Parting Shot -- 6.1.17 10
The Parting Shot features a Florida man cleaning red snapper today, the first day of the federal red snapper season. (Question: What is your favorite sea food?)
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017
Wild Card/Thursday -- 6.1.17 28
I'm back from a whirlwind trip to central California in which I saw my niece married, with her cousin performing the ceremony, experienced Uber and AIRbnb for the first time, ate at a restaurant that included three Portuguese items on the menu (all with linguica),...
PM Scanner Traffic -- 6.2.17
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 25 more items) includes disorderly transient who had been sleeping under railroad vehicle at downtown area business ...
Cutline Contest -- time2vote 10
The Cutline Contest today features Maggie Sheridan, 13, of Ohio, acting in disbelief after she spelled her word correctly with one second to spare during the 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland today.
Trump pulls plug on climate accord 94
President Donald Trump said Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said the U.S. would try to negotiate re-entry on better terms.
Regan wants show of support for American values, Trump 16
Chairman Brent Regan of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee circulated this email to precinct committee men & women this PM, urging attendance at a Spirit of America Rally scheduled for Saturday, June 24. He wants local R's to show support for "traditional American values and for our president Donald Trump."
Playing in pine pollen
Don Sausser captures this silhouetted girl playing in the pine pollen off City Beach. Question: How are your allergies doing this year?
After snow, Idaho school days vanish 1
Districts and charter schools made up less than a quarter of the school days lost to the severe winter of 2016-17, according to Idaho Education News research. Administrators also used longer school days to make up for lost learning hours — and comply with state classroom time requirements. Kevin Richert/Idaho Education News reports ...
Bonner County rejects Far Right ticket
Zach Hagadone of the Boise Weekly provides an in-depth picture of the recent attempt by Hard Right candidates to gain control of the Lake Pend Oreille School Board -- and, therefore, the district's purse strings. The hardliners came close in one race. But moderates and center-right prevailed. Sound familiar?
Marlene: What is it? 6
Marlene Craig of The Well-Read Moose has found a menagerie of "abandoned toys and whatnot" during her walks with hubby, Randy, and their dog in the English Point area near Hayden Lake. She wonders if anyone knows that background of the unusual menagerie.
DFO: Changing up things 11
My brief vacation run to California underscores something that I've needed to do since my column-writing duties expanded in January. I need to blog less, to provide more time to write columns. For five months, I've tried to merge the two activities of my daily duties. I've been able to do so. But I've paid the price in terms of stress.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 6.1.17
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (25 items & counting) includes road rage incident that stretched from construction zone 12 miles west to state line and out-of-state woman who has questions about rabbits in southeast part of Coeur d'Alene ...
Labrador announces guv bid
As you know, Congressman Raul Labrador made several stops Wednesday, including one in Post Falls, to officially announce plans to run for Idaho governor. Duane Rasmussen and his camera were on hand in Post Falls to capture the scene.
Op-Ed: Labrador should quit Congress 2
In an op-ed in today's Lewiston Tribune, House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding of Boise comments that U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador should quit Congress as he runs for Idaho governor. After all, Erpelding writes, Labrador is now straying for outside the boundaries of his 1st Congressional District seeking cash, endorsements and votes.
Fox 28: Girl cleans up Tubbs Hill 1
Walkabout received a helping hand on Tubbs Hill cleanup over the Memorial Day weekend. Joe McHale/Fox 28 reports that Jessica Bellebeuille, a Post Falls High student diagnosed at birth with Cerebral Palsy, and others helped clean up the messy aftermath of the holiday.
AM Headlines -- 6.1.17
AM Headlines: Public Records (June 1)/Press, Receipt scam suspect caught/Press, 1 dead in Rathdrum area crash/KXLY, Labrador: 'Release the raw potential'/Press, Deputy faces retrial in strangling case/Press, Region Aerospace manufacturing growing/SR, Black flies, mosquitoes & ticks, oh my/Outdoors + more ...
Letter: Risch's defense troubling 1
In a letter to The Spokesman-Review, Lisa Morse of Moscow comments: "Why would a U.S. senator be comfortable with revealing classified intelligence from Israel (one of our closest allies) to Russia on an apparent whim?" Morse goes on to say that Risch "has some serious explaining to do for his unqualified support of this foolish action."
Panhandled in Portland 4
I didn't spend much time in Portland with Amy Dearest and Okie Doke. Generally, we hung out at their home, either preparing for the trip or relaxing after the trip. But we did venture out twice on errands, once to a grocery store and the second time to a bike shop. Each time I was approached by a panhandler. When were you last panhandled?
Edit responds to Portland attack 11
In an editorial following the murderous attack on a light-rail train last week, the Portland Oregonian urges readers to not lose sight of the heroism and compassion involved. Also, the editorial disagrees with Mayor Ted Wheeler, who has said he won't issue parade permits for two alt-right protests in June. Do you back Wheeler's decision?
Labrador governor tour makes Post Falls stop Wednesday
Raul Labrador promised Wednesday to lower taxes, expand school choice and eliminate Common Core if elected Governor, during the second stop of his campaign. A crowd of about 80 people, mostly made up of veterans and elderly people, gathered at the American Legion Hall in Post Falls to hear the congressman speak. Abby Lynes/SR reports...
Letter: Time for Vito to go 7
After reading about Rep. Vito Barbieri's "abuse of his expense account," letter writer Bill Brooks of Coeur d'Alene apologizes in a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press that he wrote a letter supporting Barbieri's election last fall.
More than just a park 1
Jon Mueller's book on the history of Coeur d'Alene's City Park will be available for purchase next week at the Museum of North Idaho. "Private Park/Public Park: A Story of Coeur d'Alene and its First Park" takes us back to Fort Sherman and the founding of Coeur d'Alene as a rough timber town in the late 1800s.
Vestal: Shea mounts weird defense 7
Columnist Shawn Vestal/SR opines that Tea Party legislator Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, is mounting an extraordinary defense to a defamation lawsuit after claiing a sheriff's deputy was linked to a triple murder.
Climate change announcement today 30
President Donald Trump may pull the United States out of the international community’s most ambitious agreement to date to cut global carbon emissions. Trump said Wednesday night on Twitter that he would announce his decision Thursday on the Paris Agreement on climate change, which he pledged to “cancel” on the campaign trail.
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.