News Digest
Monday, March 24, 2008 10:19 AM PDT
OREGON - Short-line operator says pacts would keep Oregon-Calif. line open
ROSEBURG (AP) — A railroad company says it wants to keep open a line connecting Southern Oregon and Northern California, spending nearly $5 million on improvements. But shippers said it means a tripling of rates for hauling wood products, which they can’t absorb. The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad announced plans this week to keep its Siskiyou line open between Medford and Weed, Calif.
Idaho
Kootenai County plans canine park, new
animal shelter
COEUR D’ALENE (AP) — Coeur d’Alene officials say the city will join Kootenai County to build a dog-friendly park and provide land for a new Humane Society animal shelter. City Administrator Wendy Gabriel says construction should begin this year. The city plans to contract with the Humane Society to house stray dogs at the shelter.
The city will pay to develop a fenced dog park on 7 acres near the Ramsey landfill.
Former child care providers face fraud charges
IDAHO FALLS (AP) — Two former Ammon child care providers face fraud charges for failing to report income they made while one was receiving Medicaid payments.
A preliminary hearing for Gary and Beverly Moorehead was continued Friday. Bonneville County prosecutors charged the Moorheads in September with fraudulently obtaining federal aid and issued a warrant for their arrest. They were arrested in California and returned to the Bonneville County Jail on March 7.
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare alleges that the Moorheads failed to report income they earned at two day cares while Beverly Moorehead received Medicaid disability benefits from 2004 to 2006. The state alleges the Mooreheads also failed to report $530,000 awarded them in 2006 after suing a former business partner.
