Parting Shot: Saturday Sunset 1
Don Sausser took this viewtiful pic of Saturday night's sunset. Gotta love our Pacific Northwest summers!
MONDAY, AUG. 18, 2014
Monday Wild Card 8.18.14 2
The weekend included Wooden Boats, Book of Mormon and plenty of sunshine. Hope you took advantage of all our area has to offer. Me? I took advantage of an empty house for a few precious hours. We all have our own ways of re-charging. DFO's…
EOB: Labrador: At least I tried to fix it 7
Looking back on this summer’s tumultuous Idaho Republican Party convention, which he chaired, 1st District GOP Congressman Raul Labrador says he’s not sorry he stepped in, even though the confab ended in chaos, without any votes on leaders, resolutions or the party platform as two…
Bond: No more Wallace Miner 2
David Bond via Facebook: As some of my friends may or may not know, the Wallace Miner publication has been put on hiatus by the Hagadone Corporation. I had the privilege of editing the last three issues, which I thought we could build into an…
Barker: Snake River 'Idaho's Sewer System'? 1
Richard Manning has made a career out of telling Western readers how the corporations on which many of us depend have reshaped our diets and our landscape. Now he's writing about a river that runs through Idaho: the Snake. Manning worked as a reporter in…
Cost to raise child up slightly to $245,340 1
A message for new parents: get ready for sticker shock. A child born in 2013 will cost a middle-income American family an average of $245,340 until he or she reaches the age of 18, with families living in the Northeast taking on a greater burden,…
Look Ma! I'm an Ambassador! 8
So this is happening Saturday. I'll be on the sidelines, in the Press Box, in the locker rooms and goodness knows where else! My husband is an EWU grad and we're season ticket holders. This is a really big game and will be televised on…
Press edit: Teachers take that fair offer 9
Great teachers are worth their weight in gold. But all teachers aren't equal. That's the fundamental problem when teachers' unions - when any public unions - push for across-the-board increases. All employees don't produce the same results, so they should be evaluated individually and they…
Marriage of Two Faiths
Lori and Ather Khan have been married for 27 years. What makes their marriage uncommon is that she’s a Christian and he’s Muslim. BOISE – They’ve been married for 27 years. He says: “We’ve raised good children. We are good for each other.” At the…
Woman’s road to health inspires others 3
Irene Gonzales, center, a longtime teacher, principal and administrator, poses with friends at a post-race party on May 27, 2012, her 50th birthday. Irene Gonzales did her milestone 50th birthday so big she landed on NBC’s “Today” show Aug. 8 to share her infectious enthusiasm…
Obama action on immigration worries his party 7
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is facing potential rifts with members of his own party in tough re-election contests as he barrels toward a fall fight with Republicans over his ability to change immigration policies. If Obama takes the broadest action under consideration – removing…
Artful Ambition 3
COEUR D’ALENE – Just as art can inspire flights of fancy, so too art galleries. “People imagine this is an easy job,” says a bemused Steve Gibbs, owner of The Art Spirit Gallery at 415 Sherman Ave. “Just sit behind a desk, greet people who…
Idaho Supremes: Scouts may sell Camp Easton 3
The Boy Scouts of America has the authority to sell or swap Camp Easton on Lake Coeur d’Alene, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled. The Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts has no plans to do so, and in fact it plans to invest…
Smooth sailing at Cd'A Crossing 2
COEUR d'ALENE - The crowd quieted and moved closer as the splashing arms and bobbing swim cap drew near. First a few claps, then cheers erupted as the swimmer emerged from the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Kade Hern, 17, of Coeur d'Alene, was the…
Newcomer faces uphill campaign 1
For Montana Democratic state Rep. Amanda Curtis, victory this November in her state’s U.S. Senate race will be a difficult task. The first-term state lawmaker from the mountain town of Butte was selected Saturday by state Democrats as the party’s nominee in a special convention…
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway 5
The state of Idaho has found a concrete way to recognize Vietnam War veterans in a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. On Tuesday, the state officially declared Interstate 84 in Idaho as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. “It…
Patient information stolen in Community Health Systems cyberattack 2
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — Hospital operator Community Health Systems said a cyberattack took information on more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year. The Franklin, Tennessee, company said Monday that no medical or credit card records were taken in the attack,…
Gary Graham: Journalists’ jobs often mean risk 3
This past week has not been an easy one for journalists. Consider: A video journalist working for the Associated Press and his freelance interpreter were killed in an explosion at an ordnance dump in the Gaza Strip. Alissa Rubin, a foreign correspondent for the New…
Owl in the house 11
Yesterday, Don Sausser told Hucks Online, "Woke up this morning to find an owl sitting on our balcony railing. He had flown in through an open slider without a screen. At 10th floor height there are few flying insects so we don’t require a screen…
Crapo to seek another term 16
LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo says he will seek re-election in 2016. In making the announcement Friday in Lewiston, the 63-year-old Republican says he's committed to resolving a number of critical issues to the country. The Lewiston Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/XqzcMO ) that…
Idaho GOP divided over event speaker 6
IDAHO FALLS – An organizer for an Idaho Republican Party fundraiser said she’s having trouble selling tickets because the main speaker is a tea party representative from Washington, D.C., rather than an Idaho candidate. Marsha Bjornn, who served as the GOP Region 7 chairwoman for…
High and Dry 14
WALLACE - When people in North Idaho's Silver Valley heard that decades of mine waste was going to be cleaned up there was a lot of angst about where it would all go. Which is understandable - some piles are built up like rocky, barren…
It sizzles 3
Jesse Tinsley got a peek inside Duane Hagadone's giant daysailer, the Sizzler. Inside the amazing sailboat is all this technology into the bow. Hydraulic rams, powered by batteries, can trim the sails automatically. Captain David Kilmer says there is a single button to tack the…
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