Parting Shot -- 1/30/08
A horse stays out of the weather in a barn near Roseburg, Ore., on Tuesday. The area has been hit with a series of snow and rain storms over the last few days. (AP Photo/News-Review,Robin Loznak)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30, 2008
Jambalaya Perfect For Super Bowl Sunday
If I were having a Super Bowl Party, I would not slave in the kitchen getting prepared. Football calls for food that isn't fussy. It has to be something that can be scooped with a chip, ladled into a bowl or covered in cheese. If…
HBO's Best of the Local Blogs -- 1/30/08
"A herd of wild elk winters on the Rathdrum Prairie every year and can often be seen in the fields off of Idaho Road or further east off of Burlington Road," writes Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation North Idaho. "The band intended to breakfast on bales of…
Rape Suspect Got Into 2007 Hayden Days Flap
Hayden Days ended in arrest for a Hayden city official after he dressed down a merchant for selling charms while wearing a military uniform. Public Works Director Kevin Clement was arrested for battery following the altercation with the vendor on Sunday. Witnesses gave conflicting accounts…
Icy Rescue
Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue personnel Rick O' Rourke,center, and Marcus Oliver rescue two young girls stuck on an island after walking on the ice at frigid Lake Symington, near, Bremerton, Wash., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/ Kitsap Sun,Larry Steagall)
Question: Roof Shoveling
Tony Summers shovels snow off of his neighbor's roof in Rathdrum, Idaho on Monday. Power was out to an estimated 4,000 people in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho, but electricity was restored to most on Monday, Avista Utilities said. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jason Hunt)Question:…
Harwood Opposes Tribe Gas Tax Deal
Since I have been in office we have spent about $150 million on Hwy 95 from Mica Creek to Worley. All Idaho citizens are going to benefit from this highway as it is much safer to drive, but who is going to benefit the most?…
Yeah, It's Still Slippery Out There
This plow got a bit too close to the edge of the lake this morning around 9 o'clock this morning on Cliff House Road (Hauser Lake in background). Tina McCoy/Hauser Lake was on hand to snap a photo.
HBO @ Noon: Too Much Weather Coverage?
So er, day 4 of snow coverage comes along and the result is what assistant city editor Dan Hansen calls a "snorgy" in the news section: An unusual amount of weather coverage (Coverage! Weather! Journalists! or as Steve Smith described it, "We tell people what…
NYTimes Focuses On Ex-Sandpointer For Obama
"Jones is from Idaho. He made clear he’d voted for Bush at least once. But he’s now had it with 'my-way-or-the-highway politics' and the same old faces. 'I’m 25 and for my entire life a Bush or a Clinton has been in the executive office,…
AM Headlines -- 1/30/08
Heavy snow fall over the weekend turned the Pend Oreille River in Oldtown, Idaho into a winter postcard Monday. (Spokesman-Review/Jesse Tinsley)*Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR*Power outages linger for nearly 2,000 area residents/Jody Lawrence-Turner And Thomas Clouse, SR -- At times like these, I'm glad I have…
Election '08: Edwards To Quit Prez Race ...
... Plans to make announcement at event in New Orleans/Associated Press DFO: As unsettling as the prospect is, I must agree with TUBOB. Whoever wins the Demo nomination will roll over the Republican nominee.
Question: Any Falls To Report This Winter?
Item: Icy conditions increase injuries: Falls are hard to avoid with walking as the main means of transportation for students/Chey Scott, WSU EvergreenMore here: For students who find themselves walking to class on less than ideal walkways, the key is to walk slow and watch…
Digger: Please, Please, No Registration
re: "News Conversation: Blog Rules, Registration" thread from 3:35 p.m. TuesdayI know that many of us HBO regulars felt neglected until DFO went to blogging full time. A blog is a beast that needs to be fed and cared for regularly, much like a pet.…
007: Boise Feels NI's Pain w/An Inch Or So Of Snow
BOISE MORNING WEATHER UPDATE: There is probably an inch and a half of snow outside this morning (another half inch fell last night after I shoveled my driveway), and Boise schools have CLOSED for the first time in 13 years. Closures are everywhere in the…
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