... that the dozen or so Ron Paul precinct committeemen are trying to convene another Repub CC meeting Friday to review the delegate selection process for the state convention in Sandpoint. In fact, they hired a process server to notify the proper CC officials about…
Ada County conservatives took a major step last night in returning the county and state Republican Party to its conservative roots. A packed house of Ada County Committeemen defeated efforts by the party establishment to get them to rubber-stamp an entire slate of pre-approved delegates…
American teens looking for summer jobs to earn some spending money, cash for college and work experience face a job market with fewer opportunities than in years past. What was/is your summer job?/Idaho Statesman. *Fast food*Lifeguard*Yard work*Retail*Other*None
Item: Burley City Council considers ban on pit bulls/Twin Falls Times-NewsMore Info: The Burley City Council on Tuesday authorized a draft of an ordinance that would ban pit bull dogs within city limits. If the ordinance is adopted, it will likely mirror a similar ordinance…
"(City Clerk Janet) Crapo held back from explaining her sudden departure. Mayor Don Werst expressed disappointment in losing a key employee. 'She put in many hours for the city for which she did not ask to be paid. She was getting things organized,' he added,…
A former Hauser city employee accuses a city councilwoman of offering her a city job, then retaliating against her when she declined sexual advances, according to a complaint filed with the Idaho Human Rights Commission. In the complaint, often the first step in a discrimination…
Well, those who picked Obama versus McCain way back in the beginning were right. But you'd better have a sealed envelope somewhere to prove that you did. Wasn't the conventional wisdom with Hillary Clinton in the beginning -- and mebbe Mitt Romney or someone else…
J.J. Guillen/EFE, APFormer Mayor of Madrid Alvarez del Manzano, first row, second left, shows his emotions as a bull jumps over the barrier during a San Isidro bullfight in Madrid Tuesday. You write the cutline.From Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns: Pajarito: The Flying BullTop Cutlines1.…
Hillary refuses to concede and now holds Obama hostage for the VP! She plays hardball and refuses to hit the kill switch on the once powerful but now clanking Clinton Political Machine. She is kicking Obama's skinny long shins under the Democratic dinner table with…
Newsweek: "Long-time index fave Sen. Larry Craig is now peddling a tell-all memoire in which he'll discuss the U.S. Senate, the state of politics in America and, oh yeah, what really happened in those stalls. Score: 46 (on scale of 1 to 100, truly undignified)"Hat…
The North Idaho Unitarian Universalist Church will feature an appearance of the two county chairs of each party at a discussion group open to the public on and will begin at 10:30 a.m. Sunday in the Harding Family Center gym on 15th and Wallace in…
AP File PhotoIn this 2006 photo, Minidoka Internment National Monument superintendent Neil King is shown surveying the remnants of a warehouse at the monument, at Hunt, Idaho. The Friends of Minidoka nonprofit group is pushing to bring a comprehensive history of the World War II…
The body of a 19-year-old missing kayaker has been found in Lake Pend Oreille after he went missing last week. Rene F. Behrens-Spraggins was found in 17 feet of water about 450 yards off shore, said Bonner County Sheriff's Lt. Gary Johnston. The body was…
Chris Carlson/AP PhotoDemocratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., gets a thumbs up from his wife Michelle in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday.AP: World welcomes Obama win?/Associated PressGeorge Lucas: The force is with Obama/Breitbart.comCondi: Obama win "extraordinary" development for country/Political IntelligenceQuestion: Is Obama unstoppable?
Item: Court gives Wal-Mart the go-ahead: Development alliance fails in its latest efforts to stop super center from coming to Pullman/David Johnson, Lewiston TribuneMore Info: Barring another legal challenge or some other unforeseen hurdle, the path appears clear again for the world's largest retailer to…
Serephin/43rd State Blues"In the e-mail swap, Rosebrock sends Poelstra a rough draft of the release and comments that he tries "to limit the release to a single page and then the press vultures can call you up to get more info, more quotes, etc" --…
If ever a man deserved the title Native Son, it's Roger Hudson. His passing on Friday leaves a large void in the Coeur d'Alene community. Roger was born in Coeur d'Alene, graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School and North Idaho Junior College. He worked the…
Thanks for the picture of the Fish Inn....that is actually the highway running in front of it - US-10. I lived out there (Alder Creek, near Wolf Lodge) in High School, and I have been trying to tell my kids what the Fish looked like…
RE: Sgt. Christie, Souza do lunchMary's paraphrase does not surprise me. Maybe someday when I get time, I will do my own "paraphrase". What I told Mary is no different than what I stated in our open public Board meeting last week prior to making…
A poster created by Alton Kelley (left in photo at right) and Stanley "Mouse" Miller (right) is seen in this undated photo provided by Evolutionary Media Group. Kelley, who created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock…
Remember The Roxy/OrangeTVIn his Remember The Roxy blog, OrangeTV spotlights The Pines in the 1960s.In a recent post, JBelle/Notes from the 'Kan EWA lists 10 of her favorite summer things, including a top three of: 1. Coeur d'Alene, 2. Biking, and 3. Oakleys. You can…
Jeff Horner/Walla Walla Union-BulletinBobby Benfield, in gorilla costume, glances back at his friend Joel Galen, dressed as a chicken, while they cross the street in downtown Walla Walla Saturday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. Chicken Little whines and tries to pullet the map from his…
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