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Chobani, owned by a Turkish Muslim immigrant, has filled 30 percent of its 600 positions at the world’s largest Yogurt plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, ... This comes at a time when Twin Falls is embroiled in a firestorm of controversy involving a sexual assault of a 5-year-old special-needs girl by refugee boys from Sudan and Iraq. The city’s mayor, Shawn Barigar ... was instrumental in recruiting Chobani to Twin Falls back in 2011, and he now plays a dual role of elected official and president/CEO of the local Chamber of Commerce. ... Goldman Sachs, United Parcel Service, HP ,...

The Idaho Statesman attacked the Imperial Council on Thursday with a scathing editorial against Mayor Dave Bieter's heavy-handed decision that the city would not  hold an election on the Ten Commandments monument should the Keep the Commandments coalition collect the required signatures. Mayor Bieter struck back in typical fashion.   He began with a ridiculous claim that he is "only enforcing the law".  He wrote, "As mayor, I swore an oath to uphold the law. I was elected because the people of Boise want integrity in City Hall. And I'm not inclined to thumb my nose at Idaho statutes and...