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D.F. Oliveria

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News >  Idaho

Potts, Jackson win Ironman CDA 70.3

The first Ironman 70.3 Coeur d’Alene triathlon fit both Andy Potts and Heather Jackson like a cool, snug wetsuit on a warm Sunday morning, thank you very much. ... Both Potts and Jackson tacked on another victory in Coeur d’Alene, with Potts having won 3 full Ironman triathlons here (2010, ’14, ’15) and Jackson winning her first last summer.
News >  Idaho

Beware of aggressive sales people

Last week, Scanner Traffic provided limited information re: a door-to-door salesman in Post Falls getting sexually aggressive. Now, the Coeur d'Alene Press reports that the alleged aggressive style of another door-to-door salesman landed him in jail. Have you had trouble with a door-to-door salesman?
News >  Idaho

Close encounter w/a Road Rager

Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson launches my Sunday Huckleberries column by describing her close encounter with a Road Rager at a Spokane Street intersection last week. Also, you will read about a woman who gave out toy soldiers at a garage sale to remember the real soldiers fighting for us. And another Bard of Sherman Avenue poem.
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Opinion >  Column

Huckleberries: Post Falls councilwoman encounters road rager

Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson had a close encounter with a Road Rager on Spokane Street last week. A woman in an SUV behind her honked and gestured when Kerri stopped at an intersection on the busy street. The Road Rager then tailgated Kerri for a few blocks, so closely that Kerri couldn’t get her license plate number. Why had Kerri stopped? Two boys on bicycles were crossing the intersection. Seems the boys didn’t matter that much to the Road Rager.
News >  Idaho

Weekend Wild Card — June 25-26

You'll have to contend with Iron-type people, if you go downtown this weekend. They'll be practicing and strutting their muscular bodies on Saturday. And performing on Sunday. I'm curious what the announcer on Sunday will say when the individual participants in Ironman CDA 70.3 cross the finish line. "You are half an Ironman"?
News >  Idaho

TGIF Wild Card — 6.24.16

Gary Graham, the low-key editor of the SR for the past 8 years, has announced his retirement, to take place in September. Gary is a month older than I am. When he leaves, I'll be the oldest person in the newsroom. At least, that's what Gary once told me over lunch. Gary, I believe, is a month older than I. We're both 66.
News >  Idaho

Tweetable

"Oh my gosh; SCRAPS just called me- saying they've found an alligator and it's NOT the one that's been missing" -- Andrea Olson @KHQAndrea.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 6.24.16

Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (17 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 19 more items) includes woman trapped in vehicle after three-vehicle crash on Midtown portion of 3rd St/CdA ...
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

The Cutline Contest today features Larry the cat, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, sitting on the steps of 10 Down Street today after Britain voted to leave the European Union Thursday. Thursday Winner --
News >  Idaho

Weapons of mass murder popular

In view of the U.S. Senate votes against 4 gun control proposals, the Moscow-Pullman Daily News opines: "We're moving in the wrong direction, and our head-scratching response to these terrible tragedies will only empower more terrorists to pick up their guns and wreak havoc in another American city." Agree? Disagree?
News >  Idaho

Sunset-Star Mine cleanup starts at old boom town

Sunset is one of the forgotten boom towns of Silver Valley. Its school, its general store and its largest employer, the Sunset-Star Silver Mine, faded into the forested landscape decades ago. But the toxic legacy of early 20th century mining practices lingers at the old town site north of Wallace. Superfund cleanup work will begin this summer.
News >  Idaho

NIC recruits double amputee wrestler

A double-amputee will join North Idaho College’s wrestling team. The school signed Class 6A 2016 wrestling state champion Hassan Hawthorne from Alabama. Hawthorne recently graduated from high school with a 37-0 record in his senior year. He also earned Alabama’s Most Valuable Wrestler for class 6A.
News >  Idaho

Dedication set for new CdA public art July 18

A new piece of public art honoring Coeur d’Alene Indian Chief Morris Antelope will be dedicated at 3 p.m. Monday, July 18. The statue of the chief – a strong advocate for the rights of the Coeur d’Alene Indians – is located in the area of the tribe’s historical gathering place, Yap-Keehn-um.
News >  Idaho

Blogs: Out, out, damn deer

Great England/Fort Boise Week in Review/Better Idaho Other Side of Bayview Blog/Bay Views 'Conjuring 2': More Warren malarky/7 Blog Rotary embraces 'War Bonds'/Cindy's All Write Fireworks banned on most public, tribal lands/Outdoors
News >  Idaho

So many editors, so little time left

As I mentioned in the Wild Card, I have had 10 editors during my 46 years in the newspaper biz. Here they are: Eddie Booth, Lou Walther, John Fenrich, Paul Zimmerman, Marlon Hanson, George Cecil, Paul Emerson, Chris Peck, Steve Smith & Gary Graham. Graham, who is retiring in September, is the only one of the 10 still newspapering.
News >  Idaho

ignite cda discusses Seltice Way plan

The $3.5 million proposed reconstruction of Seltice Way, from about Riverstone to Huetter Road, was discussed at length at the recent ignite cda meeting. Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer raised concerns that the estimated cost of the project has increased to about $5 million.
News >  Idaho

WND doubles down on Twin Falls case

World Net Daily, a conservative news compilation site, is doubling down on coverage of the sex assault case involving three young boys, from Iraq and the Sudan, and a 5YO special-needs girl in Twin Falls. The site announced the release of two of the boys with this headline: "Muslim child sex-assault suspects back on the streets of Idaho."
News >  Idaho

Boys in Twin Falls sex case released

The 14- and 10-year-old boys charged in a sexual assault at Fawnbrook Apartments have been released from juvenile custody, and federal prosecutors are urging the community to stay calm, stop spreading falsehoods about the case and let investigators and court officials do their jobs.
News >  Idaho

NIC board seeks trustee applications

The North Idaho College Board of Trustees is seeking applications for the pending vacancy that will be created in a week when Trustee Ron Nilson's resignation becomes official. Nilson resigned when a new zone was formed to include Trustee Todd Banducci and him in it. The two live a mile apart. They had opposed a plan that put them in the same zone.
News >  Idaho

AM Scanner Traffic — 6.24.16

Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (19 items & counting) includes two-car crash that temporarily blocked southbound traffic from 3rd St/Foster Ave in Coeur d'Alene ...
News >  Idaho

AM: Fairchild angling for Boeing planes

AM Headlines today feature Fairchild AFB making short list of possible homes for new Boeing planes. Also: Centennial Trail director resigns/Press, Statesman names new editor/EOBoise, Wiltjer signs free agent deal with Rockets/KREM Supreme Court names administrative director/EOB, Zag alumni game kicks off Hoopfest/SR ...
News >  Idaho

SR editor Graham retiring

Spokesman-Review editor Gary Graham plans to retire in September after leading the newsroom for eight years. His replacement is expected to be hired this summer after a national search, newspaper publisher Stacey Cowles announced.