2022 One year ago
Two University of Idaho students netted thousands of dollars in collegiate categories at Boise Entrepreneur Week. Intty Anantachote, a senior in virtual technology and design, won first place and $13,000 in the cybersecurity competition. Her tool uses virtual reality to help educate seniors and students about the dangers of social engineering scams that exploit a person’s trust to obtain money or confidential information. Senior Sam Slusser took first place in the hacking for homebuilding competition. His product, Strapwell Bags, is designed to latch onto tie-downs in a safe and secure way for hauling and moving. ... Elected officials from across Idaho gathered in Lewiston for two days of presentations and policy discussions, intermixed with a healthy dose of politicking. Upward of 60 newly elected or reelected state lawmakers signed up to attend the North Idaho Legislative Tour, which is sponsored by the Lewis Clark Chamber of Commerce. Dozens of lobbyists and state agency officials will be present throughout the event as well. Gov. Brad Little was the guest speaker for Monday’s opening night banquet.
2018 Five years ago
A new rest station along the Latah Trail in Moscow includes four benches, a drinking fountain, bike racks, plantings, landscaping rock and a trash can. Moscow Assistant Parks and Recreation Director David Schott said the discussion for constructing the checkpoint along the trail on the east side of the city started 10 to 12 years ago. Construction started last year with earthwork and concrete installation. “It was really just a gathering place for people to meet or take a break and get a drink of water,” Schott said. He said the project was budgeted at $28,200 and the city received $12,754.03 in donations. ... An 80-foot wireless communication tower proposed on the northwest corner of the Church of the Nazarene in a residential southeastern Moscow neighborhood was unanimously shut down by the Moscow Board of Adjustment. After hearing 14 members of the public — many of whom live near the proposed tower site — oppose the conditional use permit, board member Marshall Comstock eventually motioned to deny the CUP because he felt the tower would not be in harmony with the neighborhood and surrounding land uses — the second of seven points the board needed to consider in the Relevant Criteria and Standards.
2013 10 years ago
The Pullman Fire Department has gotten used to “making it work” with less than ideal levels of staffing because of budget constraints in recent lean years. Now local union representatives for the Pullman Fire Department, along with management, are asking city officials to consider raising their staffing levels. But with the recent passing of levy lifts on property taxes, including one designated specifically for emergency medical services, some members of the local firefighters union are wondering why city officials are only aiming for staffing levels equivalent to those set during the Great Recession.
