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THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 2015

In this Monday photo, a sheep dog and her two pups protect a dead fawn, killed when fire swept through Kamiah, Idaho. The dogs stayed for hours, warding off people and potential predators, according to a witness. The group of fires near Kamiah, in northern Idaho, has destroyed more than 40 homes. (Louis Armstrong via AP)

AM Headlines -- 8.20.15 

AM Headlines for Thursday includes poignant photo of a sheep dog & 2 pups protecting carcass of fawn killed by central Idaho fire + 20 active fires close North Fork, Heart of the West art show opens at resort, Water quality project cuts Twin Lake erosion, Veteran-themed pizza shop opens in Hayden + more ...

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Poll: Obama Not After Guns

In Wednesday's poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation disagrees with U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, who contends that the Obama administration is trying to take guns away from returning veterans and Social Security recipients. Today's Poll: Do you believe ignite cda is transparent & accountable?

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 (U.S. Army photo)

Trump Calls Bergdahl 'Dirty, Rotten Traitor' 49 

At a town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a Blaine County man who spent five years as a prisoner in Afghanistan and is being charged with desertion, a "dirty, rotten traitor," and appeared to pantomime his execution.

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Souza Attacks URD Name Change 12 

State Sen. Mary Souza is on the attack again vs her No. 1 target, ignite cda, the urban renewal district formerly known as Lake City Development Corp. Souza contends that the urban renewal agency is violated state code by changing its name to something that doesn't identify it as a URD.

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Tea Cups Hold Warm Memories

For her Front Porch column this week, Cindy Hval writes of the warm memories she has of her fragile tea cup collection -- a collection that has mostly survived a household of 5 males. She writes: "Closing my eyes, I can still hear the startling sound of china hitting a tile floor in one of the most memorable catastrophes.'

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Kootenai County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Joseph Bekken ...

Ex-NIC Exec Pleads Guilty To 2 Felonies 

The former financial aid director for North Idaho College pleaded guilty this morning to computer crimes and attempted misuse of public funds related to a scheme to entice students to have sex in exchange for college aid. Joseph M. Bekken could be given up to...

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Edit: Crude Is Down, Why Not Gas? 

In an editorial this AM, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune points out that the price of Western Texas Intermediate crude oil dipped below $42 per barrel on Wednesday. The last time crude was that low, Idahoans were paying $1.82 per gallon of gas. Yet, we're now paying the 7th highest fuel prices in USA. What's up with that?

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Fire burns on the ridge above a ranch on Twisp River Road in Twisp, Wash., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. Authorities on Wednesday afternoon urged people in the north-central Washington town to evacuate because of a fast-moving wildfire. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

3 Firefighters Die In Twisp Fire 

Three firefighters were killed and four others injured Wednesday as raging wildfires advanced on towns in north-central Washington. Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said the deaths in a wildfire near Twisp were confirmed, but he said he was not immediately releasing further details about the...

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ignite cda OKs $6.5M Budget 

Ignite cda board members passed a budget Wednesday despite objections at a 20-minute public hearing. Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency, formerly known as Lake City Development Corp., is expected to receive $6.5 million in tax increment funds in the 2015-16 fiscal year.

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Things I Would Say to My Father 10 

Reporter William L. Spence of the Lewiston columnizes about his father's recent death and the struggle is mother is having in the aftermath. Question: Is there something you wished you could say to a departed parent?

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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.