Idaho Newspaper
Creative Job Search: The Hiring Structure
Many employers advertise their job openings. The newspaper, trade journals, television, radio, bulletin boards, window marquees, and the Internet are all sources of advertised jobs. The most common of these are newspaper advertisements. One limitation of advertised jobs is their over-use by many job seekers. Here are some other limitations of advertised jobs: ... Pick your sources for advertised jobs - newspapers, trade journals, the Internet, etc. - then follow them faithfully. Review new listings when they are released. ... [Read More]
Minidoka Internment NM: Expanded Website
In the 1800's, many emigrants from Japan crossed thePacific Ocean to seek economic opportunity in America. While someoriginally intended to return to their birthplace, many eventuallyestablished families, farms, businesses, and communities. America becametheir new home, yet the pioneers (Issei) and their American-bornchildren (Nisei) encountered various forms of racial prejudice in theUnited States. Congress passed laws prohibiting resident aliens fromowning land or obtaining citizenship. Quotas wereset restricting the flow of new arrivals. With the rise ofmilitarism in Japan in the early 1900's,newspapers often fanned the flames of prejudice. Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941intensified hostility towards Japanese Americans. Some newspapercolumnists and politicians treated all people of Japanese ancestry aspotential spies and saboteurs. As wartime hysteria mounted, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 191942. This authorized the U.S. ... [Read More]
State Regulation of Private Schools - Idaho
Safety: The State Board of Education, in cooperation with the State Board of Health and Welfare, regulates school building sanitation, sewage disposal, and water supply. If a school building is believed deficient, the Board may require an examination by an engineer. The engineer's report will be transmitted to the school, maintained for public inspection there, and published in a local newspaper. Idaho Code § 33-122. ... [Read More]
U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress
The researcher using this list is cautioned that not all newspapertitles held by the Library of Congress are indexed; however, earlyU.S. newspapers often covered areas much larger than just thetowns where they were published. The user is further cautioned that few indexes are complete, and many errors and omissions can beexpected. ... U.S. Newspaper Indexes at the Library of Congress Home Page ... The format of the entry follows that of the Library's printed catalogcard including the classification number and an indication of the holdingsin the Newspaper and Current Periodical Room. ... [Read More]
Idaho Transportation Department - Main Page
“Buckling up remains the single-best defense against serious injury or death for you and your passengers if you’re involved in a crash,” says Mary Hunter, Office of Traffic and Highway Safety. “People like Grant survive the horror of a traffic crash but then suffer the consequences of their injuries for the rest of their lives.” Campaign billboards, television and newspaper advertising will emphasize that choosing not to buckle up costs all Idahoans – primarily through higher taxes, insurance premiums and medical costs. ... [Read More]
Idaho Women's Commission
Farhana Hibbert of Pocatello is the owner of HIBBCO Inc. The company publishes IDAHO Unido, the bilingual English/Spanish newspaper of Idaho. IDAHO Unido has won two national awards, the US West $100,000 New Ventures Seed Money Competition in 1997 and the Hispanic Media Award in 2003. ... [Read More]
Idaho Women's Commission
AGNES JUST REID , a native (1886) of Presto (near Firth), published five volumes of poetry and a book, Letters of Long Ago, that sheds light on the hardships of early life in southeast Idaho. For 45 years, she wrote a very popular column for the local newspaper in Blackfoot. Her writings attracted much attention. ... [Read More]
United States Newspaper Program
The USNP has supported projects in each of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each project is conducted by a single organization within a state or territory, usually the state's largest newspaper repository. A project's staff inventories holdings in public libraries, county courthouses, newspaper offices, historical museums, college and university libraries, archives, and historical societies. Catalog records are entered into a national database maintained by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and accessible through more than 43,500 dedicated computer terminals worldwide. Microfilm copies of newspapers are generally available to researchers anywhere in the country through inter-library loan. ... [Read More]
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