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News >  Idaho

Poll: Art on the Green most popular

Art on the Green is the most popular Coeur d'Alene summer event, according to Hucks Nation. 105 of 263 respondents (39.92%) said Art on the Green was the summer event that they usually attended. Today's Poll: Would you support an assault weapons ban?
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Costello leaving Trib after 25 years

Here's something that will brighten the day of the Left Bank at Huckleberries Online. After 25 years, conservative columnist Michael Costello is leaving his weekly perch on the editorial page of Saturday's Lewiston Tribune.
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Democrat Kahn says Barbieri is beatable

No Democrat has represented North Idaho’s legislative District 2 since 1994, but newly retired St. Maries teacher Kathy Kahn thinks she’s got a shot, in her challenge to third-term Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens.
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Dem delegates back primary system

At the Idaho Democratic Party’s three day state convention, which wrapped up over the weekend, delegates approved a resolution calling for changing the party’s current caucus system for presidential nominee selection to something more inclusive – something “at least as inclusive” as a primary election.
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1932 Ford Coupe shines at Car d’Lane

I spent 2 laps of Car d'Lane sitting on the curb between 2nd and 3rd streets, chatting with my wife and three newcomers to Coeur d'Alene while sucking up the exhaust from the swell vintage cars. As I mentioned in my Weekend Wild Card, only the 1967-69 Camaros made me envious. I still wished I had by 1968 Camaro convertible.
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18 legislators double dip

Eighteen current Idaho lawmakers are “double dipping” – receiving a state retirement pension while also receiving their legislative salaries, the Associated Press reports. The practice is both legal and private – their names aren’t disclosed. The highest state pension a current lawmaker is receiving is $4,300 a month; the lowest is $280 per month.
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CHS grad Solberg crowned Miss Idaho

Kylee Solberg of Coeur d’Alene was crowned Miss Idaho 2016 on Saturday at the Nampa Civic Center. Solberg competed with 21 other young woman from around the state for the honor, and she will compete at the Sept. 11, 2016, Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J.
News >  Idaho

Weekend Wild Card — June 18-19

I enjoyed sitting on the curb with my wife and 3 other family members Friday evening, watching the assortment of vintage vehicles circle Sherman and Lakeside avenues. It seemed to me that there were a fair share of 1967-69 Chevy Camaro SS cars cruising this...
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Parting Shot — 6.17.16

A member of the National Park Service leads Malia Obama, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and Sasha Obama, on a tour of Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in Carlsbad, N.M. The Obama family traveled to Carlsbad Caverns National Park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of America's national park.
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TGIF Wild Card — 6.17.16

So I'm at a family wedding in the boonies, 12 miles from Redding, Calif., last weekend when I noticed a sign on a fence post: "This property protected by the Second Amendment." For some reason, I thought I was in Idaho, not California. It was a long trip in a relative few days, with some down time in Portland to visit Amy Dearest and Okie Doke.
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PM Scanner Traffic — 6.17.16

Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 14 more items) includes hazmat response to large oil spill on Meyer Road/H53, Rathdrum ...
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Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

Brooke Harrison-Davis, left, and Samantha Budd show off their aviation theme hats during the fourth day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting at Ascot, England, Friday. You write the cutline. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
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Ignoring Father’s Day

My wife has reminded me three times that Father's Day is Sunday. At church, we celebrate the day by asking fathers to pick numbers to win a pie of their choosing. At home, I could care less. I appreciate a call from Junior and Amy Dearest. Otherwise, I celebrate Father's Day as the one annual observance that I don't have to remember.
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Blogos: CdA’s 1st bike boulevard

In the HucksOnline blogosphere today, Coeur d'Alene Ped Bike reports that Coeur d'Alene has its first bike Boulevard, on Young Avenue. Also: I am freezing/Simple Mind, Most memorable urinals/The Slice, What if ... Trump wins?/Bay Views, Idaho Week in Review/Better Idaho, Glacier Park's Sun road opens/Outdoors ...
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Carlson: Enough is enough

In fall 1965, while a freshman at Columbia University, Chris Carlson took a date to Greenwich Village. That day, he heard unknown Robert Zimmerman (the future Bob Dylan) sing: “Yes, and how many deaths will it take ‘till he knows/That too many people have died?” Now, Carlson said enough people have died to do something re: assault rifles.
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Coeur d’Alene’s first food truck court

Carrie Scozzaro/Inlander reviews opening day of Coeur d'Alene's Best Food Court, the Lake City's first food court dedicated completely to food trucks. The food court is located on Best Avenue, 510 Best Ave.
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Tweetable: Be more like Bernie

"Idaho Dems just voted 159 yes, 90 no to pass a resolution that instructs lawmakers to be more like Bernie" -- Melissa Davlin/Idaho Reports co-host @ Idaho Democratic Convention.
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Labrador backs bill to restrain IRS

In a newsletter tweeted by Congressman Raul Labrador's office today, Labrador writes: "The House passed an important bill (Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act) this week to strip the IRS of a tool the agency used to harass nonprofit and charitable groups and threaten First Amendment Rights."
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Sanders all but calls it quits

Bernie Sanders has urged his supporters to look beyond the Democratic presidential nomination in a speech that stopped short of fully endorsing Hillary Clinton but made clear he was no longer actively challenging her candidacy.
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Trib: Idaho GOP misfires at Rusche

In an editorial earlier this week, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase takes aim at the bogus Idaho GOP attempt to paint legislative Democratic leader John Rusche of Lewiston as a socialist: "Republicans will provide no evidence supporting their charge -- but they will ask you for money."
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Hundreds in CdA honor Orlando victims

Hundreds of people gathered in Coeur d’Alene Thursday night to honor and remember the 49 victims in Orlando and to show that what happened on Sunday will not be tolerated. Holding signs and singing songs of unity, people packed in front of McEuen Park to stand in solidarity with Orlando.
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Quotable Quote

My hope was that at least for a few hours, we could lay down our politically divisive views on gun control, religion and homosexuality and simply be human beings acknowledging the horrible loss of life. Perhaps grieve in unity for just a bit with the families of the bereaved -- Cindy Hval. More below.
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Tears of grief for victims, inhumanity

In her Front Porch column this week, Cindy Hval reacts to news of yet another mass murder in this country: It’s not unheard of for me to write a column through tear-swollen eyes. After all, a personal column is, well, personal. In this space, I’ve...