French soldiers stand guard by the sealed off area of an attack after a Anchortruck drove on to the sidewalk and plowed through a crowd of revelers who'd gathered to watch the fireworks in the French resort city of Nice, southern France, Friday. A spokesman for France's Interior Ministry says there are likely to be "several dozen dead."
Top national security officials testified on Capitol Hill on Thursday that they are worried about the prospect of violence descending on the Republican and Democratic national conventions over the next two weeks.
I'm facing a difficult choice this weekend, put up another side of fence, or shovel 4 yards of rock into an expanded garden spot in the back yard. Mrs. O is cracking the whip as we get ready to host a small family reunion in mid-August. But, as Scarlett O'Hara might say, I won't think about that today, I'll think about that tomorrow.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (21 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 20 more items) ...
In a column this week, Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicles declares presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to be "borderline insane." Carlson is hoping against hope that Republican delegates to the national convention in Cleveland this week will step up and find someone else to carry their banner this fall.
The Cutline Contest today features a Spanish bullfighter who didn't get the upper hand during his battle with a San Fermin Festival bull. Wednesday Winner: gitrdun.
Another Terror Attack? At least 60 people have been killed in France after a truck ploughed into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the southern city of Nice. The city’s mayor said dozens had been killed in the apparent attack. Local media is reporting up to 60 fatalities.
In her post this AM, Marianne Love was typing with purple fingers, a good indicator that her first huckleberry foray into the woods this year was successful. True to the code of the huckleberry picker, Marianne isn't saying where she found the purple gold this year (just picture something above 4,800 feet elevation). Have you been picking yet?
In her Main Street column this week, Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson was at a meeting at the PFPD station as the US flag was lowered to half mast to honor fallen Dallas police officers. She shares some thoughts re: the national turmoil that we're going through.
The Fabulous Shadows, a local boy band that started in the 1960s and have been off and on since, are planning a performance on a Coeur d'Alene Lake Cruise with the Rhythm Dogs. This could be their last concert. "We are getting old," saxophonist Dr. Jack Fulwiler, 68, said. "We are wearing out."
Troy Schueller will take the helm at Coeur d’Alene High School as he accepted the offer today to become principal of the CHS Vikings, according to the Coeur d'Alene Press. Schueller has played a key leadership role as an assistant principal at Coeur d’Alene High School, a position he has held for the past eight years.
On its Bloglander blog, the Inlander weighs in on the controversial post re: the relationship between police and American blacks: "Bushling has not faced any blowback from Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh, who is on vacation this week. But Tony Stewart of the (human rights task force) says it will be interesting to see how McHugh reacts.
Former Spokane broadcaster Dan Mitchinson comments on his wife's decision to change her name to his. The Mitchinsons were married in May, "but it's taken this long to get her name changed at the DMV, social security, the bank and so on." Dan said he left it up to his wife to decide if she wanted to change her name. But he's glad she took his.
Idaho is neighbor to two western states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use: Oregon and Washington. It is one of the most anti-marijuana states in the West. Yet, in an article for the Inlander, reporter Jake Thomas notes that there may be seeds of change re: marijuana use sprouting in Idaho.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (20 items 7 counting) includes boys dumping trashcans at Stub Meyer Park/Rathdrum & an 87YO Hauser man who survived being hit by a falling tree ...
In her Front Porch column this week, Cindy discusses the job parents have to keep the magic alive in their children's lives: "From sharing beloved childhood favorite films and books with my boys to discovering new stories and new adventures with them, parenthood has allowed me to retain a bit of the ability to believe in the impossible."
A plurality of Hucks Nation said a controversial Facebook post by a Kootenai County deputy prosecutor was racist. 70 of 183 respondents (38.25%) said the post by Bryant Bushling re: police patrolling black neighborhoods was racist. Today's Poll: Was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrong in publicly criticizing Donald Trump?
Liz Burch/KHQ: Gotta Lovitt Motors says business has been booming since they started their "buy a car, get a gun" ad campaign. Salesman Jonny Keller explains despite the ad's wording, the Hayden business isn't actually handing out guns. Instead, they're giving out gift card to hunting and sporting stores in the area.
AM Headlines features news that environmentalists have filed a federal lawsuit, contending that 26 dams are harming bull trout. Also: Bull trout suit targets 26 dams/EOBoise, Prosecutor to crack down on DUIs/KREM, District announces CHS principal finalists/Press, Senate Judiciary OKs Nye for Idaho judge/EOBoise ...
Donald Trump has reportedly picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) as his vice presidential running mate, a move to shore up the presumptive GOP nominee's standing with skeptical conservatives. The decision was first reported by Roll Call.
High Country News reports: "The Republican Party is drafting its 2016 platform, which represents a hard swerve to the right on social issues. But other parts of its stance have long been consistent – most notably, its push for transferring federal lands to state control."
New York Times: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court on Thursday apologized for her recent remarks about the candidacy of Donald J. Trump, saying they were “ill-advised.” Earlier this week, Justice Ginsburg called Mr. Trump “a faker” who “really has an ego” and said he had been treated too gently by the press.
In a Moscow-Pullman Daily News editorial, Anthony Kuipers comments on the violence that is sweeping the country in the aftermath of police shooting black Americans and vice versa. He concludes: "The goal of this wave of demonstrations must be improved relations between police and those they are supposed to serve. Violence only hinders progress."
Betty Atkins, from Hauser, had the golden ticket at the NIC Foundation’s Really BIG Raffle drawing Wednesday, winning the $285,000 house with a ticket drawn in front of a crowd of about 2,500 behind the Edminster Student Union Building. Tom Greene, North Idaho College Press Room, provides a roundup of all the prizes given away.
A dock, beach and picnic area are envisioned for a future park along the Spokane River in Post Falls. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking comments on a conceptual plan for its undeveloped 2.5-acre site on the north side of the river along Maplewood Avenue just east of the Riverside Harbor subdivision.
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.
