AM Scanner Traffic -- 9.28.15
AM Scanner Traffic for Monday (19 items & counting) includes grass fire started by transients accidentally, off Appleway, between Lowe's and Winco ...
MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 2015
'Dynasty' star Evans is aging gracefully, to speak at Boomers confab 4
Aging gracefully is a choice that takes courage and the ability to embrace change, advises award-winning actress Linda Evans who is known for playing Krystle Carrington in the 1980s drama “Dynasty.” Evans is keynote speaker for Boomers and Beyond: Aging Successfully Conference on Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Convention Center.
Drop supermajority? Idahoans split 4
Idahoans are split on the idea of reducing the two-thirds supermajority requirement for school bonds. 49% oppose any change, according to an Idaho Politics Weekly poll. 44% would like to see the supermajority dropped to a simple majority.
And now a word from Mitch 9
Sheriff Mitch Alexander of Shoshone County Facebooks: "To say our state has a crisis with mental illness would be an understatement. The centers are so overloaded, that recently we've had to Transport patients back and forth to Boise. (And yet some North Idaho legislators fought against funding for regional mental health center ...)
Fake service dogs cause problems 18
Fake service dogs -- the pets that some owners take into stores and businesses under the ruse that they are legitimate aids -- are causing problems. Individuals like Carl Bessent, who is blind and truly needs his trained service dog by his side, is irritated by the growing ruse of people who exploit the law to take their pets with them everywhere.
Pope sides with Kentucky county clerk 19
Pope Francis on Monday appeared to side with a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses, saying government employees should have the “human right” to object to acts that violate their beliefs. “Conscientious objection must enter into every judicial structure, because it is a right,” he told reporters earlier today.
Former foster kid beats odds 1
Kailamai Hansen, a former foster child who grew up in Kellogg, has beaten long odds to become an author planning on a legal career. In her book, "Out of the Darkness, My Journey Through Foster Care," Hansen describes the years of physical and emotional abuse, as a message of hope to the troubled children of Idaho.
Poll: Glad Boehner quit 3
In the weekend poll, A plurality of Hucks Nation supported House Speaker John Boehner's decision to resign. Today's Poll: Do you have a noise problem in your neighborhood?
State land ownership brings fences
In a Lewiston Tribune editorial this weekend, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments that state ownership of public lands would bring more fees and fences -- and that average Idahoans would lose access to some of it.
Liberals want us to rescue refugees 54
In his Sunday column in the Lewiston Tribune, conservative Michael Costello says liberals in this country want us to rescue Syrian refugees as long as they don't get their hands dirty in the process.
Malloy: Spitting on the Idaho Constitution
In his online column today, Chuck Malloy of Idaho Politics Weekly discusses the dissent of Butch Otter from a courageous congressman who stood against the Patriot Act to a governor who has become the ultimate insider -- a chief executive who makes up rules as he goes along as part of a political culture in Boise that does so, too.
Total eclipse of a Supermoon 3
Earth's shadow obscures part of a so-called Supermoon during a total lunar eclipse above St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Monday. Supermoon, or perigee moon, is the name given when the full or new moon comes closest to the Earth making it appear bigger. Question: Did you spend much time looking at the supermoon eclipse last night?
Secret tax talks draw criticism 6
Watchers of the Idaho Legislature are reeling over the news that a panel of state lawmakers from both houses – not listed among the official legislative interim committees or task forces that have been holding open public meetings streamed live on the internet – has been meeting all summer to discuss tax policy and tax relief.
Hucks: Urban farming can be noisy 2
On Sunday, Huckleberries pring launched with a look at a noisy rooster that's making life miserable for some neighbors. Resident Jeanna Hofmeister (aka "Baggy-eyed in Bayview") tells Huckleberries that the arrival of a noisy rooster and the outbreak of "roostosterone" has made life difficult of late.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 2015
Weekend Wild Card -- 9.26-27.15 8
I spotted the first two yards decorated for Halloween this week, including the yard belonging to the new neighbors across the street. The nice weather might say that summer has extended somewhat. But the ghosts hanging from the trees across the way say otherwise. I'm…
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 2015
TGIF Wild Card -- 9.25.15 4
Mrs. O and I soaked in the viewtiful fall evening as we ate dinner on the patio Thursday night. The wildfires of summer have given way to the incredible falls that we generally experience in the Inland Northwest. And I don't even mind this year...
Parting Shot -- 9.25.15
In this Jan. 29, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama holds up a document of Republican solutions given to him by then-House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio before speaking to Republican lawmakers at the GOP House Issues Conference in Baltimore. Boehner's announced exit as...
BYU/Idaho bans 'man buns' 22
First, it was the spaghetti straps and the Coeur d'Alene High Homecoming Dance. Then, it was the short cheerleader outfits during school hours at Post Falls High. Now, it's man buns. Man buns? That's the popular hairstyle for men involving a bun of sorts tied up at the back of the head. Boise Weekly brings you the story.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 9.25.15
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (22 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 14 more items) ...
Cutline Contest -- 9.25.15 10
Today's Cutline Contest features 3 pigs that are causing havoc in a North Carolina town. Thursday Winner: DFO.
Reed: In praise of ignite cda 2
Former state senator Mary Lou Reed stands up for the name change of Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency to ignite cda. In her Inlander commentary this week, she also discusses how an agency that has done so much for the community, including projects people appreciate but don't connect to it, can be so misunderstood.
Other things that Gookin isn't 3
At the Reagan Republican lunch Thursday, Councilman Dan Gookin told the gathered activists that he's neither Repubican or Libertarian. So Wedeln6969 decided to list 10 "other things Gookin may consider himself not to be," including among other things: "A Rastafarian named Jimmy." And: "Councilman for Dummies!"
KCSD chasing after transient camps 2
Taylor Viydo/KREM reports: "Authorities in Kootenai County are trying to keep up with a roving group of homeless people. Some of them were kicked out of a makeshift camp along the Spokane River after an arson there. Authorities said at least 20 homeless people were staying at the makeshift camp before it burned down."
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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