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FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014

May tax revenues beat forecast 

May state tax revenues came in 1.6 percent above forecasts, leaving the state pretty much at the forecast year-to-date; you can see the state Division of Financial Management’s General Fund Revenue Report here. Meanwhile, the Legislature’s monthly Budget & Revenue Monitor shows that the $2.7…

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Wrestlers and Widmyer

NIC wrestlers give 13,000th book 

Coeur d’Alene Mayor Steve Widmeyer, left and NIC Head Wrestling Coach Pat Whitcomb, in the back, read to a group of Sorensen Magnate School students Thursday before giving each student a book. The only requirement is the students are asked to read it to someone.…

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Dirt bike hero 

COEUR d'ALENE - Tia Flynn has a new hero - insurance agent Jim Gray. Flynn, an audiologist at Affordable Hearing in Coeur d'Alene, told The Press Thursday that she doesn't usually take her dirt bike to work with her. However on Wednesday she brought the…

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BIA finds big problems in Blackfeet courts 

HELENA – Federal officials have threatened to cut off funding to the Blackfeet courts after finding unqualified and unvetted judges, prosecutors and staff running an unstable system that denies due process to those who appear before it and is overly influenced by tribal leaders. A…

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Manager Kim Rolli restocks racks of donuts at a Boston branch of Dunkin' Donuts on Thursday. The 55-year-old franchise chain is trying to hold onto its core customers while winning over some of the Starbucks crowd. 
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

National Donut Day has patriotic roots 

National Doughnut Day, the first Friday of June, is more than a celebration of our love for the fried confectionaries. The day actually has its roots in America's war history. During World War I, about 250 Salvation Army officers went to Europe to comfort U.S.…

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KHS volunteers protest policy 

COEUR d'ALENE - A handful of volunteers have resigned from the Kootenai Humane Society over what they say is a new policy designed to silence them. The policy, called the "volunteer acknowledgment of the no-kill policy," has been in the KHS volunteer manual for years,…

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Lake Pend Oreille Cruises 

The Shawnodese departs daily from Sandpoint’s City Beach for family-friendly “history cruises.” She admits a prejudice, but Linda Mitchell thinks Lake Pend Oreille is “the most spectacular lake in the whole world.” Mitchell co-owns Lake Pend Oreille Cruises, which takes summer passengers on daily boat…

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Bayview no fly zone? 

BAYVIEW - A group of Bayview residents is hoping to ground helicopter tours taking off from their lakeside berg, saying the chopper makes it sound like a "war zone" and could scare away mountain goats. The promoter of the helicopter tours, which debuted last weekend,…

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D-Day memories 

Seventy years ago, Ben Brooks landed in Normandy on D-Day. While telling a story about meeting U.S. Army Gen. Omar Bradley on the front lines, Brooks demonstrates the salute he gave the general while standing in his foxhole. Colin Mulvaney, photo On a Sunday morning…

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Lasting charm makes Guys & Dolls work 

Caryssa Gilmore and Brendan Brady play Sarah and Sky Mastersen in the Lake City Playhouse production of “Guys and Dolls,” which opens today in Coeur d’Alene. Jesse Tinsley, photo Guys and Dolls” is one of the most famous musicals from Broadway’s Golden Age, and it’s…

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ISP trooper charged with stalking, assault 

COEUR d'ALENE - An Idaho State Police trooper already on administrative leave without pay due to criminal charges in two counties now faces three more felony charges. Trooper Daniel Howard, 48, was charged May 8 with first-degree stalking, aggravated assault and malicious injury to property.…

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Idaho senators torn over Bergdahl deal 10 

BOISE - Idaho senators who have pushed for years for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from captivity in Afghanistan are now in the odd position of both objecting to the deal that bought Bergdahl’s freedom, and joyfully welcoming his return. “He needed to be…

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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

Baby bird

Parting Shot: Are You My Mother? 

Kerri Thoreson snapped this photo of a baby bird who'd fallen from its nest. She writes: "Just another day at the office ... Miss Annie was frantic to have me follow her out to the backyard, which I did. She barked at the edge of…

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Today's Top Post: Troy Time? 17 

COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene City Council agreed Tuesday night to reopen discussion of replacing the city administrator position. During the May 20 council meeting, the mayor appointed Finance Director Troy Tymesen as the interim city administrator while the city set up an open…

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Thursday Wild Card 6.5.14 11 

This is a confusing time of year for me. MLB is in full swing, It's the Stanley Cup Play-Offs in hockey. Soccer is always on somewhere. Horses are racing. Boats are racing. Please tell me the NBA season is over. I like my sports one…

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GM: Incompetence to blame 

WARREN, Mich. — General Motors says a pattern of incompetence and neglect, not a larger conspiracy or cover-up, is to blame for a long-delayed recall of defective ignition switches. GM CEO Mary Barra, who released the results of an internal investigation into the company’s missteps…

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NIC porcupine

Prickly NIC visitor 

A young porcupine was spotted roaming North Idaho College’s campus Thursday. Fish and Game was contacted and advised to give it some room and let it wander off on its own. Pictured is NIC Security Guard Kelly Hopkins keeping an eye on the visitor. Have…

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Camping off Idaho's beaten path 

BOISE • There are lots of reasons to take the road less traveled and find some of Idaho’s most remote campgrounds. After the washboardy mountain roads, you’ll end up in a less-crowded campground. Heck, you may be the only ones there. The adventurous camper can…

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4 sentenced in animal cruelty case 

COEUR d'ALENE - Four people were sentenced to two years of probation in connection with a January seizure of more than 130 animals from an Athol home. Shawna Denney-Land, 39, and her husband, Wayne Land, 45, were originally charged with 13 counts of animal cruelty,…

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Sandpoint Osprey Cam 

The Sandpoint Osprey Cam. Located at Sandpoint’s War Memorial Field on Lake Pend Oreille, the osprey nest you see here was moved in Autumn 2011 to a nesting platform atop a new lighting standard, as part of a major renovation to the field’s lighting and…

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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.




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