Parting Shot -- 2.1.17
The Parting Shot today features two residents watching wildfires in Portezuelo, Chile.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 2017
Wild Card -- 2.1.17 49
So I'm following tweets from KXLY chief meteorologist Kris Crocker when I noticed that she was practicing her golf swing and finally taking down her Christmas tree. I added 2 + 2 and figured she was about to call winter off for another year. Then, I texted her to see if I was interpreting things correctly. She said, no way, Jose.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 2.1.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (13 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 14 more items) includes report from local man that he returned from out of town to find his father dead in bathdroom and mother disoriented in bed ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 12
The Cutline Contest today features Pope Francis being hugged by a woman during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Tuesday's winner (tie) -- Psalm 37 and DFO.
CdA man saves distraught vet 1
A Coeur d'Alene man was headed home from work when he spotted a man about to commit suicide. It turns out the suicidal man was a veteran. The passerby did something other drivers didn't - he stopped and got the veteran some help.
Huckleberry Friends -- 2.1.17 2
The daily roundup of HucksOnline social media sites includes: Loose change/Faithful Geek, Justice Gorsuch, nominee/Bay Views, Firebrand Heather Scott re-lit/Fort Boise, SpIFF explores power of art, nature/7 Blog, Pandering turns patronizing/Carlson Chronicles, Idaho feeding 7% of its elk population/Outdoors ...
'Repentent' Scott pops off again 19
No sooner than Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, received her committee assignments back after ap-hollow-gizing to the proper parties than she popped off again. In a statement this PM, Scott says House Speaker Scott Bedke has "overreaching authority" and handled the matter unprofessionally.
Crane RE: Scott ap-hollow-gy: Issue over 3
House Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane, R-Nampa, told reporters today that the matter with Rep. Heather Scott's loose lips is over. She has apologized and met the criterion set by leadership to get her committee assignments back.
Fire danger, ah, moderate? Today? 17
I spotted this sign near the Third Street entrance to Tubbs Hill during my Walk Along the Waterfront today. It says the fire danger is "moderate." Judging from all the snow still covering Tubbs Hill, McEuen Park and the rest of the town, I'd say the fire danger is somewhat lower than that.
Just so you know ... 2
"Just so you know -- a Baby Ruth and a Cabernet goes well together" -- Beth Myers, former bartender/server at The Cellar, 317 Sherman Ave., downtown Coeur d'Alene.
Quotable Quote
"So much better. Turned off the news and turned on the reggae. It gon' be allright, mon" -- Steve Kane, of Post Falls, who once played a superb Tevya ("Fiddler on the Roof") for Lake City Playhouse.
Labrador ♥'s Trump court pick 5
Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, issued the following statement after President Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court: "I am gratified that the President kept his promise to choose from the list he provided before the election and congratulate him on a stellar pick.”
Trump makes '1984' popular again 25
George Orwell’s “1984” has gone from required reading to desired reading. With Donald Trump’s administration popularizing terms such as “alternative facts,” the dystopian novel first published in 1949 has topped Amazon.com for more than a week. Q: When did you last read "1984"?
AM Scanner Traffic -- 2.1.17 2
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (14 items & counting) includes troublesome transient at Post Falls Subway ...
Bill Hathaway, 67, former Post Register editor, rest in peace, old friend 10
Occasionally, an obituary about an old friend knocks you sideways. That was the case last night when I read of the death of Bill Hathaway, 67, the former editor of the Idaho Falls Post Register. And a man who shared news editor duties with me 35 years ago at the Lewiston Trib. He's one of the reasons I'm still newspapering today ...
Bedke restores Scott's committees 23
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, after having her committee assignments restored during today’s House session, said, “I’m just glad that citizens of North Idaho will now have a louder voice.” She said she’ll have a statement later today. House Speaker Scott Bedke released a statement. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports .
Redman pushes Sharia law bill again 18
Republicans on an Idaho House committee agreed Wednesday to introduce anti-Sharia law legislation designed to prevent Idaho courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes. Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, is pushing this bill again. Do you support/oppose this bill?
AM Headlines -- 2.1.17
AM Headlines: Latest developments on Idaho megaloads. Plus: Public Records (Feb 1)/Press, Ex-Idaho Falls editor Hathaway dies/AP, #1 Gonzaga, #2 Baylor share program ties/SR, Expert witness: SIDS killed 22MO toddler/Press, Grip on Sports: It's national signing day, hooray/SR, Coach: Dropping down may help UIdaho recruit/SR ...
Poll: We've been here a long time
In the Wednesday poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation said its families moved to this country a long time ago. Today's Poll: Do you support President Trump's pick for U.S. Supreme Court: Neil Gorsuch?
SR: Chaotic order undermines US values 4
In an editorial this morning, The Spokesman-Review comments that Donald Trump undermined US values by ordering U.S. borders closed to all refugees and to citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations.
Quotable Quote 5
"When someone shares a post that starts with, 'WHAT THE MEDIA WON'T TELL YOU,' my brain translates it automatically to, 'Here's something I received through the fillings in my teeth.'" -- Huckleberry Friend Ryan Hill, of Boise.
NIC enrollment keeps declining 3
North Idaho College has seen a steady decline in enrollment since 2011, but no panic buttons are being pushed. College officials say NIC’s enrollment decline is on par with what other community colleges are seeing nationally due to a good economy. Bethany Blitz reports ...
Oh no! USA's bacon reserves reach 50-year low 24
Bad news for bacon lovers. "The country's bacon reserves are at the lowest levels in half a century," according to USA Today. "In other words, pig farmers can't keep up with the world's sizzling appetite for those fatty, smoky strips of sheer eating pleasure." What would a world without bacon be like?
Faux surplus delivers weak tax break 2
In his editorial today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune begins: "Since Idaho House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, does not have a real budget surplus to work with, he cannot deliver a real tax cut."
Trump court nominee unites R's 3
Senate Republicans are standing united behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and bracing for a protracted fight with Democrats over a conservative judge similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
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.