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THURSDAY, FEB. 5, 2015

Poll: Already Over 'Hawks Loss

Wednesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation is already over the heart-breaking loss by the Seattle Seahawks to New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. 90 of 184 respondents (48.91%) said they are already over the loss. 31 of 184 (16.85%) said they won't be…

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Columnists Pen INW Garden Book

Pat Munts’ earliest gardening memories involve her grandmother. “I remember standing in my grandmother’s garden surrounded by tomato plants taller than me,” she said. By age 6, she was happily digging in her own garden. Similarly, Susan Mulvihill fondly remembers spending time in her grandmother’s…

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Why Stop At One Offensive Plate? 

Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune has a laundry list of possible specialty plates that might be as offensive as the one proposed to honor the Orofino High Maniacs. Possibility for North Idaho: "Former home of the Aryan Nations."

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INW Boosts Immunizations 

Measles outbreaks during the past year have rekindled the national and Northwest debate regarding vaccines in an area with historically higher-than-average numbers of people who don’t have their children immunized against diseases. There have been some gains. The National Immunization Survey found that both Washington…

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Luna, Goedde Push Broadband 

Former Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and former state senator John Goedde are pushing budget for troubled Idaho Education Network Broadband in a hearing with the legislative budget committee this morning. Eye on Boise provides a roundup of posts about the hearing.

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Handelman: District In Good Shape 

Mike Nelson, director of curriculum and assessment for the Coeur d’Alene School District, gives a presentation Wednesday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Coeur d'Alene School District Superintendent Matt Handelman left no doubt Wednesday evening that Coeur d'Alene's kids…

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Possible Human Remains Found 

A hiker in the Bayview area found what appear to be the skeletal remains of a human. On February 4, 2015 at about 12:45 pm, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a hiker in the Bayview area that he came across what…

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Update: Delavan Rehired 

SReporter Scott Maben reports that former airport manager Greg Delavan has been rehired on a 2-1 vote of the Kootenai County commissioners this morning. New Commissioners David Stewart and Marc Eberlein voted to rehire Delavan. Commissioner Dan Green, who formed the 2-1 majority of the...

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Huckleberries Online

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.