Boise Briefing: Missing Boise Woman; Lawsuit Money; FBI For Teens

In today's Boise Briefings, we provide an update on a family asking for help to find a missing Boise woman. The City of Boise has written a sizable check due to losing in court and the FBI wants to invite your teen to a two-day gathering. A group is concerned with proposed zoning codes while a former Eagle City Council member has a new job with the state.

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1. A Boise woman's family, missing since Jan.11, is asking for the public's assistance. Deborah Hendrichs, an employee of Les Schwab Tires in Boise, left the family home in distress. Her SUV was found in eastern Oregon and the family is looking for information regarding a pickup parked near where the SUV was found according to KTVB-TV.

2. The City of Boise was ordered to pay $1.3 million stemming from a loss in a court case over ticketing people for sleeping in public. Now, Boisedev reports who received the money and how the money will be used.

3. Boise teens can receive a chance to see how the FBI works thanks to an invitation from the Salt Lake City branch of the federal agency. The two-day symposium will be held April 22 and 23 and IdahoNews has all the information, including how to apply.

4. Both the City of Boise and Ada County are in the process of overhauling the zoning code. The codes will govern real estate development for years ahead. Vanishing Boise, a group of concerned citizens, discuss the proposed changes here.

5. The Idaho Department of Education has a new communications director. Mary McFarland, a former Eage City Council member and publisher of the Eagle Informer, was named to the post Thursday according to the IdEdNews.

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