Royal Dutch Shell plc .com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Shell Oil Company seems to have answered that question for us, and in stunning fashion. Any car capable of achieving over 375 mpg deserves some real attention, doesn't it?
TG Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
Using fully stock production gasoline engine powered vehicles, with engine modifications limited only to changes in fuel mixture and ignition timing, Shell Oil Company served host to an open competition in automobile efficiency. The fruit of their forum was sweet indeed as a two-door, full-sized production car was able to drive off with the prize by achieving 376.59 miles in normal driving conditions...
New West Network Cities: Idaho Nort (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
After more than 127 years in the Valley, the Wood River Journal is closing its doors. However, the name of the newspaper will live on in the Idaho Mountain Express. Faced with a deteriorating economy and falling real estate market, the Journal's owners have reluctantly concluded the Valley cannot support two newspapers. The assets of the Journal have been sold to the Idaho Mountain Express....
NewWest.Net Boise (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
After more than 127 years in the Valley, the Wood River Journal is closing its doors. However, the name of the newspaper will live on in the Idaho Mountain Express. Faced with a deteriorating economy and falling real estate market, the Journal's owners have reluctantly concluded the Valley cannot support two newspapers. The assets of the Journal have been sold to the Idaho Mountain Express....
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
DILLINGHAM -- A 74-foot tugboat pushing an empty oil barge was damaged after it ran up on a rock along Wood River about 14 miles north of Dillingham.
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
BETHALTO -- A Wood River man was charged with murder today in the beating death of his father Sunday night.Prosecutors accuse James Lane, 33, of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the death of James R. Lane, 63, of the 7300 block of Harris Court near Bethalto.James Lane called 911 at 10:04 p.m. and said he had killed his father, according to a report released by the Madison...
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Cauthen joined YTB in 2004 as chief operating officer of subsidiary YourTravelBiz.com, of which he was named president in 2006. Cauthen was then named COO of YTB International in January 2008. As president of YTB International, Cauthen will oversee the building of the company’s new headquarters in Wood River, Ill.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
THE BBC has sparked a deadly salmon bug scare on one of Scotland's most famous game rivers after visiting a disease-ravaged waterway in Europe.
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
... Council is based in Belleville and serves nine counties. The Trails West Council is based in Wood River and serves a six-county area. They have a joint membership of more than 20,000.A written statement released by the councils reads in part: "In forming the new council, greater opportunities for growth and youth development will exist. Both executive boards are very excited about...
Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
The Wood River Journal, the weekly newspaper at Hailey, is ending publication effective today. Its assets (including its archives) have been sold to its long-time rival at Ketchum, the Idaho Mountain Express. Call this one a little surprise, and a really short term in newspaper ownership. The Post Company (publisher of the Idaho Falls Post-Register) [...]
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
DILLINGHAM -- A stranded tug boat on the Wood River near Aleknagik was refloated Wednesday after spending more than a week aground, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Misleading Advertising Law (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Image via WikipediaInteresting story about YTB's primary lender, the Meridian Bank. "Meridian Bank, a primary lender to Wood River travel firm YTB International, was closed...
The Los Angeles Business (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
The Wood River, Ill.-based online travel agency has come from California Attorney General Jerry Brown and former agents, who claim in lawsuits that the company is a pyramid scheme that makes more money off recruiting new agents than it does off booking travel.
The St Louis Business Journal (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
The Wood River, Ill.-based online travel agency has come from California's attorney general and former agents, who claim in lawsuits that the company is a pyramid scheme that makes more money off recruiting new agents than it does off booking travel.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Tackett's Wealth of Experience to Enhance YTB's Marketing WOOD RIVER, Ill., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YTB International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YTBLA) ("YTB" or the "Company"), a leading provider of Internet-based travel websites and home-based independent representatives in the United States, Bermuda, Canada, and the Bahamas, today announced that James M. Tackett has joined...
