At the Idaho GOP convention, Melissa Davlin of "Idaho Reports" (@davlinnews) is live-tweeting the discussion on resolutions in the platform committee. Among proposed resolutions: Two against transgender bathroom requirements; one against bigotry. Melissa reports the anti-bigotry resolution received only one yes vote.
In the Idaho Statesman, state Rep John Gannon, D-Boise, comments that Idaho's closed primary and caucuses must go. He urges R's & D's: "Open your doors and implement policies at your conventions that allow all Idahoans to vote and participate in selecting the most important political leader of our country, the president of the United States."
A letter writer in Hayden criticizes plans to raise $750,000 for a fountain in downtown Coeur d'Alene. She doesn't mention that the project is in memory of the late CdA police Sgt Greg Moore, who was killed in the line of duty May 5, 2015. She says the fountain is an extravagance when 33% of the households are at or below the poverty level.
Attempts to lessen the far right's hold on the Idaho Republican Party's core policies stalled Thursday during the first day of the state's GOP convention. Instead, members of the party's platform committee reaffirmed support for the state GOP policy backing the gold standard and repealing the 17th Amendment that has US senators popularly elected.
In his Friday Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS to ... Idaho Republican Party Chairman Steve Yates. Trillhaase zeroes in on the Idaho GOP Convention themeL "Faith, Family, Freedom ... Firearms!"
The fair held in Coeur d’Alene each year has a new name. The organization announced Thursday that the fair’s name has been changed to the North Idaho State Fair. Already the largest fair in the northern 10 counties of Idaho, the name change will increase the fair’s geographical presence.
I still don't have my work computer. It is suppose to arrive during the noon hour today. But I'm at the office again, using my personal computer from home, with the scanner barking in the background. I realize that I can work from home. But I don't like to do so. I like keeping home and office separate.
A member of a rapid reaction unit of Ukraine's National Guard, with a hair tie in the colour of the Ukrainian flag, takes part in a ceremony marking the first anniversary of its creation, in the village of Stare, some 80 km east of Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday.
Here’s the campaign flier that’s being circulated by state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d’Alene, for her challenge to Idaho GOP Chairman Steve Yates at the state party convention. Sims, who lost her re-election bid in the May primary to GOP challenger Paul Amador, touts her past service to the party.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (19 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 20 more items) includes: Manager & assistant performing CPR on man found unconscious & not breathing in men's restroom ...
The Cutline Contest today features GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump presenting a check to a veterans group earlier this year. Trump is under pressure to account for the money he claimed to raise for veterans. Wednesday winner: dataxman.
Idaho state Sen. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, has a booth at the state GOP convention this year, where he’s handing out copies of his latest book, “Reprogramming Government, "A Conservative Approach." Thayn rejects the libertarian conservatism espoused by IFF's Wayne Hoffman and others who routinely oppose things.
C.J. Conrad, a fishmonger from Pike Place Fish Market, tosses a trout to grizzly bears at the Woodland Park Zoo Thursday in Seattle. The famous fish-throwers were on hand to feed the bears and promote the zoo's upcoming Bear Affair conservation day Saturday and Washington state's Bear Awareness Week, June 4-12.
In tweeting about a KXLY story re: the sale of venerable Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane, Melissa Luck/KXLY asks: "Do you still read physical books? I do. I refuse to go digital. Glad my fave Spokane bookstore will stay intact." The physical books I read are usually from the library. The ones I buy are digital for my Kindle. How about you
"So great to have the endorsement and support of Paul Ryan. We will both be working very hard to Make America Great Again!" the presumptive GOP presidential nominee tweeted" -- GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Contrary to the old movie, "Support Your Local Sheriff," the new chairman of the Kootenai County GOTP didn't. Remember, as part of a mailing seeking support for his Precinct 61 race for comitteeman, Brent Regan also included a list of his endorsements, including constitutional sheriff John Green over incumbent Sheriff Ben Wolfinger.
An injured hiker is transported over a rocky outcropping in the Dishman Hills Natural Area Thursday. Around 9 a.m., the 26YO hiker fell approximately 30 feet down a rocky slope in the East Pond area, injuring his leg and back and used a cell phone call for help and guide the Spokane Valley Fire Department technical rescue team to his location.
The platform committee at the Idaho GOP state convention rejected 2 proposed changes to the party platform and embraced for others. Two days were allotted for the discussion. But the platform committee took care of business in last that one day of allotted time, giving rise to hope by some that this won't be a contentious convention.
Scott Maben/SR reports: 1st District Judge James Stow sided with the Kootenai County Prosecutor's Office in refusing to lower bond for the man accused of shooting Pastor Tim Remington, even $1. The bond is set high enough to keep Kyle Odom in maximum security at the Kootenai County Jail.
Visit Idaho offers "5 Coeur d'Alene restaurants that will blow your mind." The list ranges from Adventures in Deliciousness to Fire Artisan Pizza. Satay and Beverly's is tucked in between. Frankly, I haven't heard of 2 of the eateries. It's a paid content piece, so maybe advertising had something to do with the list.
2 locals are competing on "American Ninja Warrior" this season -- Steve Seiver, a personal trainer, and Coeur d'Alene prosthetist and orthotist Chris Moore. Seiver had a viewing party for his time on television last night. Moore will appear on the show later this month.
Idaho 1st District Congressman Raúl Labrador has announced his campaign team, as the Republican seeks a fourth term in the U.S. House; he faces Democrat James Piotrowski, a Boise labor attorney in the November election. ... His campaign manager will be China Gum, who also managed his 2012 re-election campaign.
Over several years, more than $2.3 million in federal grants went to Idaho charter schools that later closed their doors. The grants came from $1.8 billion in federal programs designed to provide startup dollars for charter schools. And the U.S. Department of Education concedes the grant recipients include more than 400 failed charter schools.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump's foreign policy platform as "dangerously incoherent" in a speech on Thursday that cast her Republican rival as both a dangerous and laughable figure. A former U.S. secretary of state, Clinton attacked Trump for his policies and his character.
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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