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News >  Idaho

FDA/CDC: Don’t eat cookie dough

Those spoilsports at the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention are warning people not to eat cookie dough. Seems they're nervous as a result of E. coli outbreaks associated with some batches of flour. (Question: Is cookie dough good enough to risk illness, despite the warning?)
News >  Idaho

Riverstone concerts start this PM

KeithinCDA reminds us that the summer concert series at Riverstone begins at 6 p.m. today, with Big Band Jazz playing. You can find a link below to a schedule provided by the Coeur d'Alene Arts & Culture Alliance. Also, Keith will have 5 varieties of his North Idaho Cider available to drink while listening to the concert.
News >  Idaho

Hiking Tubbs Hill

Mrs. O and I thought about hikes past as we hiked Tubbs Hill with Huckleberry the Beagle last Saturday. The truth of the matter is ... we don't hike the popular downtown attraction all that much. We plan to do better this summer. How about you? When did you last hike Tubbs Hill? How often do you hike it?
News >  Idaho

AM Scanner Traffic — 6.30.16

Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (19 items & counting) includes report from Post Falls grandmother that a dog bit her grandson in the face ...
News >  Idaho

Pentagon lifts ban on transgender troops

The Pentagon will let transgender individuals serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the change Thursday. Carter says it's the right thing to do. He says only a person's qualifications should matter.
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 6.30.16

AM Headlines features the frustration of many INW residents who are trying to settle with insurance companies to repair property destroyed by Wind Storm 2015. Also: Post Falls purchases 245 acres/Press, Hayden opens doors to greater growth/Press, NW vet gets back ID thanks to Facebook/KREM, Residents fed up with aggressive salesmen/KXLY ...
News >  Idaho

Poll: We want City Beach lifeguards

In Wednesday's poll, a strong majority of Hucks Nation disagreed with a decision by the city of Coeur d'Alene not to hire lifeguards to supervise City Beach this summer. Today's Poll: Would you rather see President Obama serve a 3rd term than see either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump elected president?
News >  Idaho

Poll: D’s would back 3rd Obama term

A strong majority of Democrats would cancel the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump if it meant President Obama could serve another term, a new poll found.
News >  Idaho

Swimsuits out at Miss Teen USA

In an attempt to keep up with the times, the Miss Teen USA pageant is eliminating the swimsuit portion of it’s competition. Instead, the 51 contestants (from the 50 states plus D.C.) will be judged in athletic wear, which will replace the swimsuit portion of the competition.
News >  Idaho

Hunt on for grizzly who killed bicyclist

Justin Franz & Dillon Tabish of the Flathead Beacon provide this detailed report on the grizzly attack that killed a mountain biker near Glacier National Park Wednesday. Killed in the attack was Brad Treat, 38, of West Glacier, a long-time US Forest Service employee who was mountain biking with a family member.
News >  Idaho

Edit: Idaho won’t overturn abortion law

At the Lewiston Tribune, Marty Trillhaase comments that pro life activists in Idaho should stop trying to overturn the nation's abortion law. As a point of reference, Trillhaase offers the recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that struck down anti-abortion law in Texas. Trillhaase said that action means states can't chip away at abortion law.
News >  Idaho

Kids Parade to take place Friday AM

The Kids Parade, an annual event kicking off the Fourth of July festivities in Coeur d’Alene, will take place Friday. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at 10th Street and Sherman Avenue and continues to Independence Point. This year’s theme is “Wide World of Sports.”
News >  Idaho

Evangelist: No hope for R’s or D’s

Christians should repent, register to vote and run for office if they want to save America, evangelist Franklin Graham told some 4,300 people gathered on the Capitol Campus on Wednesday. “I have zero hope in the Democratic Party. I have zero hope in the Republican Party. The only hope for this nation is almighty God.”
News >  Idaho

County action surprises ignite cda

Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency could lose its tax exemption on 11 pieces of property following a re-interpretation of a state statute by Kootenai County officials. (Question: Do you think this action by the county will stand?)
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot — 6.29.16

A model displays a 2017 spring/summer design by fashion brand Steinrohner during the Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday.
News >  Idaho

Hump Day Wild Card — 6.29.16

I don't take selfies, although on occasion I allow Mrs. O to take a selfie of the two of us (and Huckleberry if she's hanging around). I have a dumb phone. It takes lousy photos. So I'm not going to waste my time taking selfies. How often do you take selfies?
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 6.29.16

Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (19 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes 4 juveniles on dirt bikes & ATVs racing at Spirit Lake City Park.
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

The Cutline Contest today features a Russian tennis player kicking a ball at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Tuesday Winner: JMRusche.
News >  Idaho

Idaho teacher pay up 2.1%

Idaho teacher salaries went up by an average of $912, a 2.1 percent increase, under the first year of the state’s teacher career ladder. For 2015-16, Idaho’s average teacher salary was $45,117, according to an Idaho Education News analysis of salary data. A year earlier, the average came in at $44,205.
News >  Idaho

4th of July celebration not enjoyable

On his Facebook wall, David Townsend of Coeur d'Alene, states that he will be out of the country for the 4th of July. But he won't miss the activities that will take place in and around the celebration, especially the ongoing noises that makes the Lake City sound like a war zone for weeks. The sirens. The carnage of the highways.
News >  Idaho

A friendly visit

In this recent photo by Duane Rasmussen, Cher Kyle of Hayden, gets a visit from a fine-feather friend while sitting on the edge of the Spokane River, near North Idaho College. Also, Duane provides 32 other photos in this photo set of local water fowl...
News >  Idaho

How typical US fam pays for college

A story by Katie Lobosco of CNN Money reports how American families are paying for ever-rising college costs (an average of $43,921 for tuition, room and board at private colleges and $19,548 for in-state students at public schools). How do you pay for college for your children?
News >  Idaho

H&W: 7 Idaho refugees had TB

Seven refugees with active tuberculosis were resettled in Idaho between 2011 and 2015, but none of them were contagious, the state Department of Health and Welfare said Tuesday.
News >  Idaho

Blogos — 6.29.16

North Idaho Blog roundup: Bayview Daze activities/Bay Views, Idaho's glass ceiling/Carlson Chronicles, City Hall shut Monday/Coeur d'Alene Today, That exciting fund-raising deadline/Fort Boise, Women's basketball legend Summitt, RIP/Grip, Friday's Opening redux: Spies & castaways/7 Blog, Wednesday in the Woods events popular/Outdoors ...