{"id":58,"date":"2013-01-01T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2026-10-27T23:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T05:22:41","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Gem State Patriot News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Welcome to Gem State Patriot News!<\/strong> We are an independent news website with no connection or obligation to any other organization. <strong>We report the news and offer interesting articles and opinions from people around the state of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest.<\/strong> There is no charge for this news website and its only purpose is to inform all those around our great state of problems, new ideas, changes, and events that are taking place in different areas of Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Gem State Patriot News is a not-for-profit news resource for Idaho.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">WE BELIEVE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER AS SILENCE IS CONSENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/robert_neugebauer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11021\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bob Neugebauer is the Publisher of Gem State Patriot News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob was born June 1945 and attended Jersey City State University, majoring in Economics. 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