What a way to start a week -- technical difficulties that knocked our administrative system sideways for 90 minutes or so. I was able to post the morning cartoon and two other items before the gremlins hit. Fortunately, the SR techs were up to the task of handling a significant problem.
A penny is stuck to layers of gum on a at Seattle's "gum wall" at Pike Place Market on Monday. Besides gum, people leave pictures, business cards and other mementos. On Tuesday, a steam-cleaning process to remove all of the gum from the walls is scheduled to begin, the first full cleaning the quirky tourist attraction has received in 20 years.
Hannah Keinert will graduate from Priest River high school this spring with about two years of college credits completed. She is among a growing number of students taking advantage of an array of dual-credit programs Idaho is offering high school students to give them an opportunity to leverage ambition to get a jump on university studies.
"Today" show weatherman Al Roker delivered a weather forecast this morning, at 7:05 a.m., from the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene. In the latest Rokerthon, Roker is on a mission to give a weather forecast in all 50 states in 7 days. He made stops in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene today en route to Missoula.
The Cutline Contest today features a fashion exhibit by designer Iris van Herpen in Atlanta, Ga., recently. Weekend Winner: GitRDun.
Today's Scanner Traffic (24 items & counting) includes a number of slash pile burns that are being reported as wildfires ...
Lakeland High and North Idaho STEM Charter Academy were the division winners of the NIC 34th annual math contest recently.
After I tweeted that St. Maries teacher Kathy Kahn plans to challenge state Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, in House District 2, the Idaho GOP tweeted back the image above plus this note: "We look forward to a substantive race on issues pertinent to District 2. We'll just leave this here (referencing map above).
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush told The Huffington Post that he would definitely kill baby Adolf Hitler, if he could go back in time to do so. The New York Times Magazine started this conversation a few weeks ago. How about you? Would you kill baby Hitler if you could go back in time and do so -- and prevent the slaughter of millions?
North Idaho College student newspaper, The Sentinel, took 4th Place in the Best of Show category of two-year colleges at the annual Associated Collegiate Press and Collegiate Media Association media convention in Austin, Texas.
Elizabeth Smythe Brinton couldn't decide what to do on rainy, damp Windy Bay today. Drive into town and see a movie? Nah. She opted to spend a cozy afternoon inside with her books. Today's selection? Elena Ferrante's "My Brilliant Friend." How about you? Are you reading a book by a cozy fire while the rain drops outside today?
The daily roundup of links from Huckleberries Online blog roll includes: Your weekly (brewpub) planner/On Tap, Record breaking Boise mayor/Randy Stapilus, Washington cougar harvest to be cut/Outdoors, Front-row seat for winter driving follies/The Slice,Big hole on Sunday despite packed weekend/Grip, Good books for damp days/Elizabeth Smythe Brinton
The Adams County prosecutor has asked the Idaho Attorney General’s Office to step in as special prosecutor on an officer-involved shooting that left a Council rancher dead a week ago. Jack Yantis died Nov. 1 on U.S. Highway 95 in front of his ranch, about 6 miles north of Council. Two members of Yantis’ family witnessed the shooting.
Jeremy Morris, the Hayden attorney who is fighting his homeowners association re: his plans to erect a ha-huge Christmas display in his front yard, also is involved in a lawsuit against Common Core. He's one of 10 plaintiffs in the federal case against Gov. Butch Otter & 2 others. IFF board chairman Brent Regan is the lead plaintiff in the case.
Next month, "The Nutcracker" will celebrate 11 years of bringing the music and magic of the holiday season to Coeur d'Alene. And dancer Shayla Griff, 17, has been part of that magic since it began. “It’s been an important part of my family’s Christmas, too, because they’ve seen it 11 times,” Griff said during a rehearsal Friday evening.
An encounter in downtown Coeur d'Alene between a local surveyor and a homeless veteran five years ago helped turn the vet around. Cody Kittelson, who was suffering from PTSD credits fellow veteran Tad Brown for possible saving his life with that gesture and some money for food. You can see how far Kittelson has progress from 2010.
The New York Times reports, just 158 families have given half of all the money donated to presidential candidates. All but 20 of those wealthy families have given their money to Republicans.
Melissa Davlin, of Idaho Public Television, has been keeping a list of alleged open-meeting violations in the state of Idaho. She writes: "There have been quite a few accusations of government entities big and small violating Idaho’s open meeting laws recently. That’s not a trend journalists like to see." A list of possible violations listed below.
A simple change in the design of Starbucks' holiday-themed cups has left critics and some Christians with a not-so-merry feeling. They claim it's yet another war on Christmas. The company's decision to use minimalist red cups without the reindeer, Christmas ornaments and other holiday symbols has sparked a viral campaign.
No can do, Chloe. Claire, you can’t come, either. If you’re an Olivia, Sophia, Sasha, Malia or Mia, you are not on the list. It’s a very short list. This is a very exclusive social club. The rules are simple but strictly enforced: Only Lindas allowed. That’s L-I-N-D-A Linda – not L-Y-N-D-A Lynda. Do you have a special Linda in your life?
Jack Roberts got a bill in the mail the other day for an unpaid $3.50 highway toll that came from driving one afternoon last month on Washington’s west side. This was a curious development for a couple of reasons: Jack’s wife, Terrie, says her husband wouldn’t be caught dead driving in the Seattle area. Jack Roberts is, in fact, dead.
In the weekend poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation says a homeowners association is right to fight Jeremy Morris' plans to erect a huge Christmas display in his front yards, allegedly in violation of the HOA's covenants. Today's Poll: Today's Poll: Do you believe that there's a 'War on Christmas'?
The 2015 State Integrity Investigation is out today, measuring hundreds of variables to compile transparency and accountability grades for all 50 states. The grades aren’t good; Alaska, which scored the best in the nation, earned a C, and only two other states earned better than a D+. Eleven states failed. Idaho got a D-.
Suspended receiver Dezmon Epps “will not be joining the team,” Idaho coach Paul Petrino said on a Sun Belt Conference call Monday. The Whitman County prosecutor’s office declined to file charges Friday against Epps, because “we could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,” prosecutor Merritt Decker said.
In an weekend editorial, the Lewiston Tribune points out that cities are islands of blue in a sea of red in Idaho. At the city level, candidates and issues that lean left of hard-core Republican parties were successful last week. That could signal the beginning of marginal gains by the state's super-minority Democratic Party.
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.
