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11-10-6


Board to consider report on citizens' satisfaction
What do Idaho citizens think of their transportation system, its funding level and the efforts to build and maintain it? Answers will be revealed and discussed next week when the Idaho Transportation Board considers results from a recent survey funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The board will review survey findings Wednesday and Thursday at its monthly business meeting in the Auditorium at Headquarters.
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Idaho Falls celebrates opening of Sunnyside
Flags that lined the bridge stood at attention .Veterans, representing multiple conflicts and military branches, stood behind the platform. And community leaders, dressed in their warmest winter parkas listened attentively. With a steady wind at his back, and a bright future for Idaho Falls in front of him, Idaho Transportation Board vice president Jack Combo reminded a supportive crowd the benefits a new southern access to the city will provide.
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Aging, depleted workforce creates challenges
An aging workforce streaming toward retirement and leaving behind critical jobs that will need hard-to-find replacement workers has ITD Human Resources Manager Mary Harker seeking some creative solutions. Harker is not alone as ITD and departments of transportation throughout the country gird themselves for a looming workforce shakeup and start reconsidering how they will do business in the 21st century.
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Moore named head of Division of Planning and Programming
ITD Interim Director Dwight Bower last weeknamed Matt Moore Administrator of the Division of Planning and Programming. He succeeds Charles Rountree who retired earlier this year. Moore has served for nearly two years as the transportation department’s Research Manager.
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Insurance premiums take one-month break
Idaho employees covered by state’s Blue Cross health insurance plans will receive a break from automatic payroll premium deductions this month because of a compensation plan passed by the Idaho Legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year. That plan directed the Department of Administration to pay one month of group
health insurance premiums.
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Collegiate license plates bring foes together
A brief halftime ceremony bridged two halves of basketball, two neighboring communities and two athletic rivals in Nampa recently. It also provided a showcase for two of Idaho’s newest collegiate license plates available as part of the special license plates program administered by ITD’s Division of Motor Vehicles.
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Stress can increase vulnerability to flu
Its appearance every fall is as regular as falling leaves, pumpkins and holiday shopping. Flu season already is upon us, and this year, it’s noting to sneeze at, according to experts. The incidence of Influenza is epidemic this year as the contagious bug makes its way across the country, spreading through offices, schools, daycare centers, malls and other public places. Its rapid spread in the fall and winter is attributed, in large part, to weather conditions that keep us indoors so much of the time.
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