Unfortunately, Democratic State Senator Edgar Malepeai (Pocatello) was arrested at 1:46 today for DUI. [...] 
Cottonwood along the Upper Missouri in Montana all date before the dams. Some are two centuries old-
More flow could bring back trees. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer [...] 
Ted Turner gets OK for Yellowstone bison on ranch. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Writer.
Earlier Robert Hoskins had criticized this. Illegal plan just makes Turner richer [...] 
On mounting a wolf for display-
Wolf work mounts: With 1st Montana hunting season done, canine hides in taxidermists’ hands. Written by Rob Chaney. Missoulian. [...] 
Budget, bailouts, war therapy, health care reform mangled by special interests pulling it hither and yon, Barbara Ehrenreich on TomDispatch: Not So Pretty in Pink. (Or as he headlined it, "Welcome to the Women's Movement 2.0.")
"When the Stupak anti-choice amendment passed, and" [...]
NEW YORK -- Opponents of gay marriage celebrated a decisive vote in the New York State Senate, where a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage was defeated 38 [...]
Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been' [...]
Predictably, the IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri reacted angrily citing the IPCC 2007 climate change reports which asserted that the (Himalayan) glaciers are receding faster than in any other part [...]
Gonzaga stormed back in the second half behind the play of senior Matt Bouldin and freshman Elias Harris to defeat Washington State 74-69 before 6,000 at the McCarthey Athletic Center. By overcoming a 15-point first-half lead, 17th-ranked GU (7-1) kept the Cougars (6-1) from becoming the first visiting team to win [...]
San Diego coach Bill Grier felt nearly powerless as he watched Washington State sophomore forward Klay Thompson score 43 points on his Toreros in the championship game of the Great Alaska Shootout. “If you watched the game, it didn’t look like we guarded him at all,” Grier said of [...]
So I just got on John (Tesh's) website and found this interesting factoid, and just in time for your holiday consumption too: "These days a lot of respected wineries are doing away with the glass bottle because manufacturing and shipping them is expensive and wasteful. According to the'" [...]
Darcus Allen, left, who is accused of driving Maurice Clemmons away from the coffee shop where Clemmons is suspected of killing four Lakewood, Wash., police officers Sunday, appears in Pierce County Superior Court, Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. Public defender Jack McNeish is at right. See story below. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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The latest installment of I Love Where I Live took place today at the Legislative Send-Off hosted by the Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene Chambers of Commerce. About 80 people were gathered for lunch before hearing from our local legislators. My fellow city councilor Skip Hissong mentioned' [...]
A hand recount of the Airway Heights ballots confirmed that Councilman Patrick Rushing defeated Mayor Matthew Pederson by two votes for the city's top elective spot.
Final tally was the same as the machine count: Rushing 281, Pederson 279. There were 33 ballots that didn't have a mark for either candidate.
The' [...]
There are several things about this tragic loss of human lives, however, which bear close scrutiny and further introspection. I am already sick to death of hearing the comparisons between the deaths of both the four police officers and Maurice Clemmons as having any association whatsoever with the death of [...]
"I didn't even have to ask my daughter to pose like this at Universal Studios. She thought of it before I did," writes Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It. "It was the funniest thing to her to be gobbled up by the giant fake shark." More here.
NFL post-game' [...]
Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, said today that he’ll announce his candidacy for the 1st District congressional seat on Monday, with announcements in Boise and Coeur d’Alene. Already in the GOP primary race is Iraq war veteran Vaughn Ward; state Rep. Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, dropped out of the race [...]
A few news items about submarines on the 'net today:Deputies from the Spokane County Sheriff's Office gather outside the the house at 4518 Woodglen to investigate a homicide this morning north of Mead in a development of upscale homes on the south side of Day-Mount Spokane Road. Story here. (Dan Pelle/SR)
Question: Have you ever been nearby when a [...]
Bumpersnickers on a white SUV now sitting in the parking lot of the CdA's SR lot: "My Labrador retriever is smarter than your honor student" and "Dog is my co-pilot." Ah, I don't think a wandering missionary from the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, or evangelicals might not getting a warm welcome' [...]
"Michaele Salahi didn't hesitate to post snapshots of her White House gatecrashing on Facebook, but perhaps she should have. According to the New York Daily News, many of Salahi’s 11,914-and-counting "fans" have rained insults on the "Desperate Housewives of D.C." hopeful, calling her a "fame whore,"'" [...]
From John Burns' take on the Afghanistan strategy:
"One worried Afghan voice on the BBC this morning was that of Ali Ahmad Jalali, an Afghan-American who served as interior minister in Mr. Karzai's government for 20 months in 2003-2005, and lately a visiting professor at National Defense'" [...]
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman had no idea the 2010 Winter Games were a worthy topic for discussion when she went to Vancouver to give a talk at the public library. The Border Patrol demanded to know what she was going to talk about, to see her "notes," and to [...]
Query from reader: “Have you heard anything about local police (Boise city, ACS, Garden City) sending people or cars at our expense to the service for the four officers shot in Washington? I think it’s early next week. I object for a number of reasons.
Following the tragic execution style killings [...]
"Talk about a buzzkill: next time you go to the movies, it's likely that the U.S. government will lecture you about how to handle your credit cards. I'm not kidding. The Federal Reserve announced it is sponsoring 45-second advertisements in movie theaters with tips to help shoppers avoid unnecessary credit'" [...]
Karun Winstein, 3, pours himself a glass of water during snack time at Turning Point Children's Enrichment and Developmental Center in Moscow, Idaho.
This just in from PlanetGreenDiscovery.com: "How much poop is in your drinking water?" The word is being heard: bottled water is not all it's cracked up to [...]
My take on Obama's speech at West Point isn't very different from what the press is reporting today. Blame Bush, generalities, blame Bush, campaign mode. What took around forty minutes could have wrapped up in ten.A couple weeks ago I was running late for a meeting at Tapio Center in Spokane. Imagine my dismay when I ran into roadwork, and had to take a detour. Except it wasn't really a detour-- the road was just closed. I ended up lost on East Sprague. Not fun.
Yesterday,' [...]
Maxim Magazine provides this useful reference: (Warning mature content-- or perhaps that's immature, if you know what I mean.)
"Most people assume that Tiger Woods' wife randomly chose a club to allegedly beat him with. That's not so. In fact, she (allegedly) chose the perfect club to fit the crime. So to'" [...]
Here's my favorite quote of the day:
"The bigger (the) TV you have, the dumber you are. Smart people have TV's, often-- but not very big ones." David Brancaccio, host NOW (PBS), quoted in the Santa Fe Reporter.
Agree/disagree?
' [...]So, I'm wondering what kind of gift the SR will be giving DFO for his 25 years of faithful service.
A sliver pocket watchA goatA year's subscription to the CDA PressCare to venture a guess?
' [...]When you read an op-ed columnist for a while, you get a sense of his or her expertise, blind spots, favorite things, and so on. Every once in a while the perfect topic for a particular writer comes along, and it's a juicy curveball that hangs over the plate [...]
With all the whining about bureaucracy in this country, we sometimes lose site of how good we have it. (Just as I used to worry more about air quality in this country before our visit to China.) Still, this' [...]
I'll be turning over the controls of HBO Central to CindyH for a few hours today -- from 11:15 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m. The class of 1984 -- the staffers who joined the SR in 1984 -- will be honored for 25 years of service with a nice lunch' [...]
They daily stand in danger's way
to shield us from the beasts of prey;
embrace them all with love divine,
and please protect their thin blue line.
The Bard of Sherman Avenue
[...]... Challenger Jim Brannon is, indeed, seeking to annul the entire Coeur d'Alene City Council election of Nov. 3, from Mayor Sandi Bloem's victory over Joe Kunka, to the three council races that were won by the incumbents. City Attorney Mike Gridley, who said he's still trying to digest the lawsuit filed' [...]
When Boise Fire Department closed #6 station at Liberty and Fairview 15 or more years ago, they turned around and PAID what is now the North Ada District to provide fire service to that station and the surrounding area along Fairview.
Now, after years [...]
Former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin is scheduled to make a stop in Sandpoint this month to promote her autobiography.The book-signing event is planned for Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Sandpoint Business & Events Center. It lasts from 6-9 p.m. Palin’s plans were confirmed Tuesday through [...]
In this magazine cover image released by US Weekly Magazine, the Dec. 14 issue of "US Weekly" featuring Tiger Woods, is shown. The issue is available nationwide on newsstands on Friday. (AP Photo/US Weekly)
Question: Why do we enjoy seeing that our heroes have clay feet?
[...]President Obama can still pull off a well-crafted speech. On Tuesday night, he managed to work in some passive aggressiveness on Iraq, revisit America's history in Vietnam, conjure the memories of 9/11 and attempt, at least, to refocus attention on Afghanistan.
Clever rhetoric doesn't ensure success in Afghanistan. Nothing does — [...]
Idaho Democratic Party chairman R. Keith Roark made the following statement regarding President Obama's speech on the military effort in Afghanistan: "If the Bush-Cheney administration had kept its eye on the ball in Afghanistan and not plunged our nation into a reckless war of choice in Iraq, our" [...]
The last frosty moon rise of November rises over Otis Orchards and reminds that December and winter's icy grip will be with us for awhile. (J. Bart Rayniak/SR)
[...]Golfer Tiger Woods, engulfed in media speculation over his private life after a car accident in the middle of the night, apologized on Wednesday for "transgressions" in a statement that apparently addressed allegations he had extra-marital relationships. Woods, the world's number one golfer and a married father of two young [...]
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I thought it was a terrible speech. In fact, I found is so excruciatingly awful and embarrassing I had to fight myself to keep from turning it off. The speech had a weird kind of fairy tale quality about it, as if President Obama had swallowed some strange [...]
Item: Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... Chemtrail? Conspiracy theorist warns of danger from passing jets/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: "These aren't contrails -- a contrail is vapor, condensation, it disappears," Langberg said of the condensation paths left by passing [...]
