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News >  Idaho

Boater beware: Lake log boom fails

Boaters on Lake Pend Oreille are urged to watch out for logs and other floating debris after a log boom failed at the Clark Fork Delta’s drift yard. A debris field about 100 yards wide and a quarter mile long has been spotted near Memaloose Island in the lake, according to the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department.
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Silence for most child sex-abuse victims

In a comment on Idaho Reports, Melissa Davlin discusses the difference between the high-profile sex abuse case in Twin Falls involving children with foreign backgrounds and other child sex abuse incidents.
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Wallethub: 2016’s most patriotic states

In time for Independence Day, Wallethub provides a list of 2016's Most Patriotic States. Believe it or not, Idaho doesn't finish in the Top 10. The highest ranking Northwestern states are: Alaska (2), Montana (7) and Washington (9).
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Update: Garbage service transition

There has been some confusion re: the transfer of city garbage collection service from Waste Management to Coeur d'Alene Garbage. That transfer officially begins Friday. At the request of Huckleberries Online, Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor has prepared a news release to clear up the confusion.
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Landers slams wildlife smartphone use

On his Outdoors blog, SR buddy Rich Landers comments: "The advent of the smartphone camera may be the worst thing to happen to wildlife since market hunting." True wildlife photographers use a telephoto lens to capture creatures in the wild, not smartphones that disturb critters and might endanger the individuals shooting photos.
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AM Scanner Traffic — 6.29.16

Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (16 items & counting) includes injured deer that needed to be dispatched near Blackwell Island ...
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Ins & Outs of Idaho’s permitless carry law

In a report today, Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise provides you with the ins and outs of permitless carry, which goes into effect in Idaho Friday. Despite the law, there are still several areas where permitless carry isn't allowed, including businesses that especially prohibit guns on the premises.
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Keri does slow burn over litter

Keri Alexander, publisher of the Shoshone News Press, did a slow burn after watching a driver dump litter out her car window at a Shoshone County freeway exit. Keri was volunteering to pick up litter at the time. Do you believe people are as opposed to littering today as they were during the Beautiful Highway days of the 1960s?
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AM: Bike service coming to downtown

AM Headlines features Lake City High graduate who plans to earn money by giving free bike rides to downtown Coeur d'Alene visitors. Also: Early cherry harvest at Green Bluff/KHQ, Transit vote plan doesn't gain traction/Press, SAT scores show room for improvement/Press, Bayview plans patriotic events/Press + more ...
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Poll: Agree with abortion decision

In Tuesday's poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that struck down a Texas law that limited access to abortion. Today's Poll: Should the city re-double its effort to find lifeguards for Coeur d'Alene's City Beach?
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Unicorn: Don’t Ever Take A Selfie with a Moose

Prancing Unicorn YAY weighs in on the 2 stupid mothers who tried to take selfies with a moose in Spokane. Some believe that the moose ran into traffic and was fatally injured after being spooked by a crowd that gathered to watch its actions.
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Edit: Allow alcohol at UI football games

In today's editorial, Devin Rokyta of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News argues that the state of Idaho should allow alcohol at the University of Idaho football games. After all, the editorial says, UIdaho needs tailgate parties so fans can endure the insufferable matchups with University of South Alabama and Troy.
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Latah Co GOP votes to oust Vice Chair

The Kootenai County GOP Central Committee isn't the only county Republican body in the Panhandle that's an amusing side show. Latah County precinct committee members gave party Vice Chairman John Freeland a vote of no confidence in a secret ballot. Seems Freeland writes Facebook posts that upsets them.
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‘Underdog’ Lt Gov Little to run for governor

Idaho Lt. Gov. Brad Little says he’s filing the paperwork today to form a campaign committee to run for governor in 2018. Little, the first candidate officially in the race – current Gov. Butch Otter isn’t running again after his third term – told the Idaho Statesman, “I fully expect to be the underdog.”
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Harney County voters reject recall try

Voters in Harney County, Ore. have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to recall the county’s top elected official, County Judge Steve Grasty, in a special election today, Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. Grasty was an outspoken critic of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Crowds likely panicked moose

Crowds gawking at a yearling moose that wandered into a north Spokane neighborhood might have frightened the animal, causing it to panic and run into traffic, wildlife officials said. The moose was hit by a driver who didn’t report the accident and was injured so badly that it had to be euthanized once it was finally tranquilized.
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Garbage collective switch looms

Information on the city of Coeur d'Alene web site tells residents who have been using Waste Management bins to switch over to the Coeur d'Alene Garbage ones immediately. But instructions I received on my new Coeur d'Alene Garbage bins yesterday said to use the Waste Management ones on Thursday per usual b/c switch starts Friday. What to do?
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City explains lifeguard decision

Deputy Administrator Sam Taylor responds to Farm Gal's questions re: the city decision not to post lifeguards at City Beach this summer. The issue isn't money, Taylor says. With competition from Triple Play, Silverwood and the Kroc Center, it's hard to find qualified young people willing to do the job.
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Parting Shot — 6.28.16

AA Auto Salvage tow truck driver Jim Simmons cleans up broken glass after a motorist crashed into the front of Doughnut Parade on Tuesday at 2152 N Hamilton St in Spokane. Authorities said the vehicle's driver fell asleep, hit a stop light and a pedestrian before slamming into Doughnut Parade's front door.
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Wild Card/Tuesday — 6.28.16

I'm delighted that the city of Coeur d'Alene will recognize the late Art Manley and Scott Reed with a special day Friday. The two conservationists left their fingerprints over so much that we take for granted. Tubbs Hill. Sanders Beach. Lake Coeur d'Alene. Cougar Bay. It makes me wonder. Is there anyone out there to fill their shoes?
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PM Scanner Traffic — 6.28.16

Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (12 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes EMTs responding to 15YO male who suffered head wound in bicycle crash at Black Bay Park in Post Falls ...
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Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

The Cutline Contest Tuesday features people in panda costumes and air stewardesses posing in front of a Chengdu Airlines ARJ21-700 before its first commercial flight in Chengdu in southwestern China. Monday Winner: 12017_1200.
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ER doc helps save plane crash victim

Mike Ettner, a Kootenai Health ER doctor, was at his Hayden Lake home when he heard a large boom outside, according to Liz Burch/KHQ. The physician jumped in his boat and helped rescue 75YO Terry Holman of Spokane who had tried to land on Hayden Lake. You can read or listen to Liz's story via the link below.
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Woolworth CdA

At the Old School North Idaho Facebook page, followers are debating when Woolworth's burned in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The store burned April 26, 1980, destroying $300,000 worth of merchandise. It was originally opened in 1933 in the heart of the Great Depression. Coeur d'Alene residents were delighted that they could by things for 5 or 10 cents.