It was a win for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Thursday when Federal Court Judge Lynn Winmill sided with the tribes in a long standing dispute between the tribes, Power County resident David Evans and the contractors who built his home.
Winmill dismissed a complaint filed by Evans and his building contractors, requiring them to go through Tribal Court first. The suit was instigated by Ken Esteppe and retired FMC plant manager Paul Yochum and was paid for with Power County taxpayer dollars.
Spudnik and its employees gave the Bingham Crisis Center $6,962 on Friday. Spudnik employees also gave 2,635 pounds of food to the Crisis Center. There was enough food donated to fill the beds of two pickup trucks.
Included in the foodstuffs were flour, baby formula and canned goods.
"Wow! I'm overwhelmed," said Dixie Chapman, Bingham Crisis Center director. "Those funds will help so many people.
