Hump Day Wild Card -- 11.5.14 4
I'm heading out early tonight as a result of the long night of Election 2014 coverage. I'm spent. I'll be back here at 8 o'clock Thursday AM, bright-eyed & bush-tailed. (Whatever that means.) So you tomorrow...
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 5, 2014
Parting Shot -- 11.5.14
A dragonfly clings to a branch in Surfside, Fla., earlier today. It's compound eyes are made up of thousands of facets which allow it to see even behind itself. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Quotable Quote 11
I just paid $2.75 for a gallon of gas at Costco in Coeur d'Alene this afternoon. I might as well get on the band wagon and blame Obama. Everyone else is -- SamC, via Facebook.
Top Comments -- 11.5.14
Top Comment -- TWolf (RE: Johnson: Filthy lucre changes everything): "Big land owners, farmers, mining, timber, wealthy retired people, all trying to protect their money played a huge role, as it always does, in the election. As I have said many times, I am a…
Here Comes The 'Chief (of Schools)' 20
At the Boise Weekly, George Prentice reports: Welcome to the Sherri Ybarra era. Fresh from her surprise win to become Idaho's new Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ybarra is having a bit of trouble acknowledging exactly what position she has just claimed. "I want to give…
CPD Catches Suspected Intruder 1
At about 9:45 this morning, Coeur d’Alene police officers responded to the 400 block of W. Davidson for a burglary in progress. A 21 year-old female had called 911, stating someone had just entered her home. The victim told 911 dispatchers she could hear a…
SR News Quiz -- 11.2-7.2014
How much do you know about oil-by-rail shipments, evictions of homeless people in Coeur d'Alene, haunted Spokane places and other news of note? Find out in the weekly News Quiz of The Spokesman-Review, where you could win a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 11.5.14
4:50 p.m. Female reports that male driver almost hit her car several times @ Greensferry/Polston, Post Falls. 4:43 p.m. Report of fire on Tubbs Hill proves to be a false alarm. 4:26 p.m. Undisclosed medical emergency reported @ 33800 block of Pine Avenue/Bayview. 4:10 p.m.…
Kenck: 'We're Getting Stronger' 46
Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Larry Kenck, in a statement today, said the close race for state superintendent of schools was “a testament to the fact that we ran strong despite an adverse election climate,” that saw big GOP wins both in Idaho and nationwide. Kenck…
HucksOnline Blogos -- 11.5.14 1
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Party -- Democrat Anne Nesse is shown in the Duane Rasmussen file photo from the North Idaho Fair bearing the weight of a stuffed donkey in the Idaho Democrats tent. Nesse was the lone Kootenai County Democrat to give her…
Winners & Losers 4
Winners:
Johnson: Filthy Lucre Won The Day 15
The Republican romp across the electoral map yesterday may or may not prove to be a defining moment in the “re-branding” of the national GOP in advance of the 2016 presidential election to which all eyes now turn, but it most assuredly marks the first…
The Way We Were 9
Since this is No Shave November, I thought I'd roll out this photo that SR photog buddy Jesse Tinsley posted on his Facebook wall. The guy in the foreground is David Bender, a former Coeur d'Alene bureau employee who pursued a technical career with newspapers…
Five-Ever 2
"It took like, FIVE-ever!" How Zach Hval describes a long wait. Five-ever of course, being significantly longer than forever -- Cindy Hval.
Otter: Idahoans ♥ GOP Principles 7
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, in brief comments late last night to KTVB-TV, pondered his re-election to a rare consecutive third four-year term. “This is the first one in the 21st century,” he said. “What I believe it says, it says something great about Republican principles,…
'60 Minutes" Airs UM Rape Scandal
In the Missoulian, reporter Martin Kidston reports: The woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by four University of Montana ootball players in 2010 criticized the Missoula Police Department and the Missoula County Attorney’s Office for their handling of the case on a "60 Minutes…
Lake City Robbery Suspect Caught
A man accused of robbing bank branches in Idaho and Utah, including a Coeur d’Alene credit union last month, is behind bars after allegedly attempting a repeat heist near Pocatello over the weekend. Randy T. Jordan, 44, was indicted by a federal grand jury in…
Ybarra: So Excited, Just Can't Hide It 16
On a post-election victory speech, Republican school superintendent-elect Sherri Ybarra said:
Studying Results 5
State Sen. Bob Nonini and his wife, Cathyanne, look at election results during gathering of Kootenai County Republicans at Daanen's Deli/Hayden Tuesday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Best Results Of Election Night 3
North Idaho Trustee Pos D Christie Wood . . . . . . . . . 28,826 100.00 Total . . . . . . . . . 28,826 North Idaho Trustee Pos E Ken Howard . . . . . . . . .…
Impaled On A Toothpick
While walking barefoot through the house, I managed to impale my foot with a toothpick which sank itself almost an inch deep. Yes, this is my life --Trish Gannon, publisher of the River Journal, via Facebook.
One Word Analysis 53
How would you describe the 2014 general election results in one word?
AM Scanner Traffic -- 11.5.14
11:58 a.m. Domestic dispute reported on Wesson/Athol. 11:09 a.m. 71YO female is in high degree of distress @ Garden Plaza Court/Post Falls. 10:58 a.m. Small child near disabled vehicle on I-90/Post Falls area is too close to passing traffic. 10:48 a.m. Vehicle is illegally speeding…
At The Local GOP Hideaway
At Daanen's Deli/Hayden last night, former Coeur d'Alene schools trustee Brent Regan, left, manned the computer, while anti-tax activist Sharon Culbreth whispered something to Bob Brooke, right. Newly elected legislator Don Cheatham has his back to the camera. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
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.