Archive for August, 2007
Protecting property – Workshop informs property managers about meth use, production
Protecting property
Workshop informs property managers about meth use, production
By Joshua Palmer
Times-News writer
TWIN FALLS – The Idaho Housing and Finance Association hosted a workshop Wednesday morning with the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s office to inform property managers and landlords about methamphetamine use and production.
The workshop was organized to help property managers identify illegal drug activity, as [...]
Temporary release denied in case
Temporary release denied in case
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 22, 2007 – 09:23:45 am PDT
By KEITH KINNAIRD
News editor
Manslaughter trial set for Sept. 10
SANDPOINT — An Oldtown man awaiting trial on vehicular manslaughter and drug possession charges is being denied a furlough to attend an in-patient treatment program in southern Idaho.
District Judge Lansing Haynes denied Jason Charles Miller’s [...]
Diane Ronayne: Graduate of Life’s Kitchen lauds program for kids
Idaho Statesman
Edition Date: 08/20/07
An invitation to lunch at Life’s Kitchen from Chef Rouchelle Abrahamson took me to the cute café at 1025 S. Capitol Blvd. to get an update on this nonprofit, which teaches young adults skills for work and life.Sipping gazpacho, I conversed with Congressman Mike Simpson and Roger Jones, 23, who graduated from [...]
‘Supermoms’ fall into meth trap
By SHAWNA GAMACHE
Idaho Statesman Sunday, August 12, 2007
BOISE, Idaho — When she started using methamphetamine, Julie Saxton was a typical 36-year-old Boise mother. She lived on the Bench with her husband and daughters Maribeth, 8, and Jennifer, 15. She worked as housing programs coordinator for the city. She battled to keep the house clean, stay [...]
Tracing the triggers – Local criminals use legal and illegal ways to get their guns
By Cass Friedman
Times-News writer
TWIN FALLS – When somebody wants to shoot someone, the gun is almost always nearby.
Jake DeGarmo stole a Rupert man’s Winchester 12-gauge shotgun that Johnny Shores likely used to kill Jesse Naranjo in the winter of 2005. Juan Carlos Fuentes Pina allegedly plucked it from inside the meth home they frequented and [...]
Bonneville County Hoping For Drug Treatment Grant
Bonneville County wants to be the first county in Idaho to offer a unique mental health and drug treatment facility in its jail.
On Wednesday they turned in a grant application that puts the county in the running for a million dollars to start up the program.
“I’ve been battling meth since I was 15, an IV [...]
