AM Scanner Traffic -- 11.3.15 1
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (14 items & counting) ...
TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 2015
2 more racist robocalls hit Sandpoint 7
Better Idaho reports: "Last month a racist, homophobic robocall against a Sandpoint mayoral candidate revealed the ugliest side of Idaho politics. Now there are two more calls, both coming days before the Nov. 3 election." The robocalls are targeting mayoral candidate Shelby Rognstad. One threatens that an officer will die if Rognstad wins.
Election Day roundup 4
Let's use this thread for an Election Day roundup. Sounds like there may have been some problems at Farragut polling place before the polls open. Meanwhile, brother Frito Ray reports steady, but not strong, voting at Nazarene Church precincts ...
AM Headlines -- 11.3.15 1
AM Headlines for Tuesday includes: Timber company faces suit for Oso slide/AP, Man gets 8 years for pot plants, dead service dog/Press, Woman finds dead mouse in chips from food bank/KHQ 6, Spokane 7YO boy bitten by pitbull on Halloween night/KXLY 4, and Sexual assault warrant details Spokane officer's party/KREM 2 + more ...
Hoffman lobbies for tax cuts 15
Wayne Hoffman, president of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, called for cutting taxes, telling lawmakers on the Tax Working Group that North Carolina got good results when it cut its top individual income tax rate from 7.75 percent to 5.75 percent and its corporate rate from 6.9 percent to 5 percent.
Poll: Attack ads won't work 2
In the Monday poll, a stong majority of Hucks Nation said the last-minute attack ads against long-time incumbent Ron Edinger in one race and challenger Dan English in another race won't work this year. Today's Poll: Today's Poll: Do you plan to vote in a municipal election today?
Cutline Contest -- 11.3.15 8
The Cutline Contest today features a worker loading a calking gun in the emerging Miami Design District in Miami, Fla. Monday Winner: SLFisher.
Mike: Send Canadian voters to me 14
In the event that anyone sees a bus full of Canadians heading to Coeur d'Alene today please do not worry. Direct them towards me and I will make sure they vote correctly. Cheers -- Mike Kennedy.
Police chief mum about accident 2
The Lewiston Police Department and the city of Lewiston will not release the names of two officers injured in the accidental discharge of a firearm at the police department last month - or any details surrounding the incident. Citing privacy issues, the department and the city denied public information requests filed by the Lewiston Tribune.
Somewhere under the rainbow 1
Rainy Monday in Spokane provided fodder for all kinds of rainbow shots in Coeur d'Alene. Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns sends this swell photo along from Carol Williams, of the enormous rainbow over downtown Spokane Monday.
Rifle shot hurts 2 at gun show 35
Two men were injured at an Idaho gun show Saturday morning after a vendor from Washington state accidentally fired a rifle, Ada County Sheriff's officials said. A 74-year-old man reportedly was securing a rifle with a plastic zip tie at the Lewis Clark Trader gun show near Boise when the weapon fired.
Ex-trustee opposes resolution 17
Terri Seymour urged members of the Coeur d'Alene School District Board of Trustees Monday night to vote against a statewide resolution on parental rights in education. Seymour, a former district trustee, spoke to the board during the public comment portion of the meeting about a resolution created by the Idaho School Board Association.
MONDAY, NOV. 2, 2015
Wild Card/Monday -- 11.2.15 18
I'm gone for 2 days -- and all heck breaks lose on the dirty tricks side of the political aisle. The (Brent) Regan Republicans who are wishin/hopin/prayin to expand an anti-urban renewal beach head on the Coeur d'Alene City Council were active in hammering two...
Parting Shot -- 11.2.15 2
Hana Blickenderfer, 4, of Hayden listens to music during Musical Monday at Hayden Library on Monday. The program is on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month geared toward ages 2-6. (Kathy Plonka/photo)
Facebook: Regan calls DFO 'ever feculent' 52
On the wall of a mutual Facebook Friend, Brent Regan didn't react well to a post by a prominent Republican criticizing the last-minute, nasty attack by challenger Toby Schindelbeck on respected, long-time Councilman Ron Edinger. In fact, Regan used the opportunity to refer to Yours Truly as "ever feculent." Which hurt my wittle feewings.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 11.2.15 1
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (26 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 13 more items) includes suicidal male who is hostile to law enforcement telling staff of Lake City Community Church that he wants to shoot himself & take as many cops with him as possible.
Cutline Contest -- 11.2.15 16
The Cutline Contest today involves DFO caught in a rare moment hoisting a feline who happens to be one of his 4 grandcats -- to of whom live in Portland, Ore., and 2 others in north-central Florida. DFO admits he was of sound mind when this photo was taken during a visit to Portland over the weekend.
Crash with bull leads to fatal shootout 8
A 62-year-old Idaho cattle rancher is dead after a fatal shooting involving Adams County Sheriff’s deputies. The shootout occurred after a station wagon hit the rancher's bull. Deputies were about to euthanize the injured bull after it charged emergency personnel & cars. That's when the rancher showed up with rifle in hand.
Idaho to get 986 area code, too 3
Idaho’s next area code, in addition to 208, will be 986. That news follows the Idaho Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous decision today to implement the new area code as a “geographic overlay,” meaning that it’ll go to new numbers statewide, starting in late 2017, but existing numbers will keep 208.
HucksOnline Blogos -- 11.2.15
The daily roundup of links from HucksOnline blog roll includes: Hello, November/Simple Mind, Trick-or-treat head count/Slice, Deserved/undeserved/Faithful Geek, Turn that fork upside down/Fort Boise, Incumbent's advantage/David Frazier, Hawk defense missed one key tackle/Grip, Don't feed wild turkeys in surburbia/Outdoors + more ...
Archives: When Adams called the cops 44
Here's one last golden moment from hardline Councilman Steve Adams, who called 911 after he felt threatened by City Attorney Mike Gridley following a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting on April 19, 2013. This post includes 3 links to the incident, a Coeur d'Alene Press editorial about Adams' temperment and, of course, the 911 call audio.
November 1
The Bard of Sherman Avenue says there's two things that we'll have to pay for in the month of November. You can find out what those two things are by checking below for his latest rhyme.
Wedding flowers bring Hospice joy 3
While tending garden at a local Hospice care facility one day, Shawn Chamberlain of the Flower Bar at Riverstone had a close encounter with a young, dying mother that launched a ministry of care. Now, Shawn's Full Blown uses flowers destined for the dump after the weddings to bring joy into the lives of Hospice patients.
Yes, Hauser Lake entertains otters
When Brian Plonka first told his wife, Kathy, that there were river otters playing in Hauser Lake, my talented SR photog colleague thought her husband had seen muskrats. But Brian, an uber-talented photog, too, provided the photos to prove his claim. Two pair of River Otters have recently been spotted at 625-acre Hauser Lake.
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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