The Parting Shot features representativies from law enforcement agencies around Minnesota walking the thin blue line of the Peace Officer sMemorial at the Minnesota State Capitol as part of National Law Enforcement Memorial Day.
So the weekend is over and the sun decides to come out. Well, good for the sun. The jerk. Those of us who work for a living would prefer a weekend of old man sol. But I did get some garden planting in. And Mrs. O and I spent some time with our mothers over the weekend.
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (10 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest features Atlanta Falcons players stretching during the NFL football rookie minicamp in Georgia Friday. Weekend Winner: gitrdun.
In a Faithful Geek blog post, Nic tells of his realization that the best thing he can do for his kids is to learn to love his ex-wife again, even though at times he doesn't like her and she has found someone else. Nic has realized that his ex will be part of his life and his children's lives for the rest of their lives.
Kevin Richert of Idaho Education News tells readers not to mention the obvious re: Congressman Raul Labrador's entry into the GOPrimary race for Idaho governor. He needs to start raising money. Labrador is already at a disadvantage. Lt. Gov. Brad Little raised $393,000 by last Dec. 31.
While vigorously defending the GOP House-passed health care bill, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson told the Idaho Healthcare Summit that he wouldn’t have voted for it if that was what would have actually become law.
Although there are no contested school trustee races in Kootenai County Tuesday, there still are some contested local elections. Below, you'll find links to Coeur d'Alene Press stories to the races for Eastside Highway District (where JohnA is a candidate), hospital board, and Library District. Feel free to weigh in on the candidates ...
A roundup to links from the social media of Huckleberries Online includes photos and story by Marianne Love/Slight Detour re: her annual visit with the Panhandle Antique Tractor Club. Also: Pejoratives/Bay Views, Loving their Mom/Faithful Geek, All you bits belong to us/Fort Boise, The blame game goes on/Simple Mind + more ...
Twenty-five years ago, we discussed a possible mascot name for the new high school. This item led off my May 18, 1992 column: "Coeur d'Alene chamber manager Pat McGaughey thinks the mascot for the yet-unnamed second Lake City high school should be (drum roll please), "Volunteers." We're not talking about the true-grit volunteers of Tennessee here."
John Austin tells of the phone calls he's received as a candidate for an East Side Highway District seat (election Tuesday). Callers want to know if he's aligned with the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. The callers are upset by the KCRCC shenanigans, esp. its heartless opposition to the Riverstone Citylink Transit Center.
Kootenai County is moving ahead with plans for a transit center in Riverstone, even after emotional testimony against it. County commissioners in January, on a 2-1 vote, decided to fund the permanent hub for the Citylink bus system. Commissioners Chris Fillios and Bob Bingham continue to support the center despite KCGOPCC opposition...
The new Miss USA is a scientist at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and she knows a thing or two about dropping a bomb. Pageant winner Kara McCullough sent heads shaking Sunday night when she said affordable health care in America is a “privilege” instead of a “right.” The New York Daily News reports ...
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (16 items & counting) includes report from child that a male in a parked van near bus stop was looking at him ...
Sgt. Greg Moore of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department, who was killed in the line of duty on May 5, 2015, will be one of three officers to be honored with the Idaho Medal of Honor Wednesday. The other two officers are Sgt. Kyle Moore and Chief Deputy Mike Barclay, both of the Elmore County Sheriff's Office.
In his Idaho Politics Weekly column this week, Chuck Malloy writes that U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo has finally arrived. After 20 years of toiling behind the scenes in the U.S. Senate, he is now setting the agenda as chairman for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
AM Headlines begins with an extensive look by SR reporter Thomas Clouse at the company town spawned by the Hanford nuclear reservation. Also: Records (May 15) and (May 13)/Press, Sherman Alexie addresses GU grads/SR, Spokane boots Blessings Under Bridge/KXLY, Terry Jones: 31 years of music at North Idaho College/Press ...
In the Weekend Poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation described Spokane as "a bigger town to avoid." However, almost as many said they look to Spokane for entertainment, shopping and dining choices. Today's Poll: Are you concerned that the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, which experienced a tunnel collpase last week, isn't that far away?
In his Sunday editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune says luck may have played a role in putting bomb-throwing Congressman Raul Labrador in line to become Idaho governor.
In a Your Turn column for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Dan Hanks of Cultivation Counseling wrote: "Recently the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee created a resolution declaring their opposition to the transit center in Riverstone. This resolution clearly demonstrates how party politics can separate us from our fellow man."
The body of a Coeur d’Alene man reported missing on Saturday morning was found in Shoshone County on Sunday morning, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said. A vehicle belonging to Mark K. Arnold, 54, was found around 9 a.m. by searchers on Forest Service Road 335 in Shoshone County, near Hemlock Mountain. The Press reports.
Nevada has become the 7th state in the nation to allow speeds up to 80 mph. The others are Idaho, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, and Texas. Question: Is 80 mph simply too fast for any highway?
Heather Branstetter's history of the sex trade in Wallace debuts today at several locations, including The Well-Read Moose at Riverstone. "Selling Sex in the Silver Valley: A Business of Doing Pleasure" explains why the sex trade happened in the Silver Valley and why it stayed around so long with the tacit approval of the communities.
Hospice of North Idaho has started construction of a two-story administration and community building in Coeur d’Alene. Young Construction, of Coeur d’Alene, is the contractor for the 15,000-square-foot project at 2290 W. Prairie Ave. It will be part of Hospice of North Idaho’s campus on property that also has the nonprofit’s Schneidmiller House,
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.
