Parting Shot -- 10.17.16 1
Mady Reap was surrounded by fall color as she walked along River Avenue in Coeur d'Alene recently.
MONDAY, OCT. 17, 2016
Wild Card/Monday -- 10.17.16 5
As I mentioned in the weekend Wild Card, HucksOnline topped 2 million page-views on Friday, for at least the 7th straight year. My records date back to 2009 when Huckleberries finished just under 2.1 million. At this point, it looks like another finish above 2.5 million for the year. Which is nice.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.17.16
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (10 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) ...
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 8
The Cutline Contest today features the National Competition for Beards and Mustaches in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday. Weekend Winner: gitrdun.
Raffee no longer with county? 6
"Chief Deputy Clerk Pat Raffee has been unappointed from her position, effective immediately. Shelly Amos will serve in the interim" -- Ryan Collingwood/Coeur d'Alene Press. DFO: A courthouse source told me about this at about 1:30 p.m. today. I've tried twice via photo to get...
Blogs: Prized mushrooms trashed
Daily roundup of links from HucksOnline social media includes: Catalogues/Simple Mind, Your weekly planner/On Tap, Explain this/Ridenbaugh Press, Shooting from the hip/Fort Boise, Trump or Hillary/Dogwalk Musings, Mountaineers to strut stuff/Outdoors, Seahawks pull together and win/Grip, Black cloud break (photos)/Slight Detour ...
Say goodbye to President Staben 10
"University of Idaho President Chuck Staben is living on borrowed time," columnizes Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicles. Idahoans say Boise State is the better university, largely because the Broncos have better football and basketball teams. Staben made an irreversible mistake when the UI football team slid back to the Big Sky Conference.
Idaho D's decry tactics of Scott, fans 10
In a message circulated this afternoon, Idaho Democratic Chairman Bert Marley accuses state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and her followers of voter intimidation. Marley issued his message today after reports surfaced last week that a volunteer field worker and the mother of Scott's opponent, Kate McAlister, had been intimidated by Scott backers
KCSO: Shoplift try > $2K in goods 3
In a press release, KCSO reports that deputies allegedly caught a 43YO Coeur d'Alene woman with 2 shopping carts full of goods from Hayden Walmart, worth about $2,300. Jennifer L. Dossett was charged with burglary, grand theft & give false ID to an officer. She has been jailed 6 times previously for driving & drug-related charges.
October 2016 already 1 of rainiest 5
October is barely past the halfway point and already Spokane has seen one of the rainiest Octobers on record. Through early Monday, 3.14 inches of rain had fallen on Spokane as measured at Spokane International Airport, the city’s official weather reporting site. Mike Prager/SR reports.
Bond: @&%#$* Suddenlink
David Bond, Wallace Street Journal, was watching the National League playoffs between the Cubbies and the Dodgers in the top of the 2nd, when Adrian Gonzales homered, when the "Suddenlink blue scree of death" happened. The game would end 1-0. But Bond had to head to the nearest bar to find that out, thanks to his cable provider.
Group: Otter bowed to political pressure 4
The Idaho Wildlife Federation has obtained emails that it says proves that Idaho Gov. Butch Otter bowed to political pressure in axing two Idaho Fish & Game commissioners earlier this year.
Clinton opens 12-point lead 21
Hillary Clinton has opened up a 12-point national lead over Donald Trump among likely voters with less than a month to go before Election Day, a new poll finds. Clinton takes 50 percent support in the Monmouth University survey released Monday, which has Trump at 38 percent. The Hill reports.
1991 Firestorm revisited 1
Do you remember Firestorm 1991. Acclaimed author Jess Walter does. At the time, Jess was a reporter for The Spokesman-Review. He had a front roow seat to the dozens of wildfires that destroyed 112 homes & killed two people in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Today, for the SR, Jess recalls what Firestorm 1991 was like ...
AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.17.16
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (16 items & counting) includes "six small black cows" blocking part of H54/Athol area ...
Last general election rodeo 4
I've been mulling a comment made by Marianne Love in her Slight Detour blog. She pointed out that she's reached an age where she may be doing some things for the last time. I still have some mileage left on me, especially in running this blog. I plan to stick around for at least one more year. But I won't be blogging for the 2020 prez election ...
Edit: Boise State isn't better than UI 3
In a recent editorial, Samantha Mallot of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News comments re: perception that Boise State is a better college than University of Idaho, as a result of its urban location. But UI ranks higher for grad rate, faculty, best research program and more research opportunities, Mallot notes. Which do you think is a better school?
Idaho grad rate ranks 39th
We're No. 39: "Idaho’s 2014-15 graduation rate again fell well below the national average — but the numbers showed some signs of improvement. Idaho’s ranking moved up, slightly, and the state’s graduation rate is nudging closer to the national average," reports Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News ...
AM Headlines -- 10.17.16
AM Headlines: Public Records (Oct 15)/Press, Gonzaga guard Perkins arrested/SR, Ex-Clark Fork clerk lands in jail/Daily Bee, Phillips: Register early for Nov 8 vote/Press, Lawsuit targets Spirit Lake officials/Press, Sandpoint company debuts solar sidewalks/AP, Business Bits: Outlet Mall breathes new life/Press + more ...
Poll: 2/3s will vote Trump or Clinton
In the weekend poll, two-thirds of Hucks Nation said it would vote for one of the two major presidential candidates -- Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump. Today's Poll: Do you expect controversial state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, to win re-election in 1st District?
Trib: You expect Idaho to protect kids? 10
In a weekend editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase pooh-poohs the notion that Idaho legislators have the background to protect children when religion is in the mix. He understands why cynics didn't expect something to happen when the dog-and-pony committee show took up faith healers who deny medical attention for their children ...
Souza, Milan debate at Demo lunch 2
Democrat Kristi Milan and Republican Mary Souza handed off the same microphone during Friday's Idaho District 4 Senate debate at the Ironhorse, its cord tangling between rebuttals. The two may have shared the single mic, but they didn't share many views. Ryan Collingwood/Press reports.
Idaho has lots of low-paying jobs 23
The bad news: Idahoans in general and Kootenai County residents in particular don’t make all that much money. Idaho, in fact, with an average weekly wage of $725 for full- and part-time workers, ranks ahead of only Mississippi, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Steve Cameron/Press reports ...
Ringo wows 'Spo-kane' 4
SR photog colleague Jesse Tinsley photographed the visit to Spokane of Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band Sunday. You can find a link to Jesse's photographs below. Also, Paul Turner weighs in with a brief comment re: the concert.
Crapo back tracks on Trump 16
In a televised debate Friday night, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said he might vote for presidential nominee Donald Trump, after all. Crapo stirred up Idaho Republicans recently by pulling his endorsement of the controversial GOP candidate. Democrat Jeff Sturgill, however said he'd support Hillary Clinton because she is a better alternative ...
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.