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News >  Idaho

Cindy: Dreading days dealing with empty nest

On one hand, Front Porch columnist Cindy Hval sez: "No matter how hard I try to carve out an empty house to write in, someone always comes home early. Or leaves late. Or brings a friend over. You get the picture." OTOH: "It’s hard to imagine an empty, silent house, but one day soon these rooms will echo with memories instead of noise."
News >  Idaho

Huckleberry Friends — 3.22.17

The daily roundup of links from the Huckleberries Online social media: Spring outing/Slight Detour, A fuller Filling station/On Tap, Oops! So I forgot/Simple Mind, Ubiquitous eyes/Carlson Chronicles, Complicated & uncomfortable/Fort Boise, Openings redux: Harrelson & MacLaine/7 Blog, Clagstone Meadows access to start Aug. 1/Outdoors ...
News >  Idaho

Senate OKs grocery tax repeal 25-10

The Senate has voted 25-10 in favor of HB 67a, the grocery tax repeal bill. The bill, originally an income tax cut bill when it passed the House, now goes back to the House for concurrence in the Senate amendments. (Huckleberries is happy to report that all 4 North Idaho senators voted for this bill.)
News >  Idaho

Viydo: Cedars nearly floats away

Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 reports on flood danger to the floating Cedar's restaurant at Blackwell Island. Taylor reports that a tugboat was needed to keep Cedar's from floating away. And it wasn't the first time that this has happened.
News >  Idaho

Senate defeats highway bonding bill

After much debate this morning, the Senate has voted 15-20 against the amended version of SB 1188, the big transportation funding bill. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports.
News >  Idaho

Iron Man Envy

The competition is still 3 months away, but Remember The Bard still has Ironman on the mind as the calendar now indicates spring.
News >  Idaho

‘Gong Show’ host Barris, 87, RIP

Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included “The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game” and that infamous factory of cheese, “The Gong Show,” has died. He was 87. Question: Do you remember "The Gong Show"?
News >  Idaho

Commissioners declare emergency

The Board of Commissioners has declared that a Flood Disaster Emergency exists within Kootenai County as a result of high levels of spring runoff causing widespread flooding.
News >  Idaho

Suspected terrorist attack in London

An attack near the British Parliament left at least three people dead and 20 others injured on Wednesday afternoon, plunging the country’s seat of power into chaos and confusion and prompting the evacuation of the prime minister. A man believed to have been an assailant died after being shot by the police. The New York Times reports ...
News >  Idaho

Racist flyers litter Sandpoint

Racist fliers littered Sandpoint on Sunday, attracting condemnation from the community and the local human rights task force. Sandpoint Police Chief Corey Coon said as many as 30 of the fliers, which promoted a website which traffics in speech against Hispanics, Jews and other creeds and nationalities, were collected. Keith Kinnaird/Bee reports.
News >  Idaho

Senate OKs business tax cut

The Idaho Senate has approved a major tax-cut bill for Idaho employers, passing SB 1195 on a 34-1 vote Wednesday to cut the unemployment premium tax rate that employers pay, saving Idaho employers $115 million over the next three years.
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 3.22.17

AM Headlines: Public Records (March 22)/Press, Boundary County slide buries H95/SR, Spokane Valley shuts Spokane River/KXLY, Storage unit standoff ends with arrest/Press, Spokane River reaches near record highs/SR, 600,000 Chinook fry lost at Kooskia hatchery/AP, Otter signs disaster declarations for NIdaho/KREM + more ...
News >  Idaho

Poll: Split on Gorsuch

In the Tuesday poll, Hucks Nation was almost evenly divided on the issue of the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Today's Poll: What should city do w/giant die/dice that floated onto lakeshore (if owner doesn't want it)?
News >  Idaho

Time 2 Go: Betsy’s limericking

My Eye on Boise colleague Betsy Russell is posting limericks on her blog. Which means it's time for the 2017 Legislature to wrap up things. Her latest limerick features Dan Foreman, the controversial state senator from Moscow. Feel free to post your own limerick re: the 2017 Legislature.
News >  Idaho

He meant to say “Idaho”

OK, I need your help. Huckleberry Friend Keith Boe of Post Falls recently suffered the Mother of All Brain Cramps while asking directions in Seattle. He told a hotel employee that he was in town on business and from -- "Iowa"! I plan to use Keith's bewildering experience in Thursday's column. But can't figure out a good spin to end item.
News >  Idaho

Close calls X 3

So what does a moose, a cat and a mouse have in common? They are three animals that Val Fasthorse almost hit in a 20-minute period from home to the Coeur d’Alene Casino and back again Friday night. Q: When was the last time that you almost hit an animal on a public highway?
News >  Idaho

No jury duty for 2 years? Woohoo!

Huckleberry Friend Kim Brown of Hayden had reason to cheer this week: “My jury number is excused for two years! Woohoo!” As if you wouldn’t have the same reaction. Question: In a word, how would you describe the reaction you have when you're dismissed from jury duty for two years?
News >  Idaho

Trib: Santa came early without toys

As nice as it sounds, comments Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune, Idaho can't afford to eliminate the grocery sales tax. It doesn't have enough excess revenue to do so.
News >  Idaho

Round 3: Gonzaga faces scary West Virginia

West Virginia is one of the NCAA Tournament’s scariest matchups and many folks expect the fourth-seeded Mountaineers to upset top-seed Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 matchup on Thursday. Even though the Bulldogs are the No. 1 seed in the West Region, they are favored by just three points.
News >  Idaho

State of County given in 3 acts

Kootenai County’s three commissioners took very different approaches Tuesday when giving their State of the County presentations. Each of the three commissioners was allotted time to speak to the more than 150 people in attendance at the luncheon at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn. Keith Cousins/Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

Fam fears GOP health care plan

A Coeur d'Alene couple worry that they will lose affordable access to a life-changing drug needed by their son to lead a normal life, if the Republicans replace Obamacare with their own reduced national health care plan.
News >  Idaho

Huckleberries: Strangest sight of them all along CdA shore

Huckleberries Wednesday launches with the subject we're all discussing in Coeur d'Alene this week -- the giant, metal dice that washed up on the North Shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene. (Also, I added a link to the story behind the mysterious dice by Taylor Viydo/KREM 2.)