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News >  Idaho

Spring in the North

Remember The Bard returns with a rhyme about the icy winds that blow as spring approaches. Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, enjoyed rhyming about the weather. Remember The Bard is honoring his memory.
News >  Idaho

Well Read Moose down to 1 Bard book

Melissa DeMotte of the Well Read Moose/Riverstone tells Huckleberries that she is down to 1 edition of "The Bard of Sherman Avenue: Poems by Tom Wobker." The local book store has sold 37 of the 38 it received in the first days after the Big Reveal at Huckleberries Blogfest 2017.
News >  Idaho

Trump blocks NYTimes, CNN from briefing

Journalists from The New York Times and two other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing by President Trump’s press secretary on Friday, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps. The New York Times reports. DFO: This. Is. Wrong!
News >  Idaho

AM Scanner Traffic — 2.24.17

Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (13 item & counting) includes search by patrol officers for male in red Chrysler who exposed himself while driving in Hayden area ...
News >  Idaho

Author Ruskovich of ‘Idaho’ is young rising star

"Emily Ruskovich's voice is exactly what you would hope it to be: soft, lyrical and sweet. Just like her writing. Her insight—way beyond her years—on the many secrets buried deep in Idaho's backcountry is particularly keen. Just like her writing." George Prentice/Boise Weekly describes Amy Ruskovich, who was raised near Blanchard.
News >  Idaho

TV interrupts Zag beat down

Vince Grippi, of the Grip on Sports blog, wasn't the only one who was miffed that a "total transmission failure" on the San Diego end interrupted Gonzaga's 58-point win over the home team last night. But he is one of the few with press access to write about it. Where were you when the lights went out on the GU-San Diego broadcast?
News >  Idaho

Moscow townhall to Idaho congressmen: Do your job

A “do your job” chant reverberated off the walls of a packed Great Room at Moscow’s 1912 Center at the end of Thursday night’s town hall meeting hosted by the Palouse Action League and LC Valley Indivisible. The chant was directed toward Idaho’s missing U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador and Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo. The Daily News reports.
News >  Idaho

Solons ignore public, vote for con-con

Typically, an Idaho Senate panel heard from 25 people over 2 1/2 hours, all speaking in opposition, before voting 5-4 in favor of a constitutional convention. No North Idaho legislator was involved in the Senate State Affairs Committee vote. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise ...
News >  Idaho

AM: Docs can’t explain $$$ mess

AM Headlines feature a Spokane medical couple who are at a loss to explain a bankruptcy of up to $191.2 million. Also: Public Records (Feb 24)/Press, Hayden up for challenges/Press, Trucker cited for 4th of July crash/Press, St Maries mom searches for son's heart/KHQ, Maintain support for transgender protections/SR, Zags clobber San Diego ...
News >  Idaho

Poll: Just say no to con-con

In the Thursday poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation is against the idea of staging a constitutional convention to change the U.S. Constitution, an idea approved 5-4 today by the Senate House Affairs Committee. Today's Poll: Do you agree with President Trump's move to revoke transgender guidelines for public school bathrooms?
News >  Idaho

Press: Enemy of the People?

In its editorial today, the Coeur d'Alene Press Editorial Board writes that all media are not alike. Sometimes, the editorial says, the criticism of the media is justified. However, the editorial said, President Trump painted with a brush too broad when he painted the media as "an enemy of the American people." Words matter.
News >  Idaho

Penney’s to shut 130-140 stores

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) today announced it is implementing a plan to optimize its national retail operations as part of the Company's successful return to profitability. Under the plan, the Company expects to close two distribution facilities and approximately 130 - 140 stores over the next few months.
News >  Idaho

Legislators to host townhalls

Unlike their Republican congressional counterparts, several state lawmakers representing Kootenai County districts will meet this weekend with constituents at town hall gatherings. Rep. Eric Redman will host 2 townhalls. Reps Luke Malek & Paul Amador will combine their townhall.
News >  Idaho

Huckleberries: A memorable encounter with WW2 Navy veteran Jim Shepperd

Many of us have fond memories of the late World War II Navy veteran Jim Shepperd, a fixture at veteran-honoring events for decades in Coeur d’Alene. But one from former Coeur d’Alene Councilman Mike Kennedy is hard to beat. Huckleberries Friday kicks off with a story from 1991 when Mike and Jim first met.
News >  Idaho

Vestal: I’m mad, that’s democracy

Columnist Shawn Vestal/SR admits that he's mad re: the way this country is going under new President Donald Trump. In fact, he says, Americans on both sides of the divide are mad. And that's all right. It's part of democracy. Eventually, one side or the other will win.
News >  Idaho

Craig pushes constitional convention

Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig told the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning that he “took up the cudgel of the balanced budget amendment” because in his nearly three decades in Congress, Congress itself couldn’t restrain its own spending. He pushed for a constitutional convention. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot

The parting shot today features women trying to take a selfie amid strong winds on Westminster Bridge, London.
News >  Idaho

WWII vet Jim Shepperd, 90, RIP

Here's the obituary for World War II Navy veteran Jim Shepperd, whose patriotism to country and devotion to fellow veterans was unparallel. Yates Funeral Home provides the information.
News >  Idaho

Wild Card/Thursday — 2.23.17

In my noon walk Wednesday, I noticed the Coeur d'Alene Resort Boardwalk was open again. So I detoured onto the boardwalk and enjoyed the walk out into the lake by myself, except for one man on the eastern side. I've missed my daily walks. They're an antidote to Cabin Fever.
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — time2vote

The Cutline Contest today features a half-naked runner approaching the finish line in the Real Man Race in Minsk, Belarus. Wednesday Winner: DFO.
News >  Idaho

Lab Corp buying Spokane-based PAML

The widely anticipated sale of Spokane-based PAML to industry giant LabCorp was made official Thursday when the companies announced the deal in a news release. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. There's also a Kootenai Health connection in this story by SR staffers ...