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News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 7.1.16

AM Headlines today includes an activity by Brookdale Senior Living that permits oldtimers to try to catch fish at West Medical Lake. Also: I-90 rollover injures Alaskan/Press, Jobs Plus connects dots with education/Press, Comedian saves choking child at Spokane airport/KXLY, Major campaign finance reform initiative falls short/EOB + more ...
News >  Idaho

KCSO seeks hit-and-run pickup

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision near Hayden. At about 7:40 p.m. Thursday, Dakota Howard, 21, of Spirit Lake, was driving his Ford Ranger pickup carrying three passengers east on West Hayden Avenue when he was hit head-on by an unknown man turning south on Huetter Road.
News >  Idaho

CHS picks Hanna for boys’ basketball

Tony Hanna has aspired to coach at the highest level possible. So to land at Coeur d’Alene High as the boys basketball coach – at a 5A school – allows Hanna to check off a box. Hanna, who has coached at 3A Timberlake the last five years, was offered the Vikings’ position Wednesday. He replaces Kurt Lundblad, who was fired last month.
News >  Idaho

Poll: 4 more years — for Obama

In the Thursday poll, Hucks Nation voted that it prefers to see a third term for President Barack Obama than to see either Democrat Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump elected this fall. Today's Poll: What effect will the new permitless carry law have on Idaho?
News >  Idaho

Gun lobby celebrates brave new Idaho

In an editorial, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments on the permitless carry law that takes effect today: "The conceal carry movement, in fact, may be making us less secure. Looking over records from 1979 to 2010, Stanford law professor John J. Donohue III linked these laws to 'substantially higher rates' of violent crime."
News >  Idaho

Rare Earth singer to perform in CdA

Peter Rivera, the former lead singer of the popular 1970s band, Rare Earth, will perform with Spokane-based The Step Brothers in downtown Coeur d'Alene Friday evening. Rivera, whose children graduated from Coeur d'Alene High, will be making a rare appearance when he performs for 1st Friday Funk.
News >  Idaho

Truck hits 2 Litehouse workers, kills 1

Two employees of Litehouse Foods near Sandpoint were struck by a pickup truck while on a lunchtime walk Thursday. One was killed and one was critically injured, the Idaho State Police said. The workers were walking along McGhee Road just north of the Litehouse headquarters...
News >  Idaho

Jehovah’s Witnesses gather in Spokane

With a big Jehovah's Witnesses convention coming to Spokane, SR online developer Dan Gayle was asked by the SR to discuss his faith. Gayle admits in his comments that he was reluctant to step forward because "a vocal minority of crackpot religionists ... decry us as the mouthpiece of the beast." What is your view of Jehovah's Witnesses?
News >  Idaho

Permitless carry takes effect today

Buckle your seatbelt, my Huckleberry friend, permitless carry is now the law of Idaho, in time for the Fourth of July celebration in Coeur d'Alene. For the first time, everyone over 21, who are not otherwise disqualified, can carry a concealed weapon without a permit. (Question: How will the new law impact Idaho?)
News >  Idaho

Progressive PAC forms in Lake City

Don't look now, but a progressive PAC is forming in Coeur d'Alene, with a goal of bringing balance back to local politics. Coeur d'Alene brothers Dan and Sherm Hanks are the brain trust of the new Freedom PAC. That name, of course, will make the Liberty wing of the Republican Party go nuts.
News >  Idaho

Sweeping reform initiative falling short

It looks like a sweeping campaign finance reform initiative may fall short of the number of verified signatures needed to make the November ballot – even though backers collected roughly 79,000 signatures, when just 47,623 valid ones were required. We likely won’t have the final word until tomorrow.
News >  Idaho

Wild Card/Thursday — 6.30.16

On my bike ride to work this morning, I noticed a Waste Management truck picking up garbage in my neighborhood, the last day of service by the company to the city of Coeur d'Alene. I thought about posting a sign on my trash cans thanking the workers for all the good years of service to the city. But forgot to do so.
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

The Cutline Contest today features two sisters in Oklahoma City celebrating international Mud Day. Wednesday Winner -- gitrdun.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 6.30.16

Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (24 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 19 more items) includes 3-vehicle crash on Highway 54, near Athol; a loose pitbull in Spirit Lake, and a custodial dispute b/n b/n two people who each had arrest warrants served on them ...
News >  Idaho

STCU to open downtown CdA branch

The region’s favorite credit union has announced plans Thursday to open a new branch location with a view of Coeur d’Alene’s McEuen Park. Remodeling is scheduled to begin this summer at 401 Front Avenue, Suite 100, in downtown Coeur d’Alene. STCU is leasing the former Bank of America branch from Blackridge Properties.
News >  Idaho

Nevada politicians visit 5YO assault victim

Nevada politicians were in Twin Falls recently to visit the 5-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted at the Fawnbrook Apartments. Michele Fiore and Shelly Shelton, both Republican Assembly members from the Las Vegas area, were passing through on their way back to Nevada and visited after talking to Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard.
News >  Idaho

Pickup strikes 2 Litehouse workers

Two employees of Litehouse Foods near Sandpoint were struck by a pickup truck while on a lunchtime walk Thursday. One was killed and one was critically injured, the Idaho State Police said. The workers were walking along McGhee Road just north of Litehouse headquarters in the former Coldwater Creek complex in Ponderay.
News >  Idaho

STCU robbery try ends in gunfire

Spokane County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who may have been shot by a credit union customer during an attempted robbery Thursday afternoon. Witnesses reported an armed robbery at the STCU South Valley branch, 13211 E. 32nd Ave., around 1:40 p.m. Thursday.
News >  Idaho

Lewiston PD shuts down weekend info

Looks like Lewiston Police Chief Chris Ankeny could use some PR training. Ankeny has issued a new policy that restricts the flow of public info about criminal activity that occurs on weekends. Ankeny's policy will limit info from his department from noon Friday until noon Monday. Ankeny says he doesn't have the staff to handle media inquiries.
News >  Idaho

Sherman Sidewalk

If you visit downtown on a sunny summer day or warm evening, you'll find the place teeming with diners and drinkers. In 2003, the late Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, penned a rhyme about the ever-changing downtown Coeur d'Alene sidewalks.
News >  Idaho

CdA worker earns 20% below nat’l avg

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics just released employee and wage data for occupations in the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area. The Coeur d'Alene Press provides some of the findings below.
News >  Idaho

City to honor Reed, Manley

The late Scott Reed and Art Manley will be honored by the city of Coeur d'Alene for their enormous environmental contributions to the Coeur d'Alene area at 5 p.m. Friday at the Avista Pavilion at McEuen Park. Below, you'll find links to stories that sum up the contributions these two environmental giants made to our community.