I was disappointed that Commissioner Dan Green is stepping down after two terms with Kootenai County. Green, with his solid business sense, was a guiding light on a board that could have swung far to the right. But didn't. His stability, center-right, common sense approach to local government will be missed in that important position.
Sorensen Magnet School third grader Kaya Richmond smiles after singing The National Anthem during the 31st Annual Human Rights Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. at Lake City Community Church in Coeur d'Alene today. Essays from area fifth graders and the “I Have A Dream” speech delivered by Reverend Happy Watkins highlight the yearly assembly.
Close to 100 protesters have gathered in the Capitol hallway outside the Lincoln Auditorium, where two anti-Islam speakers are scheduled to address refugee resettlement issues in a 5:30 presentation today. Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, was the first legislator to arrive for the speech. All legislators were invited.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (17 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 12 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features Mongolian contortionist Heejin Diamond performaing at the 11th Circus Festival of Budapest (Hungary). Wednesday Winner: LLIdaho.
Terry Pickel, assistant Water Superintendent, has been named Coeur d’Alene’s next Water Superintendent, filling the position vacated by retiring Water Superintendent, Jim Markley. He will assume the position Saturday.
The way to win a woman’s heart doesn’t usually start with a series of questions including, “Do you have a tattoo?” and “Do you chew tobacco?” But 20 years ago Steve Craig asked those questions of a woman he’d never met. Steve, then 33, was a widower with two young children.
It has not been an easy past few months to be a Muslim in America, reports Boise State Public Radio, including in the Treasure Valley, where the Muslim population may be well over 10,000. Reporter Dan Greenwood reports that on a recent Friday, about 40 Muslim students gathered at the Boise State Student Union for prayer and fellowship.
While the University of Idaho football team faces an eviction notice from the Sun Belt Conference, all other Vandal sports teams are enjoying life in the Big Sky Conference. Senior basketball player Ty Egbert enjoys the more intimate, regional feel of the Big Sky Conference. And he believes Big Sky play has made him a better player.
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz would beat rival Donald Trump in a theoretical head-to-head matchup, a new national poll from The Wall Street Journal and NBC News shows. However, among all GOP candidates, Trump still holds a commanding lead as the first choice of 33 percent support nationally. Cruz takes second, with 20 percent.
The daily roundup of posts from Huckleberries Online blog roll includes: Rock of Ages/The Slice, A taste of Portland/On Tap, Lower expectations/Fort Boise, Throwback Thursday assorteds/Slight Detour, First Take: State of the Union/Randy Stapilus, Libraries closed for MLK Jr celebration/CdA Today + more ...
Sounds like some odd things going on at the Bonner County Courthouse. The county commission has sacked two long-time planners, including land-use planner Clare Marley. The county already is facing a $1 million suit for wrongful termination after sacking by former senior planner Dan Carlson. Marley sounds as though he may sue, too.
Explaining the growing popularity of snowshoeing, Mark Beattie of Mountain Gear retail store in Spokane says it all comes down to a 10-step program for learning the sport. “All you have to do is strap on modern snowshoes and by the time you walk 10 steps you’re pretty much an expert,” said Beattie, who’s been selling snowshoes for 24 years.
Here's a story that will make you say: What the heck: A woman was stabbed as she shopped inside the Goodwill thrift store at 1406 E. Front Ave. Wednesday night. The woman told police that as she shopped just after 6 p.m. she was approached by a man she didn’t know. He reportedly told her “I’m sorry” before stabbing her in the back.
The murder trial for Eldon Gale Samuel III, the CdA teenager accused of killing his father and younger brother in March 2014, continued Thursday morning with testimony from police detectives who searched the crime scene and collected weapons, ammunition and spent cartridges from inside the emergency housing unit where the family had been living.
After nearly a decade of talk, rallies, protests and arrests, a possible compromise is in the works in the state legislature about the "Add the Words" movement. Supporters want the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" added to the Idaho Human Rights Act. (Question: What do you think a compromise will look like?)
AM Scanner Traffic for Thursday (12 items & counting) includes 2 calls of structure fire involving smoke filling residences in Rathdrum and Coeur d'Alene.
When I arrived here in September 1984, Steve Anthony and Doug Eastwood were the newly minted directors of Recreation and Parks & Cemetery, respectively. They had taken over after former Parks & Recreation Director Red Halpern's kingdom had been split in two. Now, Doug has retired & Steve is retiring Friday. They both served CdA superbly.
An avalanche danger warning has been issued for the region,including the St. Regis Basin area near Lookout Pass after a backcountry skier or boarder suffered a compound fracture while being buried by an avalanche Wednesday on the Montana-side of the Lookout Pass ski area.
The daily roundup of news that's making AM Headlines today features Gonzaga guard Eric McClellan. Also: Avalanche buries skier near Lookout Pass/SR, Lakeland District superintendent to retire/Press, FDA OKs Simplot's genetically engineered potato/SR, Jury sees video, photos of Samuel crime scene/Press + more ...
Don't look now, but former Idaho gubernatorial/US Senate candidate Rex Rammell is scratch his itch to hold higher office again -- this time in Wyoming. The controversial Rammell, who swung and missed twice in Idaho, is running for the U.S. House as a Republican. He now lives in Gillette, Wyo.
In Wednesday's poll, a majority of Hucks Nation (53.01%) said it was better off today than it was seven years ago when President Barack Obama took office. Today's Poll: Today's Poll: Did you buy at least one ticket for the $1.6 billion Powerball lottery?
... Tree City USA?
Idaho lawmakers Thursday evening are invited to a presentation by an anti-Islamic preacher and an anti-immigration advocate. The speakers will be in the Capitol’s largest public meeting room, the Lincoln Auditorium. Christopher Holton from the Center for Security Policy believes refugees present a serious threat to national security.
An editorial in the Lewiston Tribune uses the purchase by billionaire Texas brothers of 38,000 acres of prized hunting land as another example why private ownership of public lands won't work. The brothers Farris and Dan Wilks immediately closed access to their new holdings. Idahoans were shut out.
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.
