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News >  Idaho

Church group survives PRiver crash

A church group from Bellevue, Wash., including 4 teens who had just graduated from high school, suffered injuries, but not life-threatening ones, in a two-car crash near Priest River Wednesday night. KREM reports on the crash below.
News >  Idaho

Ed Board: No booze while tailgating

Mary Stone/Lewiston Tribune reports: "The president of the Idaho State Board of Education said state rules forbid alcohol consumption while tailgating on campus grounds, including at the University of Idaho." Have you ever participated in a tail-gate party at a college football game? Was booze involved?
News >  Idaho

Man in Iwo Jima flag raising mis-ID’d

One of the six men believed to have been part of the iconic moment when an American flag was hoisted at Iwo Jima was misidentified, the Marine Corps confirmed, according to NBC News.
News >  Idaho

AM Scanner Traffic — 6.23.16

Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (14 items & counting) includes kitchen grease fire in Hauser Lake and male urinating in gas station parking lot in Coeur d'Alene ...
News >  Idaho

Vestal: Group stokes anti-Muslim lies

In his column today, Shawn Vestal/SR takes aim at an anti-Muslim ACT for America group that's being formed in the Inland Northwest by Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley. Vestal expects the chapter to stoke anti-Muslim lies similar to the ones spread by individuals in the Magic Valley re: a sex assault incident involving children.
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 6.23.16

AM Headlines today features firefighters training at Deer Park High for this year's fire season. Also: Rathdrum chief lands Moses Lake job/Press, Rathdrum father still in critical condition/Press, Paddleboat operators must have safety gear/EOBoise, Paddleboat operators must have safety gear/EOBoise + more ...
News >  Idaho

How long will you live?

Last night, in between our 41st anniversary and my mother's 91st birthday, Mrs. O asked me: "Do you think you'll live to be as old as your mother?" My immediate response was "no." I figure I'll check out around 85-88. We have some longevity in my family. How about you? How long do you think you'll live?
News >  Idaho

Spokane Valley gator on loose

In Florida, my son tells me, every watering hole -- from swamps to swimming pools -- is a perspective hangout for alligators. The recent tragedy in Orlando underscores this theory. However, the news of a loose, 3-foot alligator in Spokane Valley is unsettling. Nina Culver/SR reports.
News >  Idaho

Idaho GOPrez primary cost state $1.9M

Idaho's Republican presidential primary election cost taxpayers $1.9 million this year, coming in just slightly under what state officials originally estimated. The Legislature signed off on this waste of money because GOP political leaders wanted an earlier primary to influence the nomination process. Idaho R's picked Cruz. How did that work out?
News >  Idaho

What do you think of Democrat sit-in?

Judging from comments by such GOP leaders as House Speaker Paul Ryan, as well as those by local R's on my Facebook wall, I'd say that the sit-in by House Democrats demanding a vote on gun control legislation has them rattled. One Facebook Friend asks whether it's dignified to have adults sitting on the floor of the U.S. House, like children.
News >  Idaho

Trib: A stalemate over guns

In a Lewiston Tribune editorial this AM, Marty Trillhaase wonders how this country is going to get beyond its stalemate over guns when Congress can't even vote to keep them out of the hands of suspected terrorists.
News >  Idaho

Court tie all but kills immigration plan

In the most consequential 4-4 deadlock of the term, the Supreme Court has all but killed President Obama’s most significant attempted reform of immigration policy — which would have allowed up to 4.5 million immigrants to apply for protection from deportation and work legally in the US.
News >  Idaho

McGruber: IM 70.3 doesn’t value vols

Commenter McGruber says the new owners of Ironman will have trouble attracting enough volunteers for its race in Coeur d'Alene because they don't value volunteers: "There are very few perks besides a free t-shirt and taking crap from volunteer captains that are full of themselves and their power." Do you think CdA needs 2 Ironmans this summer?
News >  Idaho

Ironman 70.3 competitor bounces back

Thirteen years after suffering life-threatening injuries after being hit by a stolen SUV in a Manhattan crosswalk, Sarah Carlson will participate in Ironman CDA 70.3 Sunday. Jim Allen/SR tells the story of the Spokane woman who fought back from her injuries to become a top athlete.
News >  Idaho

Brits vote on EU membership

Britons were voting on Thursday on whether to stay in the European Union in a referendum that could change the face of Europe and is being nervously watched by financial markets and politicians across the world. Do you realize the impact this situation could have on this country?
News >  Idaho

Poll: Lower pay for classified employees

In the Wednesday poll, two-thirds of Hucks Nation opposed the attempt by classifed employees (support staff) at the Coeur d'Alene School District to get the same pay and benefits as teachers. Today's Poll: Have Ironman officials bitten off too much by scheduling 2 Ironman events in Coeur d'Alene this summer?
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot — 6.22.16

A woman walks past EU referendum posters for the pro-Europe Remain Group, We Are Europe, depicting US presidential candidate Donald Trump, left on poster, kissing leave Europe advocate British MP Boris Johnson, on a billboard in Finsbury Park, London, Tuesday.
News >  Idaho

Hump Day Wild Card — 6.22.16

During my noon walk, I noticed the tent city for Ironman CDA 70.3 was rising from the lawn of City Park. Sounds as though organizers were hundreds of volunteers short earlier this week. Mebbe the half triathlon isn't as exciting to the locals as a full one. Who knows? There's still a few days to go before the event Sunday. I hope they pull it off.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 6.22.16

Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (20 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 13 more items) including an officer finding two small boys in a vehicle parked at the Kootenai County Courthouse ...
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

The Cutline Contest today features a pooch being painted with the Old English "D" of the Detroit Tigers, prior to Detroit's game with Seattle Tuesday, as part of a Bark in the Park promotion. Tuesday Winner: gitrdun.
News >  Idaho

Kerri’s close encounter w/road rager

On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson writes about a close encounter with a road rager in Post Falls today. Seems a female in an older white SUV on Spokane Street laid on the horn & gestured when Kerri didn't move from a stop at an intersection. The irate woman didn't see 2 boys on bikes crossing the intersection. When did someone last honk at you?
News >  Idaho

Trump calls Clinton ‘world-class liar’

It appears that presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is focusing his considerable bile on one person -- Hillary Clinton -- rather than federal judges with Mexican-American heritage and others. Trump came out swinging today, calling Democrat standard bearer Hillary Clinton a "world-class liar."
News >  Idaho

Indian Country praises trust reform

President Barack Obama has signed the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act into law. ... Many tribal leaders, including Chairman Chief Allan of the Coeur d'Alene's, are calling it the most significant piece of trust reform legislation to come out of Congress in two decades. Allan gives Mike Simpson and Mike Crapo much credit for the bill's success.
News >  Idaho

Blogos: A pelican on the water

HBO blogosphere roundup today features photo of rare pelican on the Spokane River by Walkabout. Also: Sleepy dog policy/Fort Boise, Good guys with guns/Ridenbaugh Press, Summer brings its own ups & downs/Grip, This is not how retirement goes/Simple Mind, Help with collared-moose sightings/Outdoors & Golden hour loveliness & cap/Sligfht Detour...