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News >  Idaho

Still Slogging Toward New Judge

In an interview with Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo suh-wears he and U.S. Sen. Jim Risch aren't deliberately trying to delay the process to replace retired federal judge Edward Lodge. Betsy had asked if rumors were true that they were gumming up the works to allow a possible GOP prez to make the choice.
News >  Idaho

Defending Megyn Kelly

In a Faithful Geek column earlier this week, Nic writes a defense of a Fox News personality, something he never thought he'd do. Then, along came the GOPresidential debate in which Fox News personality Megyn Kelly and candidate Donald Trump got into it.
News >  Idaho

Ed Board Pick Arrives w/Baggage

Linda Clark has spent 37 years working in Meridian-area schools. She has seen the suburban school district mushroom from 9,700 students to an enrollment of nearly 37,000 — with all the pressures and construction demands that come with growth. But for Clark, the past few weeks have been particularly tumultuous.
News >  Idaho

Obama’s Summer Reading List

President Obama is spending his Thursday on a Martha’s Vineyard beach, a perfect opportunity to get started on his long summer reading list. The president picked six books to read during his 16-day vacation, most notably Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a memoir about being black in America. Q -- What's on your reading list?
News >  Idaho

The Good Guy Wins

The Bard of Sherman Avenue is delighted with the recovery by Slice columnist Paul Turner. The Bard offers a rhyme to commemorate the return to health by the popular Spokesman-Review columnist/blogger.
News >  Idaho

Collect Your Own Winnings

The Post Falls PD is known for going above & beyond the call of duty to assist city residents. But a gambler at the Greyhound Park discovered there's one thing that a police officer won't do. See below.
News >  Idaho

St. Vinnys Building Dining Hall

Ground was broken for a good cause Wednesday on St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho's Coeur d'Alene campus. The nonprofit's leaders gathered to celebrate the start of construction of the future Father Bill Dining Hall. The updated facility will be named in honor of Father William C. Crowley, a former diocesan chancellor and pastor of St. Thomas Parish
News >  Idaho

Slice Sees Region In New Light

After dealing with serious health issue this summer, Paul Turner of The Slice is looking at the region through rose-colored glasses. Writes Paul: "If badmouthing Spokane and Coeur d’Alene residents is your thing, you will have to find someone else to listen to your rant. Because I just don’t want to hear it." More below.
News >  Idaho

AM Headlines — 8.13.15

AM Headlines for Wednesday includes: Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press. Leach, Peterson top Washington employee pay/Spin Control, Uzbek refugee convicted of terrorism conspiracy/Eye on Boise, Supreme Court vacates murder verdict in St. Maries case/Press, and Firefighting costs crippling USFS multi-purpose mission/EOBoise
News >  Idaho

Poll: Otter Is IACI’s Man

A plurality of Hucks Nation said Gov. Butch Otter's political philosophy can be summed up in three words "whatever IACI wants." Today's Poll: Is emailgate a serious enough controversy to derail Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes?
News >  Idaho

Zags Make Reading Fun

Storytime is always a popular activity at Spokane Public Libraries – especially during the summer months when kids flock to sign up for the summer reading program. But on Aug. 4, a larger crowd than usual filled the South Hill Library. More than 150 kids...
News >  Idaho

What Haven’t You Done Here?

I was surprised a week ago when noon walking partner Greg Lee told me that he had never hiked Tubbs Hill. So I suggested that we change our lunch hour route to include a hike around Tubbs Wednesday. I have never been to Heyburn Park or attended the Festival at Sandpoint. Question: What haven't you done in all your years in North Idaho?
News >  Idaho

Chlorine Gas Release Sickens Workers

An accidental release of chlorine gas Wednesday morning from a cylinder at Pacific Steel and Recycling in east Spokane sickened more than a dozen people there and at a nearby city building, police and fire officials said. Eight of those people were hospitalized in critical...
News >  Idaho

Protect Best Friend From Heat

A Spokane veterinarian is applying some heat in a warm-hearted way to people who hike or bike with their dogs in hot summer weather. “It can kill the dog,” said Dr. Joseph Harari. While he specializes in vet orthopedics and surgery, he also owns a dog and likes to take it hiking. But sometime Harari chooses to leave Benny home for his own good.
News >  Idaho

City Workers To Get 2% Wage Hike

Local governments across-the-board are preparing to give pay increases to employees -- 2% cost-of-living raises at city of Coeur d'Alene and 3% raises for Kootenai County employees. Meanwhile, teachers in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls are near agreements for proposed wage hikes.
News >  Idaho

Trib: Wrong Person For Ed Board

In a Lewiston Tribune editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments that Superintendent Linda Clark of the West Ada County School District is qualified for many jobs in the state. But she has a built-in conflict-of-interest as Gov. Butch Otter's pick to serve on the Idaho Board of Education.
News >  Idaho

Hump Day Wild Card — 8.12.15

I'm 3/4ths of the way through ripping out another of those landscape projects that made since years ago. A few years back, I tore out all the mugho pines, bird nest pines & barberry bushes in the front yard. Last year, I tore out all...
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot — 8.12.15

Lifeguard Michael DuBois keeps an eye on the beach at Burbank Park in Pittsfield, Mass., today. The lifeguard program in Pittsfield, Mass., keeps an eye on swimmers five days a week, Wednesday through Sunday. Question: Anyone out there ever serve as a lifeguard? Want to tell us about it?