Parting Shot -- 8.5.16
Jennifer Johnson, of Coeur d"Alene, browses the bronzes at Bob Wilfong Bronzes booth at the 48th Annual Art on the Green arts and crafts show at the Fort Sherman Grounds at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene.
FRIDAY, AUG. 5, 2016
TGIF Wild Card -- 8.5.16 4
Thirty-seven years ago today, my wife delivered our son after a long night of labor at Kalispell Regional Hospital in Kalispell, Mont. I was the editor of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, Mont., at the time. I worked the Saturday shift on the day before Junior's birth, putting out the Sunday edition.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 8.5.16
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (23 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) includes wake-board accident on Hayden Lake ...
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 4
The Cutline Contest today features a man with his pet dog Snowball on his back, drinking from a water fountain in Austin, TX. Thursday Winners -- Nic & DFO.
Active-shooter-survival class popular
More than 1,000 people in Kootenai County have been trained to survive a mass shooting and interest remains so intense that the sheriff’s office is offering more local classes. The first two classes, scheduled for Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, have already filled, said Gary Shults, the department’s community resources officer.
Commenters hate bicyclists, too
A lot of motorists don't like bicyclists. Neither do commenters. Every SR story about bicyclists attract a number of negative comments from the Peanut Gallery. The comments can be summed up in two words provided by SReporter Nick Deshais: "Cyclists suck." The SR Getting There blog investigates the anger behind that comment.
Opposition kills Black Lake deal 7
A 1,000-acre former horse ranch along the Coeur d’Alene River won’t become state property after all. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game had planned to acquire Black Lake Ranch for wildlife habitat and wetlands restoration through a land swap, but opposition to the trade killed the deal.
CFD: Strip mall fire source uncertain
Spokesman Craig Etherton of the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department reports that a preliminary fire investigation of the strip mall fire Wednesday hasn't revealed evidence of arson. (Coeur d'Alene Fire Department provides 2 photos of fire)
Bike-in-tree prank gets old at City Park 1
Someone has been putting a bicycle in a London Planetree at City Park as a prank. But no one at the city of Coeur d'Alene is laughing. The prank creates a safety hazard and endangers the tree, according to Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor. The city will keep removing the bike as long as the prankster persists. (With 3 photos)
City removes 3 Tubbs Hill trees 2
A contractor is removing three "risk trees" from Tubbs Hill today. The city Parks and Recreation Department and Fire Department manage risk trees on Tubbs Hill yearly. Risk trees are those that are dead, dying or have structural defects -- and are close to hiking trails.
Humane Society needs your help
SOS from Kootenai Humane Society: "We hate to have to ask, but we are in need of Purina Kitten Chow if anyone would like to help out and donate a bag or two. :) We are still receiving kittens almost daily and we need help feeding all of them. Donations can be dropped off at the shelter." Cindy?
Post Falls lands distributor 2
According to Editor Mike Patrick/Coeur d'Alene Press, Orgill, Inc., will buy the former Kimball Office facility and move to North Idaho. Orgill is the world's largest independent distributor of hardware, lumber and many other retail products. That means more than 100 good-paying jobs with benefits are headed our way.
Hearn: Faith healing loophole must go 11
Tom Hearn, Democratic candidate for legislative office now held by Rep. Kathy Sims, has no tolerance for Idaho's faith healing exemption. He Facebooks: "I am a Christian, but people's beliefs should not include letting a child get very sick and die due to medical neglect." I agree. Thoughts?
Cousin? 11
In this AP photo, Brazil's Ingrid Oliveria walks from pool as she trains at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, earlier today. Ingrid intrigues me because her last name is misspelled like mine. It should be "Oliveira." One of my great aunts migrated to Brazil. Do you have close relatives in another country?
AM Scanner Traffic -- 8.5.16
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (27 items & counting) includes Highlands area resident who believes people in strange car may be involved in attempt to steal mail ...
Public radio comes to Lake City
North Idaho listeners can now hear KSFC news radio at 100.3 FM. Spokane Public Radio’s newest signal provides Coeur d’Alene and the surrounding area with news and information from NPR, the BBC, the Northwest News Network, and many other programs such as On Point, TED Radio Hour, and The Takeaway.
Do you have TDS? 11
Former Coeur d'Alene Councilman Mike Kennedy admits he has TDS -- Trump Derangement Syndrome. Mike Facebooks: "I knew people with ODS but I dismissed it as a malady that only afflicts the ignorant. Supposedly these syndromes happen after elections, but there is evidence now that it is affecting people in 'pre-election' state as well."
AM: Speedy bikers endanger trail users
AM Headlines launches today with a look at speedy bicyclists who create danger to slower traffic on area trails. Also: Fair Board stuck on 7/Press, Goodwill to build Post Falls facility/Press, Festival at Sandpoint ready to open/KREM 2, Otter names Albertson's exec to Ed Board/EOB, Spokane woman has scary experience on hike/KHQ + more ...
Poll: We're better off today
In Thursday's poll, a near supermajority of Hucks Nation say it is better off today than it was almost 8 years ago when President Obama took office. Today's Poll: Do you have TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)?
Scanner provides boat crash clues 3
Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 reports that scanner traffic provides some clues re: the boat crash that killed 3 Sunday night.
KCSO releases names of other boaters 9
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office has released the names of the 5 individuals on the other boat involved in a triple fatality crash on Lake Coeur d'Alene. 4 or from Washington and one is from Hayden. The sheriff is also seeking additional information from anyone who may have heard or witnessed the accident.
Businesses lose everything in fire
Caiti Currie/KXLY reports: Three Coeur d'Alene businesses -- Tangles, a pawn shop and the Good Samaritan rehabilitation thrift store -- now sit in a pile of rubble after a strip mall caught fire late Wednesday night. Once the fire made it's way to the attic firefighters couldn't stop it. Have you ever lost everything in a fire?
Investigators seek cause in boat crash 4
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office has recovered the bodies of three boaters killed during a crash on Lake Coeur d' Alene and are now working to determine what caused that deadly collision, reports Jeff Humphrey/KXLY.
Democrat Sturgill seeks Crapo seat 7
Jerry Sturgill is running as a Democrat for a seat in the United States Senate that has been securely held by the GOP for more than two decades. But 2016, Sturgill said, is a very different year in politics. Keith Cousins/Coeur d'Alene Press provides the report.
'Gleason': A raw look at ALS 1
SR critic Nathan Weinbender reviews "Gleason," the documentary re: Steve Gleason's fight against ALS. The first thing the Spokane native and former NFL pro did after learning he had ALS was to turn on his camera. The resulting documentary is a raw, poignant look at the dreaded disease and this courageous man who is fighting it.
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.