Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes has released figures showing the amount of incremental tax dollars which will be flowing to urban renewal agencies this year. $10,780,449 will be diverted from 18 different taxing entities, and will flow to four urban renewal agencies instead. Totals by…
Rather than trigger staffing cuts, some districts will launch efforts to raise local property taxes to compensate for the lost state dollars. So far, many voters across Idaho have gone along with the idea, rather than shortchange their students' opportunities. That's a matter of choice,…
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner greets NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous before the "Demand Justice and Promote Peace Rally" in Spokane on Sunday. Story here. (SR photo: J. Bart Rayniak) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR More cold rain arriving today/Mike Prager, SR Huckleberries: Hagadone's guests…
The Idaho legislative session is coming to an end, and part of the send-off today includes a hearing on the issue of the tobacco tax and a rally focused on workers' rights. Idaho House Democrats are holding the hearing on the possibility of raising the…
Benjamin Todd Jealous, head of the NAACP, (led a march in Spokane Sunday) to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. After the walk from Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena to Riverfront Park, he (delivered) a speech. For some, his appearance…
Last weekend Spokane audiences left the silliest portrayal of ’70s-era gender bias, the Broadway touring version of “9 to 5,” with Dolly Parton ditties stuck in their heads. During the week, fans of AMC’s “Mad Men” learned that the smartest depiction of ’60s-era cultural bias…
HB 298, the bill that's being referred to as the “grandson of nullification,” has passed the Senate State Affairs Committee on a rather unenthusiastic, divided voice vote. Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens; Wayne Hoffman, executive director of the Idaho Freedom Foundation; and a citizen who…
A 17-year-old Post Falls girl was killed in a single-car accident on Seltice Way early this morning. At 3 a.m., Hannah M. Rhoades was eastbound on Seltice Way, east of Spokane Street near Post Street, when she failed to negotiate a curve in her 1991…
When you're a Mariners' fan, you jump on any glimmer of hope you get. Last night, the M's looked like a different team than they did last year. in 2010, if the Mariners had fallen behind 2-0 in the first inning as they did last…
In October 2007, Julie Evans, a Spokane finance professional, landed her dream job with a building-materials company. She worked as a controller, and took on information technology duties as well. A year later, the economy crumbled. Two years later, the company sold out to a…
Young girls in dance costumes sit on spectator chairs waiting for their turn to perform during the dance championship in the Ice Palace in Minsk, Belarus on Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Item: Senate to tackle boot camp bill: Military style school would be available to dropouts, at-risk teens/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: "It's about getting dropouts back into school and getting high school diplomas for them," said Sen. John Goedde, the Coeur d'Alene Republican…
The head of the nation’s largest civil rights organization will lead a march in Spokane on Sunday to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed April 4, 1968. Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of…
Wolf-fearing lawmakers want Idaho to declare a disaster emergency that could include enlisting local law enforcement officers to help eradicate packs of the predators. Rep. Judy Boyle from west-central Idaho, one of Idaho's most active wolf opponents, told a hastily organized meeting of the House…
Skydivers make their way to the ground at the Perris Valley Airport one day after the deaths of two skydivers in Perris, Calif. Patrick James McGowan, a skydiving instructor who had made more than 17,000 jumps, and Christopher David Stasky died Thursday when their parachutes…
Item: Calorie counts next up on menu: Proposal would require chains to post numbers/Tribune Washington Bureau More Info: In the latest attempt to gain ground against the nation’s epidemic of obesity, the Food and Drug Administration proposed rules Friday that require restaurant and fast-food chains…
The burning of the Muslim holy book by a Florida pastor last week went largely unnoticed in the U.S. But it enraged a mob that stormed U.N. offices in a normally placid area of Afghanistan, an outbreak of violence that also signaled broadening anti-American sentiment…
On her Twitter account, Melissa Luck of KXLY tweets that she hates April Fool's Day. The Twitter format with 140 characters didn't provide space for her to explain. But I sorta understand what she means. I'm not a fan of April Fool's Day either. I…
In this 2010 file photo, Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez is kicked in the head by catcher Rob Johnson after the two chased a bunt from Baltimore’s Cesar Izturis in the fifth inning. Hernandez finished the game. Johnson is no longer with the club. But…
Update: The lead firearms instructor for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving last weekend in Coeur d’Alene. Deputy Daniel Knight, 42, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19 and 0.188 during breath tests administered after his arrest early Sunday. The…
5:07 p.m. Business at 912 Northwest Boulevard reports a disorderly male on premises. 4:52 p.m. Caller reports wife bitten by dog for 2nde time @ Walker & Miles/Hayden. 4:51 p.m. A 3-vehicle, noninjury accident is blocking H95 & Hanley/CdA. 4:30 p.m. Caller has questions re:…
House Rep. Jim Guthrie, R-McCammon, argues for passing the third pillar of public schools chief Tom Luna's education reforms earlier today in Boise. Rep. Jeff Nesset, R-Lewiston, looks on during better than two hours of debate. Read Betsy Russell's complete coverage of the debate, which…
Model show creations by David & Alexander during Moscow Fashion Week in Moscow, Russai, Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Top Cutlines: 1. Ever since that Egyptian Cobra bit me on the head at the Bronx Zoo everyone looks at me funny --…
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