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Huckleberries Best of the INorthwest — 6/12/08


Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune
An Idaho State Trooper and others investigate the ruts left behind after a tractor trailer used one of the runaway truck ramps on the Lewiston Hill as part of a training demonstration Wednesday in Lewiston. Story here.

1. Idaho is one of the cheapest places to vacation in the United States. AAA says two adults can expect to pay an average of $197 a day for food and lodging in Idaho. The national average is $244 here/KTVB.

2. A local family-owned radio network has lost advertising since Monday when a morning show personality on its AM station was charged by state Democrats with racially slurring Barack Obama here/Twin Falls Times News.

3. In the wake of a controversial decision to remove books with sexual content from the shelves of the Nampa library – a member of the board has stepped down here/KTVB. Equivocal Notion has more about this flap here and here.

4. A bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln that’s long been tucked away on the grounds of the Idaho State Veterans Home is believed to be the oldest Lincoln monument in the western United States here/Eye On Boise.

5. Orbusmax Special: Battered by a blizzard on the slopes of this mountain, Eduard Burceag lay down in a snow trench, trying to use his body's warmth to protect his wife, Mariana, from the 70-mph winds. Rangers alerted to an emergency at 10,000 feet found Burceag in the snow Tuesday morning. He had no pulse and would later be declared dead here.

6. News Roundup: Kempthorne: Interior ready for 2008 fire season/IStatesman; UI farm gets first measureable snowfall in 109 years/IStatesman; Wolves kill guard dog in Montana/Billings Gazette; Moose visits Spokane elementary/KHQ; and Holmgren had surgery/Seattle PI.



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.