Parting Shot: Swinging around 6
I get dizzy just looking at this photo Duane Rasmussen shot at the Kootenai County Fair. Are you a "ride" person? If so, what's your favorite Fair or Amusement Park ride?
THURSDAY, AUG. 23, 2012
Wild Card Thursday 8.23.12 3
After a week at Diamond Lake with my family, I can barely remember how to work my phone-- let alone run a blog. We were seriously off the grid. No Internet! And it was heavenly. Re-entry is painful, indeed. I miss drifting across the lake…
School reform campaign launches, ads disputed 10
The campaign working to overturn Idaho's neducation reforms has launched a new radio advertisement calling a laptop program required under the plan an “unfunded mandate” that will require schools to spend millions of dollars they don't have, the AP reports, but the ad's claim that…
Beer Run 2
TMZ reports: U.S. Olympic track star Nick Symmonds just ran a mile in 5:19 ... which isn't very impressive ... until you realize he chugged 4 BEERS along the way. Symmonds was gunning for the world record in something called the "Beer Mile" ... which…
At least he's clean 3
Thor loves to shower with me, but sometimes he falls asleep while waiting for me to turn on the water. It's a good thing he's cute because I wasn't very happy with him this morning. Here's how my day started: Got up early to get…
Pickle's in a pickle 1
This just in from Christa Hazel: Wanted Fugitives The North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force (NIVCTF) is seeking information leadin... g to the apprehension of Sean Christopher Pickle. Pickle is being sought based on a Kootenai County felony warrant charging Pickle with Robbery, Aggravated Battery,…
Rammell gets his day in court 1
BOISE, Idaho -- A legal dispute over then-Gov. Jim Risch's 2006 order for state wildlife agents to shoot Idaho elk rancher Rex Rammell's escaped animals has now reached the highest state court. Supreme Court justices Wednesday heard arguments from Rammell's lawyer contending Idaho law doesn't…
FHB: Fair Rides a bust 2
Frum Helen Back on Scene From The Fair on August 23 at 10:42 a.m. Took the grandkids to the fair on opening day. Kids look forward to the carnival. They may not anymore however. Finally at 2:30, instead of noon, four rides were going. By…
KXLY reports: Ambassador Ryan Crocker arrested 1
SPOKANE, Wash. - Ambassador Ryan Crocker, one of the most decorated State Department diplomats in the last half century, was arrested on August 14 by the Washington State Patrol for hit-and-run, DUI in Spokane Valley. A Spokane native who lives in Spokane, Crocker, 63, was…
High Noon: Penny Pinching 13
Yesterday, I spotted a shiny penny in the grocery store parking lot and picked it up. I tossed it in my change container when I got into my car. Years ago, an email made the rounds telling the story of a wealthy man who always…
Bad dad news 8
Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring, a study has found – probably contributing to disorders such as autism and schizophrenia in the next generation. The finding, published online Wednesday in the journal Nature, buttresses earlier…
Obama's re-election = Civil War? 8
That's what a Texas judge is afraid of. Judge Tom Head appeared on a local TV news program and said hiring extra deputies would be necessary if Obama is re-elected in November. "He's going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States…
Aloha 1
Teresa Benedict, center, rehearses a number with other dancers at the Mead area home of hula instructor Ku’ulei Silva Johnson on Aug. 15. The dancers shimmied and swayed, their graceful movements framed by a backdrop of palm trees and a fiery sun. Sweet sounds of…
Quiz Time 1
You don't have to be a know-it-all to take home a prize from this week's news quiz, but it can't hurt. All entrants are eligible to win free two movie tickets, and the overall champ earns a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel. You're…
Dapper Dan at the Fair 5
It's not often that you find a picture of a candidate with his hand on a donkey's...on an ass's... Oh nevermind. Duane Rasmussen shot this photo of Dan English looking fit and fiesty in the Democrat booth at the Kootenai County Fari. English, a former…
Couple dies trying to save dog 5
WESTFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts couple boating on a lake drowned after jumping into the water to rescue their dog, who survived. Police say the small dog named Sadie jumped into Hampton Ponds in Westfield on Monday night, prompting 64-year-old Donald Cyr to follow…
SR endorses school bond 1
Voters should approve the $32.7 million bond measure proposed by the Coeur d’Alene School District. Every child in the district will benefit, taxes will not increase and, if the experience of the Spokane School District is illustrative, the dollars raised could go much further than…
What the H E double hockey sticks? 13
In dumb school administrator news: Kaitlin Nootbaar, the Oklahoma high school valedictorian who was denied her diploma after she used the word "hell" in her graduation speech, said on Wednesday she has no plans to apologize. "I'm still not gonna issue an apology, because I'm…
Another day, another political sex scandal 10
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota Democrat who had a rest-stop sexual encounter with a 17-year-old boy dropped his re-election bid Wednesday, hours after declaring he would stay in the race in defiance of party leaders who wanted him out as they fight to regain…
A very costly firing 17
BOISE - The state of Idaho is paying $750,000 to former Transportation Director Pam Lowe to settle her wrongful-firing lawsuit, bringing the state’s total cost for the case to $1.34 million. (Emphasis mine) “I tried to resolve this dispute early on, even as early as…
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