The city of Hayden and Kootenai County have reached a non-binding agreement that will serve as a guide for future land acquisitions re: the Coeur d'Alene Airport, which is completely surrounded by the city of Hayden.
SReporter Scott Maben is covering the preliminary hearing today -- and possibly for the rest of the week -- in the slaying of Coeur d'Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore. Scott is at the county jail where Jonathan Daniel Renfro, 27, of Rathdrum faces a number of felony charges including first-degree murder. We will follow this legal proceeding throughout.
After two failed levies — and a debate that focused statewide attention on local school budget pressures — the Troy School District has considerably more breathing room Wednesday. On Tuesday, voters passed a one-year, $995,000 supplemental levy that should allow the rural Latah County district...
Motorists on Interstate 90 in Post Falls can expect lane closures over night on Thursday and Friday as crews begin the next stage of work on a new overpass. One westbound lane will be closed beginning at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and lasting until 5 a.m. Friday.
OK, I have 30 plus tickets for free entry to the North Idaho Fair on Thursday (only). If you can tell me on this Wild Card thread why you're deserving of the fair tickets, I'll give you 2. But you have to come by the...
Do you remember dropping your children off for their first day of school? Describe the scene for us ...
In an editorial today, the Twin Falls Times News takes state Rep. Pete Nielsen, R-Mountain Home, to task for being clueless -- the word "doofus" popped up, too -- re: the College of Southern Idaho Refugee Program.
At the Slice blog, Paul Turner writes: "The recent air quality has prompted some longtime residents to regale relative newcomers with tales of decades-ago grass burning. But here's the thing. Some of the newcomers don't believe these stories and suspect we are making it all up."
Today's Cutline Contest features two girls on their way to their first day of school in Pennsylvania. Monday Winner -- Stitch.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (16 items + link to AM Scanner Traffic w/16 more items) ...
Idaho is the second worst state for women according to a 2015 WalletHub ranking. States were ranked in three categories — workplace environment, education and political empowerment — and in the overall ranking Idaho was ranked 49th, finishing above Utah, which was ranked as the worst U.S. state for women in 2015.
Cindy's "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation" got panned. And she was woman enough to post a link to the review in her latest War Bonds blog post.
USFS, Idaho Department of Lands, Coeur d'Alene Tribe, U.S. Interior Department provide the latest update re: wildfires burning in Idaho ...
We've all heard how polluted Colorado's Animas River is, thanks to a little help from its friends at the EPA. But did you know that five western waterways are worse than orange Animas. Unfortunately, the city of Coeur d'Alene sits on the northern edge of one of those. Yep, Lake Coeur d'Alene. High Country News provides more info.
In speaking to the Idaho Environmental Forum today, Congressman Mike Simpson said he doesn't even try to justify the new Boulder-White Clouds wilderness area. "Go up there and spend a few nights. It justifies itself," Simpson told the gathering. “I honestly believe that when God takes a vacation, he goes to the Boulder-White Clouds."
HucksOnline offers the August meeting minutes of ignite cda. Of particular interest are some preliminary ideas provided by Architects West for ignite cda property south of City Hall, along Park Avenue (Item No. 6). Also of interest is the annual ignite cda budget for fiscal 2016 and a calculation that shows some decent valuation jumps in URD areas.
In Notes & Errata, Mark Morford, the well-known online columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, writes about his annual getaway in the Sandpoint area: "Magical barely begins to cover it." However, this year, Morford writes, the wildfires are changing everything: "The very tone and timbre of life is changing. The air is shifting, the light."
SR Outdoors guru Rich Landers blogs that curtailing hunting, as a result of wildfire concerns, is not a reasonable: "States have set season dates based on numerous factors and changing them causes a domino effect of problems and conflicts for hunters, businesses, agencies and wildlife."
On its Facebook wall, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office announced that $669 was raised in donations for the family of slain Coeur d'Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore at the annual National Night Out event in Hayden earlier this month.
Lizard People is enjoying the beginning of this fall's local political circus, with the candidacy announcements of Councilman Dan Gookin and former county clerk Dan English, for Coeur d'Alene council posts. LP thinks Gookin will be challenged from the right and the left. And he's waiting for the dance ticket for Ron Edinger's eat to fill up
Facebook Friend Darrell Kerby wasn't impressed by Jimmy Carter as president, back in the 1970s, but he is impressed by his humanitarian work as an ex-president. And Darrell's even more impressed by the former president as he faces terminal illness.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (16 items & counting) including one-car rollover off I-90/Highway 41 that tied up traffic & resident who spotted 3 boys hiding in bushes near area of Dalton Gardens arson fires this summer ...
The Idaho Fish & Game Department, Panhandle region, has an urgent Facebook message for hunters out there: We. Are. Not. Shutting. Down. The forest.
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.
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