Icicles 2
At Panhandle Area Council, near the Coeur d'Alene Airport, this morning, JohnA photographed icicles that are hanging from the office roof almost the ground. Do you have comparable icicles hanging from your roof?
THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 2016
AM Scanner Traffic -- 1.7.16 1
AM Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (19 items & counting) includes visit from officer for student who wouldn't get out of bed this morning ...
Dozens oppose pro-refugee resolution 4
Dozens of Sandpoint area residents spoke out against a proposed City Council ordinance, offered by new Mayor Shelby Rognstad, that called for welcoming Syrian refugees. Grace Ditzler of KXLY reports that the proposal attracted a standing-room-only crowd that listened to public input for an hour. The matter was later tabled.
AM: Gas station canopy collapses
The daily roundup of headlines for Wednesday AM includes roof collapse at 76 gas station in Post Falls. Also: Tribe opposes Mount Spokane expansion/SR, Lookout Pass free ski school begins/Outdoors, Open house honors long-time Hayden mayor/Press, CdA protester backs Malheur refuge occupiers/Press, Hill: Compromise sought on 'Add the Words'/EOB
Poll: Occupiers = anti-guv activists
Hucks Nation doesn't think highly of the armed Bundys & Co. who invaded the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Respondents to Wednesday's poll described Bundy & Co alternatively as "anti-government activists" (29.5%), "terrorists" (23.6%), and "outlaws" (22.12%). (Today's Poll: How would you describe the Kootenai Co GOP Central Committee?)
Raul to Ryan: Honeymoon is over 7
Seems Raul Labrador is unhappy with the performance so far by new House Speaker Paul Ryan. Lauren French of Politico reports that Labrador has delivered a stark message to Speaker Ryan: the honeymoon is over. Labrador wants Ryan to start delivering some real conservative reform. In other words, Ryan is jumping as high as Raul wants.
Otter not backing down on PAC 2
Sorry to disappoint the tin gods who railroaded that "party unity" resolution through a special meeting of the Kootenai County GOTP Central Committe, but Gov. Otter isn't backing down on plans for his PAC. Also in this post, you'll find links to several topics addressed by the governor in today's AP Legislative Preview.
Throwing good money after bad 4
"I am asking to replenish Constitutional Defense Fund" -- Idaho Gov. Butch Otter at the AP Legislative Preview this morning. (Question: Can you predict which wrong-headed appeal will Gov. Otter and GOP legislative leaders waste Constitutional Defense Fund money on this year?)
Labrador defends armed protesters as 'peaceful' 32
Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador is drawing attention today for defending the armed protesters who took over an eastern Oregon wildlife refuge as “peaceful” practitioners of “civil disobedience.”
Otter targets insurance 'gap' 22
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told reporters at the AP Legislative Preview this morning that he’ll propose a new $30 million program to lawmakers this year to provide preventive, primary medical care to the estimated 78,000 Idahoans who now fall into the “gap” population.
Snow biking inspires trail options
"Snowshoers and snow bikers appear to be forging a relationship that could expand the reach of single-track trails during winter," posts Rich Landers/SR Outdoors. "While snowshoeing and winter cycling generally are banned from groomed skiing trails, the two winter recreation groups are finding harmony among themselves."
LCHS football coach Troxel retiring 13
BREAKING: Lake City football coach Van Troxel is retiring; handed in resignation this morning #nwprepsnow -- Greg Lee @srpreps
Trib: Bundy crossed the line 26
In the Lewiston Tribune this morning, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments that the Oregon carpetbaggers who are occupying the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in southeast Oregon have gone too far. They have lost the moral high ground, even among some sympathizers. The Trib warns that other insurrectionists may meet same fate.
Local GOP wants party unity 4
Here's the Coeur d'Alene Press story re: the top-secret resolution passed by the local GOP Central Committee targeting the new political action committee formed by Gov. Butch Otter. Also, you can find the story and copy of the resolution that Huckleberries Online published Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 2016
Hump Day Wild Card -- 1.6.16 13
Am I the only one anxious for the 2016 Legislature to start? My anticipation has little to do with the competency of the collective legislative crew that gathers annually in Boise. I expect little from the gaggle of legislators that North Idaho sends to Boise,...
Parting Shot -- 1.6.16
In separate vineyard rows, two deer crest hilltop at Tranche Cellars east of Walla Walla, Wash., recently.
Occupiers not welcome at Malheur 6
The new year begins with the media taking a nonstory and blowing it up into front-page stuff in The New York Times and the lead story of CNN. The story concerns a band of armed know-nothings from Nevada who have taken over the visitors center at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 1.6.16
PM Scanner traffic for Wednesday (13 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 21 more items) ... includes holdup alarm at Coeur d'Alene Zip Trip, cause by manager accidentally hitting button ...
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 15
The Cutline Contest today features a sack race at a Paris shopping center. Tuesday Winner: ScooterMom.
Fired cafeteria worker rejects offer 3
Interim Superintendent Doug Howell said the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District plans to move forward and the window is now shut for fired school lunch lady Dalene Bowden to return to her job. Bowden was dismissed from her position at Irving Middle School last month after she gave a free lunch to a hungry student.
Griffey now Hall-of-Famer 9
Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame Wednesday with the highest voting percentage ever, and Mike Piazza will join him in Cooperstown this summer. A slugger of the Steroids Era never tainted by accusations of drug use, Griffey was on 437 of 440 votes in his first appearance on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.
Sandpoint resolution backs refugees 6
New Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is urging residents to support a resolution that will be discussed by the City Council that backs relocation of Syrian refugees to the United States. Rognstad writes: "This resolution is in response to the recent opposition by Bonner County and Governor Otter on this issue."
Moscow Macy's to close, too 2
"Macy's will close its store at the Palouse Mall in Moscow" -- Moscow-Pullman Daily News tweet.
Blogos: 'The Bon' fades away
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries online blog roll includes: Riding the range/Fort Boise, First Take: Hammonds/Randy Stapilus, Your weekly (brew pub) planner/On Tap, Elder abuse of a sort/Dogwalk Musings, Good service makes a good meal/7 Blog, Someone's going to die/Barrett Rainey, WCC may be down, but skill persists/SportsLink ...
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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