By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Bill Brower joined the U.S. Air Force at the age of 17 because he decided he needed to make a change in his life.

He went to the recruiting office when he was 16 after dropping out of school because he thought he needed it, he got an interview but they told him to come back. He said he had his share of difficulties as a young man and realized he needed to do something.

As a result Brower spent 20 years in the Air Force from February 7, 1961 to March 1, 1981. His rank upon retirement was a Master Sergeant-E7, Aircraft Armament Systems Superintendent. (cont.)

BOISE (AP) — Longtime Republican lawmaker Brad Little defeated Democratic challenger Paulette Jordan on Tuesday to become Idaho's next governor, immediately saying he'd assert Idaho's independence from federal authority.

“I look forward to working with President Trump to continue to allow Idahoans to be the masters of their own destiny,'' he said in a victory speech. “Idaho has been fairly successful but we have more to do in taking back the authority that the federal government over the years has taken, whether it's in the area of education, transportation, health care, public lands management and all the areas of regulation.''

Little's win came as no surprise in the deeply conservative state, despite significant national media attention given to his opponent. (cont.)

By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Chet St. Clair, a U.S. Marine veteran, will be honored for his service at the Annual Veteran’s Breakfast on Sunday, November 11.

St. Clair said he wanted to join the service after seeing an ad on T.V. and he wanted to be a Marine because they were known as the toughest and their boot camp was the longest. He was also determined to experience life off the reservation.

“I saw it as a better life. As a good start and something to build on,” he said.

He enlisted in 1992 and got out in 1996. (cont.)

FORT HALL — the Fort Hall Business Council has confirmed per capita distribution for enrolled Shoshone-Bannock tribal members Monday, December 3, 2018 in the amount of $1,100 for adults and $550 for minors with the remaining half to be deposited into child’s trust account.

Distribution is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tribal Business Center. School aged children will not be allowed to pick up their checks until after 1:30 p.m. (no exceptions will be made for early pickup). Tribal ID cards are required when picking up a check. (cont.)

By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — Due to high voter turnout Bingham County Precinct 20 at Fort Hall Elementary ran out of printed ballots.

Kayla Dixon, a Bingham County poll worker, said they had 400 votes by noon and called in for more ballots and received 100. By 7:30 p.m. those ran out, so they had to go to the electronic votes and had to get more machines.

She explained, “The county only issues so many votes per precinct and then they’ll have to print off more. We ran out of what was available for our precinct and then they were printing off more, which was the delay, which where we had to use the electronic vote machines.” (cont.)

By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Sho-Ban News
SALT LAKE CITY — The “Carrying the Message” Sobriety Conference began Thursday, November 1 at the Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake.

Event organizers Willeena George (Shoshone-Bannock) and Paul Frank (Yakama) have taken the conference to several parts of the Pacific Northwest since they started five years ago. This year they were invited to share the conference in Utah by Anthony Guzman, the Director of the center. (cont.)

BOISE (AP) — Idaho voters approved the expansion of Medicaid coverage to potentially more than 60,000 low-income adults across the state, but rejected another initiative that would have legalized historical horse racing machines at Idaho race tracks.

The Medicaid expansion, or Proposition 2, will cover those who earned too much to qualify for Medicaid under Idaho's current criteria, but didn't earn enough to be able to get subsidized health insurance coverage under the state health insurance exchange. Dubbed Idaho's “gap population,'' they were often left with no way to access basic medical treatment, instead relying on expensive emergency room visits as untreated health problems became health crises. (cont.)

By LORI ANN EDMO
Sho-Ban News
BOISE — The legal and tribal significance of the Fort Bridger Treaty was explained to attendees at the University of Idaho Native American Law School Student Association seminar November 2 in Boise.

Speakers gave their perspectives on the Fort Bridger Treaty regarding the importance and significance of it. (cont.)