U.S. airborne troops participate in joint military exercises of the U.S., British and Georgian troops at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday. About 1,300 U.S., British and Georgian troops are conducting joint exercises aimed at training the former Soviet republic's military for participation in the NATO Response Force.
I need to bail on you for an hour today, beginning at 11 a.m. Taryn and I are speaking to the Post Falls Leadership class at the Coeur d'Alene Inn. The top, of course, is blogging. I'll be discussing what we do here -- and have been doing here for the last 12 years. I won't be gone the rest of the day. I'll be back after lunch.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (16 items & counting) includes significant fuel spill at Holiday gas station on Cornerstone/CdA and someone in a blue sedan stealing a Coeur d'Alene resident's dog ...
The Cutline Contest today features jury members tasting dishing presented by the best chefs in Europe, who are competing to advance to the 2017 World Final in Lyion, France. Cutline Contest winner Tuesday: Dennis.
Three contested North Idaho legislative GOP primary races have seen lopsided fundraising, according to campaign finance reports, with incumbent Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, far outpacing challenger Art Macomber in fundraising; while challengers Peter Riggs and Paul Amador each have raised more than twice as much as the incumbents.
The North Idaho Political Action Committee is circulating this flier in support of incumbent Republican Sheriff Ben Wolfinger and House District 3 candidate Peter Riggs, who is running against incumbent Rep. Donald Cheatham, R-Post Falls. You can see the front side of the flier, urging Unaffiliated voters to register GOP in the comments section.
A spokesman for Robyn Brody’s campaign for the Idaho Supreme Court says the campaign is disputing the Idaho Secretary of State’s office’s finding that four donations, totaling $27,000, that it received from four farm-related firms exceeded the state Sunshine Law’s limits because the firms are related by a single owner.
Hmm. Some residents in House District 3 are buzzing about a mass political mailing by state Rep. Donald Cheatham, R-Post Falls, on what appears to be a letterhead from the Idaho House of Representatives. Cheatham has a disclaimer at the bottom that sez all costs associated with the mailing were paid for by his campaign.
Sen. Shawn Keough’s campaign finance report is a whopping 31 pages long, showing that she’s raised $76,931 in campaign contributions since Jan. 1 for her re-election bid. She is being challenged in the GOP primary by Glenn Rohrer of Priest River, and also targeted by the Idaho Freedom Foundation and by an anonymous “retireshawnkeough.com” website.
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries Online blogosphere begins with a series of photos offered by Bonner County blogger Marianne Love. Also:
In the GOPrimary race for the House District 4B seat, challenger Paul Amador has raised more than twice as much money -- total -- then three-term incumbent Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene. Amador's campaign finance report shows that he has raised $18,155 to date, compared to Sims' $7,657. Sims has also loaned her campaign $6,257.
In the race for the House District 4A GOPrimary nod, incumbent Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, has raised 7X more money than Tea Party challenger Arthur Macomber. Malek has raised $48,489 total to defend his House seat, while Macomber has raised $6,891. You can read the campaign disclosures of both men below.
Chris Fillios is outpacing other Kootenai County commissioner candidates with financial contributions heading into Tuesday's primary election. On the legislative side, Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, has a large financial lead on GOP challenger Art Macomber in the race for his District 4A seat. Malek reported $31,200 in contributions.
The Pizza Hut Africa general manager and a team of employees set a world record by having a pizza delivered to them to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. (Question: Where's the oddest place that you've had a pizza delivered to?)
In a report posted on the Auto Insurance web site, Washington ranks as No. 10 among states with Road Rage problems. OTOH, Idaho barely registers as a state where Road Rage occurs often. (Question: Have you been involved in a Road Rage incident this year? Care to describe it?)
Transparent Idaho has released its 2016 salary list of employees who make more than Gov. Butch Otter. Three Boise State employees round out the top three with head football coach Bryan Harsin at the top, with just over $1.1 million. Basketball coach Leon Rice and president Bob Kustra come in second and third respectively.
On Aug. 26, 2002, Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, provided one of his "small rhymes" about feeding bears. Sometimes, Tom apologized when he sent me items like this because he wasn't addressing any particular local topic. I was fine with them. Always. They made me smile.
The chairman of the Idaho Board of Health and Welfare came under fire Tuesday for comments posted on the Idaho Freedom Action Facebook page, calling someone a “retard.” Reached at his Bonners Ferry office, Darrell Kerby told the Statesman that he recognized his mistake and deleted the comments within minutes.
Law enforcement agencies in North Idaho and northeastern Washington are searching for a man who allegedly fired multiple shots at a deputy’s patrol car during a pursuit that crossed state lines Monday night. No one was injured in the chase, which began around 11:15 p.m.
Rep. Heather Scott, the Confederate-flag waving GOTP solon from Blanchard, has lit the bat signal for her followers to join "issue teams" and "special research teams" that's she wants to form. On her Facebook wall for her 1st District legislative page, Scott invites people to sign up to help "gain control of your state and/or local governments."
The daily roundup of AM Headlines launches with a CdA Press story re: a sign change at a Rathdrum Prairie intersection. Also: Idaho among states with most expensive gas/Press, I-90 70 mph speed to remain in E Washington/KREM, Idaho school districts could be out another $2M/EOBoise, 6th-grade girls cited in Rathdrum school vandalism/Press
In an editorial today, the Coeur d'Alene Press comments that the end is obviously near for Coeur d'Alene Superintendent Matt Handelman. Handelman was a finalist for the superintendent's job in Edmonds, Wash. Now, he's a finalist for the super's job in Cheney, Wash. Obviously, Handelman wants out of Coeur d'Alene for some reason.
In the poll Tuesday, a majority of Hucks Nation said newspapers shouldn't endorse political candidates. Do you approve of President Obama's decision to visit Hiroshima later this month?
I'm posting this old Huckleberry from Feb. 23, 2013, to point out the moment when state Rep. Luke Malek's name became mud with some powerful movers and shakers in the local GOP. On that Saturday, at a public forum, Luke's stand on the state health exchange (which was supported by Gov Otter) was denounced by John Cross.
Games are afoot in attempts to evade Idaho’s Sunshine Law, as a series of related companies controlled by eastern Idaho businessman Doyle Beck and attorney and former congressional candidate Bryan Smith are funneling large sums of money into several GOP legislative challengers’ campaigns in advance of next week’s primary election.
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.
