AltWeeklies Wire
Idaho's New Prison Scandalnew
Two years after the Idaho state prison was found to have been falsifying documents to conceal understaffing, a new scandal is breaking alleging the systematic tampering with and/or destruction of prisoner medical records to exclude diagnoses of gender identity disorder.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-13-2015 |
Crime & Justice
Agencies Struggle to Help Returning Soldiersnew
For returning soldiers, the next battle is on the homefront.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-06-2013 |
War
The Long Goodbyenew
An Idaho family fights to learn the truth about their daughter's death.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
07-21-2013 |
Features
Tags: Kelsey Anderson
Idaho's Gasland Rules Debatednew
As the state clears the path for industry to frack for natural gas, new rules neglect to specify restrictions on carcinogenic material used in fracking and now, lawmakers are proposing to strip local authority of permitting controls.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
02-09-2012 |
Environment
Payette County Natural Gas Company Faces Uncertain Futurenew
Drilling into the company that hopes to bring the natural gas industry to Idaho.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
10-14-2011 |
Features
Tags: Features
High Levels of Drugs Found in Cattle Linked to Dairiesnew
When test results released last year by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service showed extremely high levels of drugs and antibiotics in cattle from dairies across the nation, the federal agency announced it would launch a series of tests to address a potential problem. The Idaho dairy industry decided to preclude the FDA action with some unofficial testing of its own. Yet records of the testing are inaccessible and records of their strategy meeting don't exist.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
04-07-2011 |
Animal Issues
Idaho's Cuban Connectionnew
Idaho is closer to Cuba than you'd think.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
09-08-2010 |
International
Tags: Cuba, Juan Serrano
Halfway (Home) to Hellnew
Unlicensed, unsupervised and unknown group homes raise concerns.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
08-25-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: mental illness, half-way house
Charter Yanked From Controversial Christian Schoolnew
Idaho's Public Charter School Commission yanked the charter of the Nampa Classical Academy, after only one year of operating. The academy spent the better part of its freshman year debating the use of religious texts, but it was the school's dire financial straits that led to its doom.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
06-24-2010 |
Education
Tags: Charter school, Christian
