FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
TGIF Wild Card -- 3.16.12 9
It has been another wild week at HBO Central. We got our first glance at the Republican challenger to Prosecutor Barry McHugh at noon today during a civil debate at Templins. No criminal trial experience. But what the hey. We had one candidate for sheriff…
P.S. Women Are Dancing, Too
Idaho State's Chelsea Pickering dishes off a pass during practice in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash. No. 11 Gonzaga will face No. 6 Rutgers at 1:15 p.m. Saturday in the first round of the Women's NCAA Tournament. Rutgers didn't like traveling across the…
DOTC Appreciates McHugh's Emotion 14
Dan Of The Community: I attended and it was a very informative and civil event. I happened to sit right behind Barry’s parents and next to the wife of Don Gary, no negative vibes or tension in the air. I think everyone, and likely Barry…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 3.16.12
5:37 p.m. 4-5 boys are reportedly fighting in a back yard @ 16th & Syringa/PF. 5:36 p.m. Caller reports hearing 15 shots near Prairie Schooner Trailer Park, 2175 H53/Rathdrum. 5:20 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for March 15-16 here. 5:07 p.m. 2 Australian…
PM Headlines -- 3.16.12 7
Larry Spencer, right, studies Don Gary, a Republican challenger to incumbent Prosecutor Barry McHugh, at the Panhandle Pachyderm Club luncheon in Post Falls today. Gary and McHugh debated during the lunch. Spokane doubles rainfall record/Mike Prager, SR Otter signs IGEM legislation into law/Betsy Russell, EOB…
Roger's To Open Neider Location 5
Opening in mid-april will be a new second location of the Coeur d Alene favorite Roger's Ice Cream and Burgers which is now and will remain at 1224 E. Sherman Ave. just a few blocks east of Downtown Coeur d Alene. The new Roger's will…
How They Voted On Mack Disinvite 11
Here's the unofficial list of how Kootenai County GOP CC precinct members voted on the motion to disinvite Richard Mack from speaking at Kootenai County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner March 24. Those voting yes were in support of disinviting Mack: Yes: (31) Rod Twete, Paul…
North Idaho Blogs -- 3.16.12 8
"Look out," Facebooks Cindy, "I'm going shooting with the girls tonite. I hope they've got a pink pistol at the shooting range! Derek couldn't find me any pink safety glasses, so he brought me some red ones." Walk now, scapegoat later/Arch Druid Anti-bullying campaigns on…
Prosecutor McHugh, Gary Square Off 25
Panhandle Pachyderm President Luke Sommer (left), Prosecutor Barry McHugh (center), and GOPrimary challenger Don Gary, Spokane tax lawyer, at noon luncheon today at Templin's Red Lion in Post Falls Donald Gary, an attorney with little to know criminal law background, came out swinging today in…
Group: Too Much Bile Oozing In Boise 1
A group calling itself MIDDLE (Moderate Idahoans Discussing Diverse Legislative Efforts) says there's too much BILE (Bad Idaho Legislative Effects) in the Idaho Legislature. Carrie Scheid, former head of the Idaho Falls Arts Council, says she knows that legislators are prone to preen and posture.…
Digger: Don't Call Sheriff 'Top Cop' 9
Digger: I could care less about this kid. What I care more about is every damn newspaper in the country refers to the county sheriff as the “Top Cop”. Its soooooo boring….I have nothing else to replace it with but it seems so outdated and…
Racist Winkler Explains Sheriff Run 6
Shaun Winkler shown with anti-Mathew Shepard sign during visit of Westboro Baptist Church at North Idaho College, protesting production of "The Laramie Project," on Oct. 22, 2010. (SR file photo) An outspoken white supremacist who’s running for Bonner County sheriff contends his views on race…
Mack Strikes Back At Press Editorial 1
Richard Mack, the controversial speaker for the Kootenai County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner March 24, sent this response to the Coeur d'Alene Press editorial ("What's behind Mack attack") this week: "You entirely used things about me that have very little to do with my record…
IFF: Legislature Has More Work To Do 4
With any luck, the Legislature will go home within a week. But will lawmakers take some positive actions in their remaining days in Boise to promote free markets and limited government? It might be surprising, but there are, in fact, several good pieces of legislation…
High Noon: Rain Or Snow? 8
On her Facebook wall, Publisher-Janitor Trish Gannon of the River Journal posts: "Okay, all you rain haters. Just bear in mind that an inch of rain could have been a foot of snow." I was driving in the rain to the Spokane Airport last night.…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 3.16.12
11:44 a.m. Older red vehicle is disabled and possibly occupied near i/s of H41 & Hayden/Rathdrum. 11:31 a.m. Chip truck driver reports red vehicle is passing in no-passing zone @ H41 & H54/Athol. 11:01 a.m. Suicidal Spirit Lake man who said he was going to…
Poll: 2 & Out For Gonzaga 17
Gas prices are seen today in Montpelier, Vt. Gasoline prices rose again Friday and are now averaging more than $4 in six states plus Washington, D.C. Retail gasoline prices were up a penny on Friday to a national average of $3.831 per gallon. See today's…
City Launches McEuen Park Web Site
The City of Coeur d'Alene announced a new web page called McEuen Park Currents has been created and can be found on the city's park's department's website, www.cdaidparks.org. The McEuen Park Currents page currently includes access to a presentation on the project given at the…
Bonneville Cancels Mack Event 3
Bonneville County is hard-line conservative speaker Richard Mack’s latest on-again, off-again suitor in Idaho. As of Wednesday afternoon, Bonneville County’s commitment to Mack was off – for now. Mack had been scheduled to speak March 29 at a $15-per-ticket fundraiser for the Bonneville County Republican…
Pearce Claim Doesn't Pass Smell Test
On 21 occasions, Sen. Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, voted on oil and gas legislation. On Wednesday, before the 22nd vote, Pearce disclosed that an oil company has leased drilling rights on his property. Democrats have requested an ethics committee review, and say Pearce should be…
AM: 'Angry Birds' Helps Man Survive 2
David Heatherly holds "Cujo" in West Virginia. Heatherly, who recently was stranded for three days on a snowy mountain road in Montana after his SUV became stuck in the snow, attributed his survival to God, a rationed supply of beef jerky and the video game…
Vestal: SR Pulls Doonesbury 7
Item: Nothing funny -- or apocalyptic -- about pulling Doonesbury strip/Shawn Vestal, and: AP report More here: Getting into abortion politics is apparently so scary that lots of newspapers decided to run a week’s worth of old strips or move them to the editorial page.…
On Guard 4
U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers are seen Sunday in a guard tower at their base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, following the alleged killing of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier. U.S. investigators have determined that the suspect had been drinking alcohol…
MT: Cheers To Idaho Democrats 2
CHEERS ... to Idaho Democrats. The party fielded candidates in 25 of Idaho's 35 Senate seats and 56 of its 70 House slots. That's a big improvement over 2010, when Democrats ceded 17 Senate and 30 House races. After years of neglect, northern Idaho's six…
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