A woman walks past EU referendum posters for the pro-Europe Remain Group, We Are Europe, depicting US presidential candidate Donald Trump, left on poster, kissing leave Europe advocate British MP Boris Johnson, on a billboard in Finsbury Park, London, Tuesday.
During my noon walk, I noticed the tent city for Ironman CDA 70.3 was rising from the lawn of City Park. Sounds as though organizers were hundreds of volunteers short earlier this week. Mebbe the half triathlon isn't as exciting to the locals as a full one. Who knows? There's still a few days to go before the event Sunday. I hope they pull it off.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (20 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 13 more items) including an officer finding two small boys in a vehicle parked at the Kootenai County Courthouse ...
The Cutline Contest today features a pooch being painted with the Old English "D" of the Detroit Tigers, prior to Detroit's game with Seattle Tuesday, as part of a Bark in the Park promotion. Tuesday Winner: gitrdun.
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson writes about a close encounter with a road rager in Post Falls today. Seems a female in an older white SUV on Spokane Street laid on the horn & gestured when Kerri didn't move from a stop at an intersection. The irate woman didn't see 2 boys on bikes crossing the intersection. When did someone last honk at you?
It appears that presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is focusing his considerable bile on one person -- Hillary Clinton -- rather than federal judges with Mexican-American heritage and others. Trump came out swinging today, calling Democrat standard bearer Hillary Clinton a "world-class liar."
President Barack Obama has signed the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act into law. ... Many tribal leaders, including Chairman Chief Allan of the Coeur d'Alene's, are calling it the most significant piece of trust reform legislation to come out of Congress in two decades. Allan gives Mike Simpson and Mike Crapo much credit for the bill's success.
HBO blogosphere roundup today features photo of rare pelican on the Spokane River by Walkabout. Also: Sleepy dog policy/Fort Boise, Good guys with guns/Ridenbaugh Press, Summer brings its own ups & downs/Grip, This is not how retirement goes/Simple Mind, Help with collared-moose sightings/Outdoors & Golden hour loveliness & cap/Sligfht Detour...
I got played today re: bogus NRA news release. Jim Kinney of MASSLive reports: "Hackers distributed a fake news release Wednesday saying Springfield-based gunmaker Smith & Wesson was working with the NRA to 'get guns into the hands of statistically under-armed Americans' through a 'buy one, give one' program called 'Share the Safety.'
Commenter Bob Ely posts: "I'm sure there are other retired folks who tune in to HBO. Would any of you care to have lunch, say once a month to bs about the state of the world, or Gonzaga basketball? I live between Rathdrum and Post Falls, but I'll drive to where ever we decide. Any takers?"
If you follow Lukens, Patchin & Oso on KXLY radio, you know of their buy-or-sell call in segment. If you agree with a statement they make -- say, the M's will win the AL West -- you "buy" it. If you disagree, you "sell" it. Would you buy or sell this: More than 12 women will apply to become wife of Utahn Brooks Baron Saturday at CdA Resort.
Boaters who enter the wild and scenic section of the Snake River in Hells Canyon may soon have to pay a user fee, according to a proposal from the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The agency is floating a $5 to $10 fee that would be used to bolster agency budgets for maintenance of recreation and historic sites in the canyon.
Democrats and Republicans now view each other more negatively than at any point in nearly a quarter-century, a new poll found. Fifty-five percent of Democrats say the GOP makes them feel “afraid,” while 49 percent of Republicans say the same about Democrats. What we have hee-yah is failure to communicate.
A packed house welcomed Priest River police chief Drew McLain June 16 to hear him explain the ins and outs of Idaho’s newly revised concealed carry permit law, Senate Bill 1389. It takes effect July 1. The Priest River branch of the West Bonner County Library District hosted McLain as part of its Live and Learn series.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is retracting its approval of Idaho's water quality standards for arsenic under a settlement agreement with a Portland, Oregon-based environmental group. Northwest Environmental Advocates filed the lawsuit last year challenging the EPA's approval of Idaho's arsenic standards.
On her Priest Lake Facebook site, Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns describes her photo of a crowded Morel mushroom fighting for survival as "Against all odds." Pecky wonders: How many of you hunt for mushrooms?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (13 items & counting) ...
In the Twin Falls Times News this week, an editorial addresses the rumor started in its town by foes of Syrian refugees: "Local opponents to refugee resettlement reached a new and almost unimaginably deplorable low when they took what happened to the poor girl and began to spin a web of lies around the incident to fit their agenda."
The Blaine County School Board could vote on a transgender student policy on July 12, after hearing divided testimony on the proposal Tuesday night. The Idaho Mountain Express has full coverage from Tuesday’s trustee meeting. Ten speakers urged the board to adopt the policy. Others urged the board to reject or table the policy.
Mrs. O enjoys browsing garage sales. So when she saw one on 12th Street near our home she pulled over. And bought something. As she was paying the homeowner for her item, the woman handed her a toy soldier from a basket full of toy soldiers -- you know, one of those green figures about 2 1/2 inches tall, with its own platform.
Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to push for action on gun control legislation. More than two dozen Democrats were participating in the sit-in shortly before noon, with some lawmakers seated cross-legged on the floor. Democrats have been pressing for action on gun control before the House recesses at the end of this week.
Chris Guggemos of Handshake Productions tells HucksOnline that the schedule for this summer's free music concerts at city parks in Hayden and Coeur d'Alene and at Sherman Square Park will be up on Friday. Ruth Pratt and the Coeur d'Alene Big Band will launch the series at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Hayden City Park.
Asmaa Albukaie, a Syrian refugee, describes how her 16YO son was attacked in downtown Boise in February by an assailant who allegedly asked whether he was Muslim.
AM Headlines today features show of solidarity by Sacred Heart hospital nurses in Spokane. Also: Public Records/Press, Fire wrecks Post Falls home/Press, Summit for chronic pain available/Press, Big potato truck coming to town/Too Many Cooks, Idaho part of for-profit medical school trend/Eye on Boise + more ...
A Facebook friend wrote Tuesday: "Still stuck on the plane in DC waiting for the lightening storms to pass. We have been on the plane about four hours and have already missed our connection in Denver. At this point it's an adventure." Question: Can you describe the worst plane trip you've been on?
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.
