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News >  Idaho

Executive Director Of Business Group Quits For Clinic Job

Steve Judy has resigned as executive director of Concerned Businesses of North Idaho to take a job with North Idaho Immediate Care. Judy, who formerly worked as a North Idaho field representative for U.S. Sens. Dirk Kempthorne and Larry Craig, both Idaho Republicans, now is director of human resources for the health care clinic. He'll be handling personnel and payroll and will work to recruit physicians to North Idaho.
News >  Nation/World

Lawmakers Seek Input On Day-Care Solutions

State senators in Idaho's four northernmost counties plan town hall meetings to explore ways to improve day care. Sen. Gordon Crow, R-Hayden, is establishing a committee of legislators, local government officials and child-care experts that will ask for public input on problems with child care.
News >  Idaho

Cda School District Oks Levy To Meet Rise In Enrollment

Saying enrollment is up, the Coeur d'Alene School District passed an emergency levy Friday that will cost the average taxpayer an extra $9.72 a year. In a 3-to-1 vote, school board members approved spending an extra $412,356.30, after learning that average daily attendance is up about 200 from last year.
News >  Idaho

Large Development Ok’d For Post Falls Plan Calls For 1,647 Houses And Apartments On 640 Acres

Developers could break ground next spring on a housing development that would increase Post Falls by nearly a third. The Post Falls City Council this week approved a plan to build 1,647 homes and apartments on 640 acres near Chase and Pole Line roads. "If they went out on their own, they'd probably be the third-largest city in North Idaho," chuckled Mayor Gus Johnson. "Post Falls has never seen a project this big."
News >  Idaho

Two More Sue Hagadone Firm Six Women Allege Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination By Male Employees

Two more women have joined a lawsuit that accuses Hagadone Hospitality of breaking federal laws and exposing female employees to sexual harassment and gender discrimination. One of the women, referred to as Jane Doe 1, charged that her manager at the Coeur d'Alene Inn repeatedly tried to engage her in a sexual relationship, then withheld her pay, cut her salary and changed her work schedule when she refused, according to a new complaint filed last week.
News >  Nation/World

Weed May Lift Moods And Farm Economies Advocate Of St. John’s Wort Hopes Idea Takes Root In Idaho

1. Terry Foley hopes to get farmers to grow St. John's wort, a weed that shows promise in the treatment of depression. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review (ran only in the Spokane edition) 2. Texas native Terry Foley hopes to get farmers to grow St. John's wort, a roadside weed that shows promise in the treatment of depression and depressed agricultural economies. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review (ran only in the Idaho edition)
News >  Nation/World

Assessment Reductions Put On Hold Cougar Gulch Tax Cuts Unfair, Assessor Says

The 63 Cougar Gulch landowners who had their assessments cut last month might want to wait before celebrating. Kootenai County Assessor Marv Vandenberg is challenging the reductions granted by county commissioners in July. He said the action was unfair to the 330 homeowners who didn't get reductions and on Wednesday filed an appeal with the State Tax Commission. "If (commissioners) want to reduce them, fine," Vandenberg said. "But they should treat everybody the same."
News >  Nation/World

Home Builders Outstrip Buyers

Matt Carrey of Gem State Construction frames a wall in the Prairie Ridge Estates housing development in Post Falls. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Nation/World

For Grower, Burning Is An Ugly Necessity

1. Jeremy McLean, in truck, watches for his dad's signal as they unload hay bales on their Rathdrum Prairie farm, a way of life threatened by anti-field burning sentiment. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review 2. Wade McLean pulls a reburner through a grass field. 3. Farm life isn't laid back at fair time as Jennifer McLean and brother Jeremy groom cows and steers for show at the upcoming North Idaho Fair. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Idaho

Couple Killed In Murder-Suicide Police Say Man Shot Wife Before Turning Gun On Himself In Moscow Apartment

A quiet couple who managed a Moscow apartment complex is dead, after the husband apparently shot and killed his wife before turning a gun on himself, police said. Elmer L. Farr, 70, was found dead Thursday night in his east Moscow apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. His wife, Barbara L. Farr, 54, died Friday afternoon, after being airlifted to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. She'd been shot in the chest and arm.
News >  Idaho

Poor Child Care Rating Only Alarms Some Providers And Children’s Advocates Say Changes Needed, But Sens. Crow, Riggs Not Convinced

Day care providers and child care experts aren't sure what surprises them less: That Idaho, for the second straight year, ranked among the three worst states for child care; or that state legislators aren't convinced that's a problem. In its fifth-annual nationwide study of child care, Working Mother magazine recently rated Idaho, Mississippi and Louisiana the lowest in the country in four categories of child care - quality, safety, availability and state commitment.
News >  Idaho

Grass Burning Begins On Rathdrum Prairie

A farmer's pickup leaves a trail of flame from a propane torch as Rathdrum Prairie began burning Wednesday. This field is near Hayden Avenue and Greensferry Road. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Nation/World

Feds Consider Free Screening For Silver Valley Government May Begin Identifying People At Increased Risk For Lead Disease

Two decades after the Bunker Hill smelter blanketed Shoshone County in toxic metals, the federal government is considering giving residents regular, free medical checkups. The nation's top lead-poisoning experts will attend a Silver Valley workshop this month to determine whether the government should begin screening residents for lead-related disease. Reaching that decision could take six months, and would mark only the second time a Superfund site has been considered for so-called "medical monitoring."