In brief: Commissioners seek disaster declaration - Wed, 15 Jun 2011 PST

06/15/11 Wet weather prevented spring wheat from being planted and ruined winter wheat that was planted last fall in Kootenai County, the Board of Commissioners said Tuesday. As a result, the board forwarded to Idaho Gov. Butch Otter an agricultural disaster emergency declaration, asking that he request a U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretarial Disaster Designation, a news release from the ...

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Otter names new Fish and Game commissioner

07/06/11 BOISE (AP) - Gov. Butch Otter has named a 60-year-old Rigby man to the seven-member Idaho Fish and Game Commission.

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Idaho revenues up, Otter loses bet to Andrus - Tue, 12 Jul 2011 PST

07/12/11 The final numbers are in, and after anguishing over deep budget cuts, Idaho ended the fiscal year well ahead of projections for state tax revenues, with an $85.3 million year-end surplus. That means public schools will get an additional $59.9 million, and Gov. Butch Otter lost a $100 bet with former Gov. Cecil Andrus.

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