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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012

UI Faculty: Restore 'Flagship' Status 

Faculty leaders at the University of Idaho want the state Board of Education to reconsider removing the term “flagship” from the school's mission statement. The board approved updated mission statements for Idaho's public universities in February. The University of Idaho in Moscow was founded in…

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Holmes Seeks Green Commish Seat 

Vic Holmes is hitting the election trail again. Holmes, re-elected at Rathdrum's mayor in November, will challenge incumbent Dan Green for the District 3 seat on the Kootenai County Commission in the primary on May 15. Holmes has been Rathdrum's mayor for five years and…

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Ex-Sheriff Wannabe Back In Jail 10 

One week after announcing he would not run for sheriff as he had recently planned, North Idaho businessman Adam M. Johnson was behind bars in Kootenai County. Johnson, 28, of Coeur d'Alene, was arrested Wednesday for technical violations of his probation, said Jeff Ray, a…

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Pearce Sez Ethics Complaint 'Political' 

Sen. Monty Pearce, R-New Plymouth, the subject of an ethics inquiry in the Senate over failing to disclose a conflict of interest through numerous committee and full Senate votes on oil and gas rules and legislation, tells the Associated Press he did nothing wrong, pointing…

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Pangos, Zags Drop Mountaineers 

Kevin Pangos of Gonzaga drives to the hoop and is fouled by Kevin Jones of West Virginia during their second round game of the NCAA Tournament in Pittsburgh Thursday. Gonzaga won the game 77-54 to advance. (SR photo: Christopher Anderson) Blanchette: Bulldogs showed fierce nature/SR…

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Riggs: Don't Blame Prez For Gas Cost 20 

Riggs: People who blame presidents for the cost of oil are intellectually lazy, or perhaps just disingenuous partisans. Americans simply think that a freely traded resource should be the cheapest right here right now. Free traders should know that if China pays the Saudis more…

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J-Mac: Santorum Hit Floating Green 

Jimmy-MAC: Update on "Floatergate": Got a call from Cd’A Resort GC from an eyewitness to THE SHOTS HEARD ‘round Cd’A and got the okay to post this. Distance was set out at 230 yards. Santorum hit a higher lofted driver. Three balls hit. First one…

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HH: Don't Radicalize Sheriff's Position 

Herb Huseland: Why anyone would want a hard right or hard left sheriff is beyond my comprehension. The ideal law enforcement officer is politically neutral, constitutionally correct and community oriented.An example of this in Ben Wolfinger is last year’s Athol Daze Parade. The community was…

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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.