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News >  Idaho

Walkabout: Clueless Smoker

On Sunday, Walkabout encountered a smoker on Tubbs Hill who became profane when she told him that smoking on Coeur d'Alene's esteemed hill was verboten. Comments Walkabout: "You would think he would have a clue with all the smoke in the area and the most of the west on fire." (Question: Why are so many smokers so clueless?"
News >  Idaho

Letter: Cop Gratuity Not Proper

I mailed a receipt from one of the local sandwich shops to Police Chief White asking to meet with me at his convenience. This receipt showed a “Police & Fire” discount of approximately 50 percent for the police officer who ate there. I feel that...
News >  Idaho

Officials: Fire Danger Extreme

The onslaught of fires continues to ravage areas in Idaho as the fire danger rating is elevated to the highest level of "extreme." According to the daily wildfire update issued Sunday by the Idaho Panhandle National Forest.
News >  Idaho

Fighting Diabetes Takes Leadership

Chuck Malloy/Idaho Politics Weekly columnizes: "More than 26 million people in America have diabetes, and it’s projected that by 2050, one in three people in the United States will have [Click and drag to move] this disease. Washington has little clue how to deal with this national health crisis, even though the political implications are long."
News >  Idaho

Dealing w/Public Lands Gangsters

A Lewiston Tribune edit begins: "Bonnie and Clyde. John Dillinger. Donnie "Ma" Barker. George "Baby Face" Nelson. They may have been flattered by how a Depression-era public pictured them as anti-heroes. But they knew better. They robbed banks. They broke the law. They were gangsters. Now, we have a new breed of gangster. A public lands gangster."
News >  Idaho

Stoners ♥ Milepost 420

You won’t find it in Washington anymore. Idaho either. The mile marker, popular among stoners for its drug culture double-entendre, gets stolen so frequently that highway crews now are replacing it with a less-tempting designation: milepost 419.9. “It was a decision we made based on...
News >  Idaho

Hucks: Post Falls Boring? No Way

Sunday Huckleberries kicks off with a reporter for the online IdahoPanhandler.org defending his home town, Post Falls, against criticism that it's the second most boring town in Idaho. Reporter Chanse Watson offers his own list to prove that the River City has things to do, places to go, including that "gentleman's club" on the western border ...
News >  Spokane

Writer refutes ‘boring’ label given to Post Falls

Online reporter Chanse Watson of the Idaho Panhandler didn’t appreciate a website that ranked his hometown of Post Falls as the second-most boring one in Idaho. How can Post Falls be boring? That’s what Chanse wondered last week in a column. After all, he said, it’s near two towns that rank high on national lists of amazing mountain communities – Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint.
News >  Idaho

TGIF Wild Card — 8.14.15

The NFL preseason kicked off this week, which means 2 things: Summer is winding down & I'm beginning my Fantasy Football mode. I used to be ambivalent re: this time of the year. Summer was passing. Winter is waiting on the other side of a...
News >  Idaho

Ales For Trails Benefit Saturday

If you don't have other weekend plans don't forget the Ales for the Trail benefit for our Centennial Trail that will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Coeur d'Alene's McEuen Park. On Tap blogger tells you more about it below.
News >  Idaho

PM Scanner Traffic — 8.14.15

Scanner Traffic for TGIF PM (20 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link with 20 more items) includes barn fire on Gozzer Road/Harrison that's spreading to trees and threatening another structure & vehicles ...
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest — Time2Vote

Today's Cutline Contest features a ball attendant at the NFL preseason football game between the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. Thursday Winner: Deflategate.
News >  Idaho

Why Ask Why?

Cindy asks: "Some days are just hard. What do you do on days like that?" Anyone?
News >  Idaho

An Athol Man And His Yak

Chad Sokol, of the SR's Extra Credit blog, posts: "Ah, the classic story of a man and his yak. Lynn Taylor of Athol, Idaho, and his pet yak, Makloud, are an inseparable duo. Now 8, Makloud is being treated for urinary tract problems at the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman." Q: Do/did you have an unusual pet?
News >  Idaho

HucksOnline Blogos — 8.14.15

Daily roundup of HucksOnline blogos links: Urban lagers/On Tap, Fire lingo/Randy Stapilus, Degrees of misery/Fort Boise, Manufacturing fear/Arch Druid, Gone fishing -- for the last time/Outdoors, McKellen bewitching as 'Mr. Holmes/7 Blog, FOX, quit shilling for Trump/Dogwalk Musings, & New bike rack at Sanders Beach/CdA Ped-Bike Blog + more ...
News >  Idaho

Idaho OKs Direct Path To College

Being admitted to college may have just gotten a little easier for many of Idaho's high school seniors. Members of the Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday during a meeting in Meridian to conditionally admit high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA to any of the state's eight public universities and colleges.
News >  Idaho

The Town Founded By A Jackass

In its series, "Small Towns 2015: Of Mountains and Mines," reporter Laura Johnson of The Inlander, visits Kellogg, population 2120, 37 miles east of Coeur d'Alene -- a town that was "founded by a jackass and inhabited by his descendants." Johnson writes, Kellogg is a place of beauty and refuge for its 2120 (2010 population) residents
News >  Idaho

Prez Reveals Summer Playlist

President Obama released hit eclectic summer playlist on Friday. His 2015 grooves include tracks from Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, among others. The commander in chief unveiled his “by popular request” Spotify list of songs he says he’ll be jamming to while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard through next week.
News >  Idaho

Mike Leach’s Pay — The Bard

The Bard of Sherman Avenue has a rhyme re: that Spin Control blog/SR story about WSU coach being highest paid Washington State employee. This one is a dandy (as are almost all of The Bard's short prose pieces).