The Parting Shot today features a bus crash west of Richfield, Idaho, in which at least 17 students were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The busy, carrying 39 students to a track meet, rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho.
As you know, I took part in a discussion of the poetry of the late Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, at Melissa Demotte's The Well-Read Moose Monday, in celebration of National Poetry Month. I enjoyed it. The audience of 50 to 60 joined poets Tod Marshall, Roger Dunsmore and me in reading Tom's poetry.
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The Cutline Contest today features Iranian army troops wearing ghilli suits, marching past the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Khomeini. Monday winner (tie): Khaliela Wright and Uncle Bob.
Gonzaga junior guard Nigel Williams-Goss said Tuesday will declare for the NBA Draft and plans to hire an agent. Signing with an agent eliminates the possibility of Williams-Goss returning to GU for his senior season. Jim Meehan/SR reports.
Schools chief Sherri Ybarra pledged her support to teachers and called for unity among education groups in a speech Tuesday. Ybarra spoke to about 160 educators and administrators during the State Department of Education’s Legislative Roadshow stop in Boise. Clark Corbin/Idaho Education News reports.
In my walk Along the Waterfront during the noon hour, I paused to read the names on the Rock of Fame -- individuals dedicated to parks & recreation in Coeur d'Alene -- that stands at the Fort Grounds Boulevard entrance to Memorial Field. One name should be added to the nine already there.
The University of Idaho is set to ask for a tuition increase double what it got last year, when the Idaho State Board of Education meets Wednesday in Moscow. The meeting agenda published Monday lists UI's tuition and fee increase request at 6 percent. Mary Stone/Lewiston Tribune reports. (Q: How much in tuition did you pay for college?)
"A transgender woman sued top health officials in Idaho on Tuesday for the right to change her birth certificate's sex marker to female, saying in US District Court that a state policy blocking her from updating the document has led to humiliation," reports Dominic Holden/Buzzfeed.
As a graduation present, Alex Henderson’s parents got him meet-and-greet passes to the John Mayer concert in Edmonton on Monday night. While backstage with the singer-songwriter, Henderson got some help asking his girlfriend, Alyssa Romero, to prom.
In the "Ripley's Believe It or Not" category: Republican officials in eastern Idaho say they oppose a plan to build a community college because it might lead to a new refugee resettlement center in the region. The Post Register reports on this ridiculous stand by Eastern Idaho Republicans.
There are no bad guys in the struggle between Mayor Steve Widmyer and ignite cda over 2 parcels of urban renewal property on the northeastern edge of Tubbs Hill that had been targeted for sale. But the city would benefit more by keeping the property for green space rather than selling it to a developer to raise funds for urban renewal elsewhere.
AM Headlines spotlights a lawsuit filed by a Whitefish, Mont., real estate agent against the founder of a neo-Nazi website that the suit says orchestrated a 'campaign of terror' against her family and her. Also: John Mayor helps CdA teen w/prom date/KREM 2, Solar eclipses inspires new Idaho Lottery ticket/AP, Missing Orofino High student found/SR.
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In Monday's Poll, a majority of Hucks Nation backs the move by President Donald Trump to confront North Korea re: its continued testing of nuclear weapons. Today's Poll: Do you agree w/CdA Mayor Steve Widmyer that 2 urban renewal parcels on edge of Tubbs Hill should be preserved for park & not sold to a developer?
On his Facebook page, Mayor Steve Widmyer is seeking input and circulating a poll re: 2 parcels adjoining the northeastern side of Tubbs Hill that ignite cda has proposed to sell. Mayor Widmyer wants to preserve the property for green space. And wants to know what the public thinks about the potential sale of the property.
Huckleberry Friend Shirley Stafford Thagard gives a Shoutout today to Custom Truck, on Kathleen Avenue, between Government Way and Highway 95. (Q: Do you have a shoutout for someone or something today?)
"Vegetarian: An old Indian word for crappy hunter" -- sign in front window of Gallery Northwest.
Wayne Hoffman and his Idaho Freecom Foundation have released their 2017 Idaho Freedom Index scores. In North Idaho, the Freedom Foundation awards an A+ to the worst legislator in the state, Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, while giving an F to the best in the region, Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint. Enjoy.
Rachel Dolezal told popular television talk show host Dr. Phil that she continues identify as an African-American. Her insistence came even as Dr. Phil, in a show taped earlier and aired Monday afternoon, urged her to be truthful.
In view of parent concerns about recent hires, Coeur d'Alene school trustees directed administrators to investigate measure that would improve background checks on teacher applicants. Keith Cousins/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
The lede to Huckleberries Tuesday spotlights Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Tom Hearn, who is running unopposed for re-election. But 45 years ago, he was a student body VP candidate at Chico State (Calif.) College with long wavy hair and the world before him.
John H. Pearson, 24, of Post Falls, who struck a 5-year-old, forced him to strip, then photographed him naked with a handwritten sign covering his genitals,will serve 50 days in jail as part of a sentence for two misdemeanors including a count of battery and one count of injury to child. Ralph Bartholdt/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
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.
