Parting Shot -- 7.19.17 10
The Parting Shot today features Britain's Prince William, wife Kate, and their two children at the airport in Berlin, during a three-day visit to Germany. Q: When did you last visit Germany?
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017
Hump Day Wild Card -- 7.19.17 26
I have no idea what Gov. Butch Otter will leave behind as a legacy. I can't think of anything that he has accomplished of significance. However, I will remember him as the stumbling block who stopped the removal of sales tax from groceries.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 7.19.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (22 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) includes two wrong-way drivers and a Road Rager who damaged hood and window of another driver's vehicle in Kootenai Health lot after driver followed him.
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 8
The Cutline Contest today features a grasshopper that landed on Mrs. O's knee while we were watching the Handshake Productions concert at Sherman Square Park last evening -- one that Mrs. O didn't notice at first. Tuesday Winner: gitrdun.
AP: Rep. Redman won't run again 7
Kimberlee Kruesi of the Associated Press tweets that state Rep. Kimberlee Kruesi, R-Athol, won't seek re-election in 2018.
Avista sold to Canadian firm 4
Avista was sold for $5.3 billion to a Canadian company called Hydro One, the companies announced today. The all-cash deal includes the assumption of Avista’s $1.9 billion debt. According to a statement, Avista will keep its corporate headquarters in Spokane.
Book her, Danno 3
Now, there something I don't see every day. Three Coeur d'Alene police officer -- one male officer and two female officers -- arrested a woman outside my Spokesman-Review office window after talking with her for a half hour or so.
Bird Flu
Do you remember the dangerous strain of avian influenza that was working its way around the world about a dozen years ago? Well, the late Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, provided a remedy for worried readers in 12 words.
Tweetable 5
This AM I saw a panhandler at Lincoln St. exit dressed like he was ready for Mariners spring training, complete with ball and mitt -- SR colleague Rob Kauder. Question: Do you give money to panhandlers?
Labrador quits paying wife from campaign 6
After keeping her on the campaign payroll since his first term in Congress, Idaho 1st District GOP Rep. Raul Labrador stopped paying his wife, Becca, a $2,022 monthly salary on Jan. 1. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports. Thoughts?
Otter re: veto win: Neener 1
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter issued this statement on the Idaho Supreme Court’s ruling upholding his veto of the grocery tax repeal bill: "I am pleased that my veto was upheld. But more than that, I applaud the Court’s conclusion that a bill can only become law if it is presented to the Governor before the Legislature adjourns sine die." Read: Neener.
Best breakfast place in town 9
Le Peep restaurant at Riverstone is one of the places that make Adriana Janovich's list of best breakfast places in the region. Do you consider it the best in Coeur d'Alene? I haven't tried Le Peep. But I have tried the Garnet. And the Garnet is swell. Ditto Fort Ground Tavern. Anyone?
AM Scanner Traffic -- 7.19.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (13 items & counting) includes Post Falls baby who was slightly injured after falling from jumper ...
Ahlquist wants $100M budget cut 13
Just what Idaho needs, another guy running for governor who wants to cut $100 million from a budget that does a poor job funding education. Tommy Ahlquist is proposing the cut. That puts Ahlquist on the same side of the budget-cutting ledger as Congressman Raul Labrador. And is another reason to vote for Lt. Gov. Brad Little ...
AM Headlines -- 7.19.17 4
AM Headlines begins w/story about $110M update of Spokane Airport facilities. Also: Idaho Records (June 19)/Press, Wildfire season is heating up/Press, Court upholds Otter's grocery tax veto/SR, CdA Special Olympian Kinnard defies odds/KHQ, What are distracted driving laws like in Idaho?/KHQ + more ...
When someone grabs your bottom 1
Cindy was at the ice cream cooler at the supermarket when she felt someone grab her bottom. She continues: "Outraged, I whirled around to confront him. I looked into his big blue eyes as he grinned happily at me." The story has a happy ending.
Poll: Most rarely visit downtown CdA 7
In the Tuesday poll, a majority of Hucks Nation said it rarely visits downtown Coeur d'Alene to eat, drink, shop, etc. Today's Poll: Do you believe "chemtrails" exist?
Kerri: Whitewater, white knuckles 4
In her Main Street column for the Coeur d'Alene Press today, Kerri Thoreson writes that she and her hubby take annual mini-vacations doing something they've never done before. This year, that something was whitewater rafting which somewhat unnerved her. Q: Do you like doing things you've never done before?
Councilman unsure re: chemtrails 50
Conservative Spokane Councilman Mike Fagan said Tuesday he wasn't sure whether hazardous chemicals were being released by aircraft into the stratosphere. And that residents should make up their own minds about chemtrails. Q: Are you concerned about chemtrails?
Trib: A life sentence for selling drugs 9
In today's Lewiston Tribune, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments about a former Clarkston Junior Miss who served 20 months for selling drugs -- and now is serving a lifetime sentence of unemployment, bad credit and discrimination.
Huckleberries: Batt never forgot snub 1
In today's Huckleberries, I pull back the curtain on the SR endorsement of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Larry EchoHawk. Echohawk won the endorsement on the second ballot. And Republican Phil Batt, who won the race, never forgot about it.
Post Falls election draws interest
Steve Anthony, former long-time recreation director for the city of Coeur d'Alene, and Rick Whitehead have announced they'll seek the City Council seat currently held by Betty Ann Henderson, who will not seek re-election. Although the filing period is more than a month away, the Post Falls municipal election is drawing interest ...
T.W. Fisher opens another pub
Fans of Tom "TW" Fisher will be happy to know that the Coeur d'Alene native has opened another pub in town. Years after the closure of his popular TW Fisher's pub at 2nd St/Lakeside Ave, Fisher, 65, is ready to meet the challenge of a Midtown pub. Ric Clarke/Coeur d'Alene Press provides the report. (Q: Do you have a favorite pub in the area?)
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.