Report: Route prized by hauler

  April 28, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – A 2009 report by the company that proposed to haul more than 200 giant loads of oil equipment on scenic U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho said the …

• First megaload to roll Feb. 1

  January 19, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho will let four ConocoPhillips megaloads of oil equipment start traveling U.S. Highway 12 on Feb. 1, Idaho Transportation Director Brian Ness announced Tuesday. “I am convinced the … 3

• Review OKs application process for four mega-loads

  December 29, 2010 in City on Page A5 BOISE – A hearing officer recommended Tuesday that the Idaho Transportation Department issue four permits to allow ConocoPhillips to ship oversized oil-refinery equipment from Idaho to Montana. In his 57-page … 1

• Initial ruling helps ex-ITD director

  December 17, 2010 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – A federal judge has issued a proposed order siding with fired Idaho Transportation Department Director Pam Lowe on a key point in her wrongful-firing lawsuit – that she …

• Preliminary ruling favors fired ITD director

  December 16, 2010 in Idaho A federal judge has issued a proposed order siding with fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe on a key point in her wrongful-firing lawsuit, her argument that she wasn’t an … 4

• Big loads decision likely by Christmas

  December 10, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – ConocoPhillips painted a picture of years of quiet, painstaking work to plan for the safe transport of four mega-loads of oil equipment across a winding, scenic north-central Idaho …

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  Idaho roads need $543 million more

  November 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho needs to spend $543 million more a year on its roads, Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation task force decided Tuesday, and the top ways it should raise the … 2

• ITD issues permits for first four Highway 12 megaloads

    November 10, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Transportation Department has issued permits today for the first four mega-loads proposed for U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho, but the four giant truckloads won’t roll just yet. … 4

• Idaho justices hear mega-loads case

  October 1, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Supreme Court justices had lots of questions today as they heard arguments on whether the Idaho Transportation Department violated its own regulations in approving permits for four giant truckloads …

• Idaho task force wary of hiking truck fees

  August 31, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s transportation funding task force unanimously agreed Tuesday to accept a new state study showing heavy trucks underpay in Idaho compared to their wear and tear on …

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  New questions in transportation department firing case

  July 20, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A federal judge raised new questions in fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe’s wrongful firing lawsuit Monday, including one that could potentially delay the case for years. Meanwhile, …

• New questions in ITD firing case

  July 19, 2010 in Idaho A federal judge raised new questions in fired Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe’s wrongful-firing lawsuit Monday, including one that could potentially delay the case for years. Meanwhile, the Idaho Transportation … 1

• Docks upheld on easement

  June 3, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Just because a road easement was granted years ago along someone’s lakefront property doesn’t mean the property owner has given up the right to build a dock on …

• Idaho defends transportation director’s firing

    January 12, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – The state of Idaho contends that the four grounds for dismissal of the state’s transportation director listed in state law are mere “examples,” and the state can fire … 2

• Idaho defends firing of ITD chief

    January 11, 2010 in Idaho The state of Idaho contends that the four grounds for dismissal of the state’s transportation director listed in state law are mere “examples,” and the state can fire its transportation … 4

• Vasser to go to highway board

  December 10, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday appointed former Lewiston city manager Jan Vassar to the Idaho Transportation Board, the first woman to serve on the state’s highway panel …

• Otter names woman to ITD board

  December 9, 2009 in Idaho Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday appointed former Lewiston city manager Jan Vassar to the Idaho Transportation Board, the first woman to serve on the state’s highway panel since it …

• Raise for new director shaped salary decision

  November 21, 2009 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – Idaho’s new transportation director is being paid $22,000 a year more than fired Director Pam Lowe because the department negotiated a salary that’s designed to be a substantial … 2

• Why ITD will pay new chief so much more

  November 20, 2009 in Idaho Idaho’s new transportation director is being paid $22,000 a year more than fired Director Pam Lowe because the department negotiated a salary that’s designed to be a substantial increase from … 2

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  Idaho names transportation chief

  November 20, 2009 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Idaho has named a new transportation director, an administrator from Michigan’s Department of Transportation who holds an engineering degree and a master’s degree in public administration and who …

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