Parting Shot -- 10.19.16 2
Unity Rally counter protesters face off with about a dozen Trump supporters during the WSU College Republicans Trump Wall demonstration and Unity Rally counter protest on the WSU campus in Pullman, Wash., today.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19, 2016
Hump Day Wild Card -- 10.19.16 6
On this day 40 years ago, my father, Franklin Simas Oliveria, was killed in an accident in which a trucker turned in front of him on a rural road in central California. He was 55, the son of Portuguese immigrants. He was a short, stocky man with a big laugh and love for people. In return, people loved him.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 10.19.16 1
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (12 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 12 more items) ...
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote 5
The Cutline Contest today features First Lady Michelle Obama and Agnese Landini, wife of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during a ceremony at the White House Tuesday. Tuesday Winner: rusmardav.
Melissa: All in a day's work 7
Melissa Luck, the talented executive director at KXLY-TV, tells of the abuse she takes as a media person from viewers who are too amped up re: the 2016 presidential election. In the last week, she's been called a "Nazi" and worse simply for fielding calls at the Spokane station. Check out her Facebook post below.
Deputies donate to teddy bear clinic
The Kootenai County Deputy Sheriff Association donated over 50 teddy bears and $500 to support Kootenai Health Pediatric Services’ Teddy Bear Clinic, to be held Saturday at Kootenai Health.
KCSO offers 5th active shooter class
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office is offering a 5th class re: how to survive and active shooting. The class will take place from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Volunteer Search & Rescure Building. Reservations are required.
AG probes claims vs Scott backers 3
The Bonner County prosecutor’s office has referred charges that supporters of Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, stalked and harassed a young field organizer for the Idaho Democratic Party in North Idaho to the Idaho Attorney General’s office, and the Attorney General’s office has opened an investigation.
Amador to miss Demo Club forum 7
Republican Paul Amador said he has a conflict and won't be able to attend the weekly Kootenai County Democratic Club lunch at the Iron Horse Friday. Amador didn't respond to a follow-up request from the Democrats that allowed him to name the date and time for a debate. Q: Why is it that so many Republicans have debate conflicts?
Where have all the yard signs gone? 6
Berry Picker Donna raises a question that I mentioned earlier this fall: Where are all the political yard signs. She counted political yard signs during two recent trips around town this week. It wasn't hard to keep track because there were few of them. Why do you think there are so few yard signs? I have a theory.
An itsy bitsy spider?
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., describes this guy as "a small spider balancing on a pointy thistle in southern Oregon." It's doesn't look itsy, rather it looks more like one of those spiders in Mirkwood that chased the Bilbo and the...
Poll: 60% of USA back legal pot 11
A record high 60 percent of American adults support legalization of marijuana, according to a new Gallup poll released three weeks before voters in nine states decide whether to expand legal access to pot. When Gallup first asked about this issue in 1969, 12 percent of Americans supported legalization.
IEA gives $32K to Dem wannabes
The Idaho Education Association’s political arm is a major donor to a Boise-based group supporting Democratic legislative candidates. Between May 28 and Sept. 30, the Political Action Committee for Education contributed $32,000 to Responsible Leadership for Idaho. Kevin Richert/Idaho Education Association reports.
Wells Fargo: Sorry, won't happen again 4
As a Wells Fargo Bank customer for years, I received an email from bank higher-ups Tuesday re: its recent scandal. You can read the email below. If you follow the link, you'll find steps that Wells Fargo is taking as penance for the scandal. I'd like to see some of the big wigs responsible going to prison. But, hey, that's me.
Over the rainbow 1
This rainbow formed over a huge Maple tree in Coeur d'Alene during a break in the weather on Monday. SR photog colleague Kathy Plonka was on hand to document the fabulous rainbow.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 10.19.16
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (12 items & counting) includes vehicle-vs-bike crash that has resulted in "severe bleeding" at Northwest Boulevard/Interstate 90 ...
Man stabbed for taking too long to go 8
A man accused of stabbing a stranger in a Spokane McDonald’s bathroom told police he resorted to violence because the other man was taking too long, according to court documents. Police arrested Darrell E. McDuffee, 53, Sunday. What the hey?
AM Headlines -- 10.19.16
AM Headlines kicks off with the CdA Press providing a look at that emergency hazmat drill that took place at Silverwood/Athol Tuesday. Also: Public Records (Oct 19)/Press, Otter to speak at CdA lunch Nov. 9/Press, WSU student Repubs to build Trump wall/KREM, •Spokane police crack down on public pot smoking/SR ...
Letter: Why hasn't Scott spoken out? 22
In a letter to The Spokesman-Review, Todd Miller of Spokane, who was raised in Idaho, wonders why state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, hasn't addressed claims that her followers are harassing people. Question: Why do you think Scott has remained silent re: claims that her followers are harassing people?
Trump comments disgust Risch, but ... 6
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch has finally commented on the 2005 videotape in which Donald Trump boasted of sexually assaulting women, saying he’ll still vote for Trump for president even though he’s “disgusted by the vulgar and indefensible revelations relating to the Republican nominee’s character.” Thoughts?
Round 3: Presidential debate 16
We've now endured two presidential debates between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. They've been no-holds-barred events that have left us wondering: How low can they go. Especially Trump. If tonight's debate was a boxing match, Trump would need a KO to win. The first 2 rounds went to Clinton. What do you expect tonight?
Senator urges no vote on HJR 5 7
Sen. Dan Schmidt, D-Moscow, who cast the only “no” vote in the Senate this year against HJR 5, the administrative rules constitutional amendment that’s on the November ballot, has penned an op-ed article urging voters to reject the measure. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports.
From Coeur d'Alene to international model 2
A few months ago, Lake City High grad Phil Blank ws planning to attend Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston while playing for the area's club football team, reports Ryan Collingwood/Coeur d'Alene Press. Now, he's an international model sharing a $13,000-per-month apartment with a group of other male models.
Poll: Most will vote at polls 8
In Tuesday's poll, a bare majority of Hucks Nation will vote in person at the polls in the presidential election. But a solid plurality combined will opt for other methods of voting. Today's Poll: Today's Poll: Are you worried that the presidential election will be rigged?
NI pharmacies offer overdose antidote
Albertsons-Safeway pharmacies in North Idaho have begun offering a potentially lifesaving antidote for fatal overdoses of heroin and opioid drugs. The antidote is available without a prescription.
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.