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INSIDE EDITOR’S NOTE BILL COPE TED RALL NEWS Natural gas drilling company wants to shake Payette County
RIDING THE WAVE Got four minutes? Check out a handful of videos shot at the new River Recreation Park—catch the flips, turns, a few misses and one pretty spunky surfer.
A SIGN OF THE TIMES Ralph Smeed may have passed on, but his billboard is still hard at work in Caldwell. A recent message compares President Barack Obama to alleged Colorado theater shooter James Holmes. Get the story at Citydesk.
JUST KIDDING, GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL One of the most-outspoken climatechange skeptics—one whose work is funded by the notorious climate change-denying billionaire Koch brothers—recently published a very public reversal in an op-ed in The New York Times. Best –of–
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10 Barrel Brewing vs. Idaho liquor laws CITIZEN BW PICKS FIND 8 DAYS OUT SUDOKU FIRST THURSDAY Ben Wilson heads to the Basement FIRST THURSDAY LISTINGS Map and guide NOISE Punk rock and children’s music find a home in McCall MUSIC GUIDE ARTS Empty Boat Theatre Company heads to the tunnels SCREEN Take this Waltz REC Fishing for cats FOOD Summer’s cold soups BEER GUZZLER CLASSIFIEDS NYT CROSSWORD FREEWILL ASTROLOGY
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