In the Tuesday poll, Hucks Nation was divided among 3 points of view re: the Confederate flag with the plurality -- 38.82% -- viewing it as a "symbol of racism." Today's Poll: Do you agree w/Obama strategy that eschews use of U.S. military in fight against ISIS?
President Barack Obama talks every day about defeating the Islamic State militants, but advisers say one option never surfaces for serious consideration – bringing the U.S. military in more directly to save the fledgling Iraqi security forces from their failures. Question: Do you agree w/Obama strategy that eschews use of U.S. military ISIS fight?
Hump Day AM Headlines begins with the latest on the Cape Horn fire at Bayview. Also, the morning report includes: Donations should cover fireworks costs/Press, Boise-based Albertson's going public/Statesman, Appeals court mulls 'Big Mountain Jesus' case/AP, Woman accused of shoplifting, abandoning children/SR + more ...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has halted trading today, leaving investors unable to buy and sell securities. A technical issue has triggered a system-wide halt, officials said, and all open orders will be canceled. "We're currently experiencing a technical issue that we’re working to…
Jerome’s City Council is expected to discuss, at its next meeting, whether to start opening its meetings with a prayer. Mayor David Davis said at the end of Tuesday’s meeting that he had had city attorney J.B. Lothspeich research the topic and that he wants…
Phil Stephan and Patti Bolstad believe they might have been able to prevent the Cape Horn Fire if they had just acted mere hours earlier. The two were sent to rescue two people whose boat had been swamped by a Lake Pend Oreille storm. Many in Bayview believe that a camp fire in the area of the rescue may have started the Cape Horn Fire.
After a week of inactivity, someone started another small ground fire along the northeast border of Dalton Gardens near Hayden. On Tuesday afternoon, firefighters from Northern Lakes Fire District and Kootenai County Fire and Rescue responded to a human-caused fire, bringing the total number of…
The Coeur d’Alene Resort will move ahead with the design for a second hotel tower following a Tuesday vote by the Coeur d’Alene City Council to vacate two downtown streets. The council voted 5-1 for the street vacations, which Hagadone Hospitality officials said are needed...
Bayview-area residents who fled ahead of a wildfire Sunday are being escorted back to their homes today for brief visits to see the damage and grab essential items like medication. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and the Timberlake Fire Protection District in Athol planned to…
In a letter to the editor, a Coeur d'Alene couple writes that its first trip of the summer around Tubbs Hill was ruined by the presence of so many cigarette butts on the trail. Question: Why do so many cigarette smokers simply discard cigarettes on the ground when they're done with their nicotine fix?
I forgot to mention yesterday that Mrs. O & I enjoyed the tunes of superb vocalist Ruth Pratt and the Coeur d'Alene Big Band under the trees at Hayden City Park last week. Nice venue. Nice way to relax after a long day of entertaining...
Casey Kelley, of Gilbert, rests his head on his son's head as they share a grip on a Confederate flag outside the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., earlier today. With roots deep in the Confederacy, Liam Kelley, 3, is the seventh generation of the…
Panhandle Health District (PHD) and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have issued a Wildfire Smoke Advisory for Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone, and Benewah Counties. Wildfire smoke from several fires currently burning in Idaho, Washington, and Canada are impacting air quality.
Controversy continues to surround presidential candidate Donald Trump's comments painting Mexican immigrants as criminals, but the women taking part in the upcoming Miss USA pageant Trump co-owns say the show must go on. Several Hispanic candidates and one immigrant from Albania taking part in the contest discussed the pageant and Trump's comments.
Today's Cutline Contest features the photo of a reveler at the Pamplona, Spain, who got up close and personal with a cow, one day before the annual running of the bulls begins. Monday Winner: YPmule.
With three active wildfires burning in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, fire officials braced for high winds and potential thunderstorms into this evening. “The meteorologist is cautioning us about a cold front with 30 mph gusts from time to time,” said Washington Incident Management public...
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (23 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link w/15 more items) includes another possible arson attempt in grass and brush at 15th St/Lookout Drive area on northeast edge of Dalton Gardens.
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office would like to advise all individuals from the evacuated fire area that may have animals that need your attention to please contact our Central Dispatch at 208-446-1300. A representative of the Sheriff’s Office will return your call to make arrangements…
Today's North Idaho blogosphere roundup includes: On the road/Slight Detour, It's a gobsmacker/Fort Boise, Going with the grain again/On Tap, Trustee recall try afoot in Caldwell/IDEDNews, Glacier offers cool fishing alternative/Outdoors, Up-and-down M's still have time/A Grip on Sports, Good times of summer with side effects/Simple Mind + more ...
Displaced from his Bayview home by the Cape Horn fire, blogger Herb Huseland/Bay Views is miffed by the conflicting advice that he's received from fire command and police officials. First, he's told he can go home. And then he's turned back. Then, he thinks he's home free only to be frustrated again. He blogged about his experience moments ago.
Bill & Marianne Love took their cameras to Bayview Monday to provide a series of photos for Marianne's Slight Detour blog. You can see that photo set below, as well as Marianne's report re: what was happening in town while the Cape Horn fire burned above it.
"Getting ready for my day and listening to my sons discuss what would have happened if Hitler had been admitted to art school. Need. More. Coffee" -- Cindy Hval, via Facebook.
Preservation Idaho, the state’s leading historic preservation group, has sent a letter to University of Idaho officials asking them not to cover two historic murals depicting the lynching of a Native American man in the former Ada County Courthouse when it reopens as the new…
KHQ reports that the Cape Horn Fire at Bayview had minimal growth over night and is still sitting at 2,000 acres burned. At this point, there is zero containment. There will be a community meeting in Bayview Tuesday night to discuss the progress made in fighting the Cape Horn Fire. The meeting will be at the Bayview Community Center.
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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