Parting Shot -- 8.28.09 2
This photo copy of a wolf tag belonging to Gary Drechsel of Worley photographed earlier today by Kathy Plonka/SR at Idaho Fish & Game in Coeur d'Alene. KHQ story here.SR's First Day of School Photos
FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 2009
'What Not To Wear' Wants Idahoan 3
The cable television show known for a 360-degree mirror and two snarky stylists want an Idaho woman to make over. TLC’s “What Not To Wear” is looking for women of Idaho who could use a fashion makeover. If you know a someone who needs a…
PM Headlines -- 8.28.09 3
North Idaho College staff member Laura Humphreys posts fliers around the NIC campus encouraging students and employees to stay home if they are sick. The college is planning for the coming flu season and the possible reemergence of H1N1 Influenza. Story here. (NIC Photo).Boise State…
APhoto Of The Day -- 8.28.09 10
Participants perform a patriotic song in Beijing, China. A large-scale vocal concert featuring patriotic songs was held on Wednesday with the attendance of representatives from all walks of life in Beijing, Xinhua reported. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xie Huanchi)Top Cutlines:1. “Nevermind what those…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.28.09 4
5:48 p.m. Individuals on boat with unknown hull number are entering swim area @ Sanders Beach, challenging swimmers to fight.4:56 p.m. 3 middle-aged males may be smoking marijuana on Sanders Beach.4:53 p.m. A motorist is complaining of back pain after T-bone crash on Davidson @…
IFF Applauds OpenCDA.com 5
In Coeur d’Alene, the conservative movement is well under way and going strong thanks to a group of people who do not blindly accept what their local government leaders are telling them. Mary Souza, Bill McCrory and Dan Gookin, who started this effort about two…
Crapo Tells Rammell To Apologize 4
"Rex Rammell's comments are in very poor taste and should not have been said. Remarks like these should not even be made jokingly. We are engaged in a critical national debate over many major issues facing our country today. Remarks like these are not only…
Bent Cleans Up W/Fair Entries 20
Don't look now, but Bent cleaned up at the North Idaho Fair w/5 blue ribbons for produce and flowers, as well as some second- and third-place ribbons. You can check out his entries and haul of ribbons here.My favorite politicians/Blue Moose DemocratHomemade dishwater detergent/Frugal Chic…
Wolf Alliance In CdA To Protest Hunt 22
Wolf hunt protester, Patti Watts, right, of Cocolalla, Idaho displayed her signs just across the parking lot from pro-wolf hunt folks at Idaho Fish & Game in Coeur d'Alene on Friday. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Members of the Sandpoint-based North Idaho Wolf Alliance turned out at the Coeur…
Extra! Duncan 'Competent' 9
Convicted murderer Joseph Duncan is competent to stand trial in the killing of a 10-year-old Beaumont, Calif., boy, a jury has ruled. Exactly one year after he was sentenced to death for crimes in Idaho, an Indio jury decided after a four-week trial that Duncan…
JSON: Pot Humor 8
There's several things that are pretty embarrassing to be buying at the store, but for the most part you can just shove it in your cart and go through the self-checkout stands (which are quite possibly the greatest catalyst to the sudden increase in condom…
HBO's Inland Northwest -- 8.28.09 1
Authorities investigate near the scene of a boat crash in Bigfork, Mont., Thursday. U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., and four other people were hospitalized in stable condition Friday after their 22-foot boat ran into rocks in the dark. Hospital President Velinda Stevens said she couldn't…
High Noon: Outted Blogger Sues 15
The blogger who anonymously tarred a fashion model as a "skank" before being outed by Google Inc. under court order generated considerable public outrage when she announced plans to sue the company for $15 million, but few lawyers other than her own believe she has…
PFPD Looking For Teen Runaway
Post Falls police are looking for a teen runaway who left her father's house without permiession between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday. Holly Ann Brown, who is described as being 5-foot-2, 120 pounds, with shoulder-length blond hair and hazel eyes, has been seen recently…
MK: I'll Have $$$ To Handle Smears 49
Councilman Mike Kennedy (re: Minnick, Bieter @ MikeK fund-raiser): Two years ago former Senator Kathy Sims broke the law (by her own later admission) in putting together a last minute direct mail hit piece to support her favored candidates, two of whom are running together…
KR: UI Frosh Requirement Wrong 12
On Monday, freshmen began classes at the University of Idaho. If statistics are any predictor of the future, 79 percent of these freshmen will return for their sophomore year. But that means over one-fifth of these new students won't be back. U of I officials…
Dog Days Of Summer 4
"As August comes to an end, near triple digit temperatures return making a swim in the lake the perfect way to spend the day," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "Pebbles, a long-haired Chihuahua, enjoys cooling off with a dog paddle in North Idaho's Spirit Lake."Question:…
Wolves Kill 120 Sheep Near Dillon 5
While the debate about how many wolves are enough to ensure a healthy population will again come to a head in a federal courtroom Monday, a Dillon-area ranch is picking up the pieces from the largest known wolf depredation in recent history. In a highly…
HBO Poll: MikeK's Boise Fund-Raiser
Thursday Poll: 79% of 95 respondents voted that Kootenai County commissioners were wrong to increase taxes 3% during a recession. Full results here. <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1927946/">Are you concerned that leading state Democrats held a fund-raiser in Boise for Coeur d'Alene…
CH: Mebbe World Is Going To End 8
CindyH: Omigosh! You mean that hysterical e-mail my mother-in-law received saying that Obama was going to take over the Internet and all our computers was true?? Holy crap! Maybe that e-mail she sent around about the Russians controlling our weather is true too!Question: What was…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.28.09 3
11:36 a.m. Resident @ Foxhaven & Valhalla/CdA reports ongoing problem w/neighbor trespassing on his property.11:35 a.m. Motorist reports man in gray passenger vehicle w/K-plates has run 2 stoplights and is tailgating on Ramsey, from Hayden.10:47 a.m. A child is choking in 500 block of Sparrow…
Gookin Files For Goodlander Spot 23
As expected, anti-LCDC activist Dan Gookin has filed his candidacy petition to run for the Coeur d'Alene City Council seat now held by Deanna Goodlander. A copy of the petition obtained by Huckleberries Online via e-mail request shows that Gookin has loaned $1,300 to his…
Bieter, Minnick @ MikeK Fund-raiser 24
Amber Pence hosted a fund-raiser for Coeur d'Alene Councilman Mike Kennedy Thursday evening, Aug. 20, at the Boise home of Dan Williams. The announcement for that fund-raiser follows: "Boise Mayor David H. Bieter and special guest, Congressman Walt Minnick cordially invite you to join them…
AM Headlines -- 8.28.09
Catlin Torlin of Coeur d'Alene worked on the arbor of the garden shed for Shared Harvest community garden in Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday. Their first ever fund raiser is on Saturday. More here. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRAnother sizzler expected today/Mike Prager, SRMassachusetts man killed…
Bill Gives Obama Internet Control 12
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West…
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