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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

FRIDAY, AUG. 5, 2011

Ex-IEA Prez To Get Fat Pension, Too 

IdahoReporter.com has reported on several state lawmakers spiking their pensions by taking high-paying state jobs after lengthy careers in the state Legislature, but it turns out they are not the only ones doing it. After six years as president of the Idaho Education Association, Sherri…

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AM: Corps Levee Policy Cuts To Heart 

Roger Smith, a retired civil engineer from Coeur d'Alene, talked on Thursday about the possible removal of the trees along the dike road separating North Idaho College and the Fort Grounds neighborhood from Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River. The towering pines along the…

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Job Search Leaves Many Exhausted

When all the new jobs that the new spending cuts are bound to create finally get created, will someone please call Anjanette Lal? Lal (pictured) is what the government calls an “exhaustee.” She’s been out of work for 27 months. Her search for a job…

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Soldier: 'I'm Lucky I'm Alive' 

The future is helping Staff Sgt. Jason Rzepa get through the wounds of war. Rzepa (pronounced Zeppa) had both of his legs amputated below the knee due to injuries sustained during a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad last month. "I can't get down about it,"…

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Huckleberries Online

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.