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News >  Idaho

House OKs Cheatham gun bill

The House has voted 65-2 in favor of Rep. Don Cheatham’s bill to allow active military members to carry concealed guns within city limits without a permit even if they’re not Idaho residents, after a motion by Rep. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg, to send the bill to the House’s amending order failed. Betsy Russell reports ...
News >  Idaho

Budget Cut Blues

Remember The Bard addresses the discomfort many feel when talk of job layoffs begin circulating in the work place.
News >  Idaho

Rape suspect turns himself in

A suspect wanted on two rape charge turned himself in to the Kootenai County Jail. Steven Garrett Bruna is accused of sexually assaulting two female victims at his residence early March 2. Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 reports bond set at $220,000 & that one of the alleged victims was under age 18.
News >  Idaho

Columnist calls for civil resistance

In an op-ed article for The Spokesman-Review, Carolyn F. Mattoon, of Indivisible North Idaho, encourages moderates to become civilly active, to push back the authoritarian trend in politics in North Idaho.
News >  Idaho

AM Scanner Traffic — 3.6.17

Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (18 items & counting) includes search for distressed male on Veterans Memorial Bridge. Responding officers believe the male was a hitchhiker on I-90 ...
News >  Idaho

Trib: 2017 guv race will be free-for-all

In his Sunday editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that the 2018 governor's race will be a free-for-all, as well as a delight for the state's political junkies. Question: Do you have a favorite for governor at this time?
News >  Idaho

Malloy: Legislature on auto-pilot

The 2017 Idaho Legislature has been on auto-pilot since the start of the session, waiting to see what President Trump does with a variety of policy positions, according to columnist Chuck Malloy of Idaho Politics Weekly.
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 3.6.17

AM Headlines launches today with a photo gallery from SR photographer Jesse Tinsley of the Elton John concert at the Spokane Arena Sunday. Also: Rape suspect turns himself in/KREM 2, Pastor plays piano year after shooting/KHQ, Gonzaga will try to keep Broncos in check/SR, Superintendent Ybarra visits Athol school/Press ...
News >  Idaho

House OKs telemedicine abortion bill

Two 2015 laws banning prescription of abortion-causing drugs by telemedicine, rather than an in-person examination, would be repealed, under legislation that cleared the House State Affairs Committee today at the behest of anti-abortion lobbyist David Ripley.
News >  Idaho

TSA patdowns to get more invasive

Don't look now, but the security pat-downs at US airports are about to get more invasive. The change is partly the result of the agency’s study of a 2015 report that criticized aspects of TSA screening procedures. Bloomburg reports ...
News >  Idaho

Poll: Raise smoking age to 21

In the weekend poll, a majority of Hucks Nation supported unsuccessful legislation that would have raised the smoking age from 18 to 21. Today's Poll: What do you think of TSA plans to conduct pat-down searches that are invasive?
News >  Idaho

Trump signs new Muslim travel ban

President Trump signed a new travel ban Monday that administration officials said they hope will end legal challenges over the matter by imposing a 90-day ban on the issuance of new visas for citizens of six majority-Muslim nations, authorities said. The Washington Times reports ...
News >  Idaho

Crapo: Time to drain the swamp

U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo told a crowd of more than 400 Republicans at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday that the process has begun in Washington, D.C., to fight and drain a swamp filled with federal bureaucracy. Keith Cousins/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

SR: Hell no to Vito secrecy bill

In an its editorial Sunday, The Spokesman-Review said not only no, but hell no, to the attempt by state Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, to exempt the communications of Idaho legislators from the Idaho Public Records Act. In other words, Vito wants to make it more difficult for the public to hold lawmakers accountable.
News >  Idaho

Protesters target Lincoln Day Dinner

While Kootenai County Republicans gathered for their annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Coeur d'Alene Saturday, Indivisible North Idaho protested outside the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Duane Rasmussen has provided a photo set of 5 pictures of the protest.
Opinion >  Column

Huckleberries: Much-maligned Rachel Dolezal once faced down racists

Before Rachel Dolezal became a punch line for late-night talk shows, she faced down six white supremacists near the western entrance to downtown Coeur d’Alene. The neo-Nazis were demonstrating against the annual Martin Luther King celebration for fifth-graders at North Idaho College. Rachel was bravely counter-protesting against the racists. All. By. Herself.
News >  Idaho

Weekend Wild Card — 3.4-5.17

Mrs O and I walked along the waterfront today. Cold and uncomfortable. The southerly wind was blowing per usual, knocking the chill factor way below the 38 degrees advertised on the Weather forecast. I rarely look for an end to a walk. But today was one of those times. It's March, however. No where to go but up.
News >  Idaho

PS: Lady Zags advance

In their quarter-final game at the WCC tournament today, the Gonzaga women's basketball team stomped Pacific 91-59 to advance. The league champion men's basketball team begins tournament play Saturday.
News >  Idaho

TGIF Wild Card — 3.3.17

I suspect that Mayor Steve Widmyer and Councilman Woody McEvers will seek re-election this fall. But I'm not as sure re: Councilwomen Amy Evans and Kiki Miller. The Widmyer administration hasn't missed the beat since taking the baton from former mayor Sandi Bloem.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 3.3.17

Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (12 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) includes drunken male along Fernan Lake Road who fell into ditch while trying to retrieve his mail.
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — time2vote

The Cutline Contest today features new Energy Secretary Rick Perry kissing his wife Anita after being sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence Thursday at the White House. Thursday Winner: Dix.
News >  Idaho

Malheur resister doesn’t stand, cited

A 59YO Riggins grandmother was cited for refusing to stand when the jury was called in Thursday for the second trial involving the Malheur Wildlife Refuge standoff in January 2016. Ida Henderson told a U.S. deputy marshal that he was asking her to do something that goes against her beliefs. Maxine Bernstein/Oregonian reports ...