Parting Shot: Salmo-Priest Wilderness trail closed by wildfire 6
The Shedroof Divide Trail along a spine of the Salmo-Priest Wilderness has been closed starting today because of a wildfire in the area, the Forest Service says.
The Shedroof Divide Trail along a spine of the Salmo-Priest Wilderness has been closed starting today because of a wildfire in the area, the Forest Service says.
Whew! I had quite a day yesterday. Health scare with my 86 year-old mom. A trip to Cheney to cover a special library storytime made difficult by massive roadwork. And you know; blog duty! I'm just really glad it's Friday. How about you?
But there's a catch-- it's only available through the McDonald's app. I love their vanilla cones and I like free food. Apps? Not so much. Do you have any food/restaurant apps on your phone?
When skydiver Kara Menke asked chef John “J.D.” Leonetti if he’d jump out of an airplane to eat his Voot Burger at 12,500 feet, he didn’t hesitate. The owner of Prohibition Gastropub in Spokane recently had completed only the second skydive of his life when Menke posed the question on the patio of his North Monroe Street restaurant.
Five-term GOP Treasurer Ron Crane announced earlier this year he wouldn't seek re-election, leaving the little-known position up for grabs in next year's election. McIntyre has served as treasurer for the state's most populated county since 2011. She has filed to run as a Republican.
Things are about to get tropical in CdA. CdA Summer Theatre is presenting South Pacific through July 30th. I've never seen this musical on stage, but I'm still humming “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair.” CH
The Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration held a regulatory roundtable, Thursday. The president and CEO of Kuma Stoves in Garwood brought a display of two pipes — one 15 times longer than the other — to illustrate the same ratio of how much the EPA has required stove emissions to be reduced in recent years.
A friend and I discussed this over lunch recently. Is there a correct way to say this? I believe the correct way to write it is "iced tea."
Becky Kramer discovered a fun way to enliven her 90-minute drive from Idaho to downtown Spokane-- birding. She's even had a "five-hawk" day. Have any other commuters out there found a way to make long drives more enjoyable?
An American doctor who specializes in conditions such as that affecting Charlie Gard will travel to Britain next week to assess the critically ill baby. High Court Judge Nicholas Francis said Friday he is “open-minded about the evidence” to come, Have you been following this story? CH
Anglers attached to fishing Priest Lake tend to fall into two camps that are being asked to make a decision. One group favors a return to the good old days of fishing for abundant kokanee and cutthroat trout. The other group generally prefers the current abundance of delicious shrimp-fed mackinaw. Which would you choose? CH
Spokane is in the final weeks of a challenge to house 100 homeless young people, ages 12 to 24, in 100 days. King and Pierce counties also are participating, with backing from A Way Home Washington, an advocacy group for homeless youth. DeAugustino is one of 65 young people who have so far found a permanent place to live during the challenge.
Lucas Werner, the 37-year-old Spokane man who made national headlines late last year when he was ejected from a downtown Starbucks after asking a teenage barista on a date, is back on social media, where he offered younger women money to go on a date with him. Would you go on a date with this guy for $1,000? $10,000? CH
So. At least I didn't encounter eel slime on yesterday's drive to Cheney. A truck hauling eels overturned on an Oregon highway, turning the coastal road into a slimy mess. Oregon State Police on Thursday posted a photo on Twitter that showed damaged cars covered by the gooey eels.
Republican candidates for governor will square off in a forum that’s open to the public at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn on Friday, July 21 at 7 p.m. The forum, hosted by the Idaho Republican Party, will include businessman Tommy Ahlquist, Congressman Raul Labrador and Lt. Gov. Brad Little. Are you planning to attend? CH
I finished "All the Light We Cannot See" this weekend. I was sad to close the cover. A remarkably beautifully read. Now, I'm on to "The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit," an absolutely riveting true story of a man who lived alone in the Maine woods for 27 years.
Washington’s two Democratic senators quickly criticized the latest version of the nation’s health care system Thursday while Idaho’s two Republicans said they needed time to study it.
Where there's smoke there's sewer system testing. That will be the case in the Hayden area during the weekdays starting Monday through Aug. 18 as the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board (HARSB) performs smoke testing in its sewer lines to meet water quality standards.
Imprisoned for all the seven years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xiaobo never renounced the pursuit of human rights in China, insisting on living a life of “honesty, responsibility and dignity.” China’s most prominent political prisoner died Thursday of liver cancer at 61.
A court hearing was canceled Thursday and the Idaho Democratic Party announced that it had entered into settlement talks with the state in its lawsuit seeking to bar Secretary of State Lawerence Denney from releasing Idaho voter information to a Trump commission.
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.