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TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012

Roundabouts Are Part Of Conspiracy 28 

JMRusche (re: Lewiston straightens out roundabout issue): We just had an attack on a roundabout project here in Lewiston. The initial vote failed and would have cost the city $800,000 to repay funds to the state and Feds. Why the opposition? Roundabouts are part of…

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Court Ruling On Obamacare Thursday 

When the US Supreme Court offers its ruling on President Obama’s health-care reform law Thursday, only one thing is certain: At least half of Capitol Hill is going to be ticked off. If the law stands, Republicans will fume. If the law is curtailed or…

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Clark Plans Road Trip To North Idaho 

Today I’m offering ONE LUCKY READER the opportunity of a lifetime. I’m talking about a chance to ride shotgun in my 1967 Oldsmobile Vista Guzzler as we travel to wild and crazy … North Idaho. That’s right. At a mutually acceptable date, we will leave…

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Mr. Bill: Mayor Hasn't Changed Ways 12 

If you thought that OpenCDA-dot-Com was going to leave the failed recall attempt alone, you need to think again. Mr. Bill was busy spinning a City Council encounter between Mayor Sandi Bloem and audience member Charlotte Gherke, whom I thought was borderline rude in her…

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Celebrating Summer 

Jenny Arnerich lifts her son Wyatt, 5, up into the flowing, wall of water from an artificial waterfall at the Joe Humbert Family Aquatic Center in Milton-Freewater, Ore. while another son, Colin, 14, joins in the celebration of summer on Monday. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,…

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County Weighing Space Options 11 

Item: Little space, many opinions: County officials weigh in on infrastructure/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Kootenai County department heads are on the fence about costly structural improvements the commissioners are considering in a draft facilities master plan. Although officials agree on the need…

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Ironman Brings Drama At Midnight

With the clock clicking down on Sunday night, two runners were still a few miles from the finish line of Ironman Coeur d'Alene. One was Jordan Khani, an 18-year-old high school graduate from Ladue, Mo., not far from St. Louis. The other was Cathy Stephens,…

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Huckleberries Online

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.