Christa Hazel sends this photo of Elections Dept worker Carrie Phillips, demonstrating how the two ballot counting machines will work tomorrow night. The machines can read up to 300 ballots per minute. Once the test is completed, County Commissioner Dan Green will sign off and…
Well. It's Monday. Or as I call it, Sit At Your Desk Until You Make Deadline Day. Hope you got a chance to enjoy the gorgeous weekend weather. Saturday night was mother/son date night for my youngest and me. Dinner and a movie. We saw…
TAMPA--Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will use his prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to urge party members to be more open to scrutinizing military spending, a position that puts him in the minority within the GOP. Paul made the remarks Sunday when he…
LUDOWICI, Ga. — Four Army soldiers based in southeast Georgia killed a former comrade and his girlfriend to protect an anarchist militia group they formed that stockpiled assault weapons and plotted a range of anti-government attacks, prosecutors told a judge today. Among the potential targets,…
Tex and Nick Gaynos, seen here at their home in Post Falls, were married in 1943 in California. Kathy Plonka, photo. The images came back this week; haunting, vivid, details slowed to an instant inside Nick Gaynos's mind like never before, and then it was…
Idaho State University will ban smoking campus-wide starting in September, the Idaho State Journal reports, following a recommendation from student leaders, who passed a resolution nearly a year ago backing the move. That means ISU will join Boise State in becoming a smoke-free campus; BSU…
Stayed up 'til 2 AM the other night/morning, reading Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn. Gripping novel and obviously hard to put down! But boy did I pay for my late night the next day What are you reading?
CHICAGO – The nation’s most influential pediatricians group says the health benefits of circumcision in newborn boys outweigh any risks, adding that insurance companies should pay for it. In its latest policy statement on circumcision, a procedure that has been declining nationwide, the American Academy…
Boaters enjoy peaceful fishing at Sullivan Lake. Rich Landers Location, location, location. That’s the key to a perfect Labor Day weekend camping destination. Virtually any campground will do if you’re going to sit around a campfire all day and simply enjoy the food, family and…
Justin Gilpatrick said he hadn't had a drink in years. But after a night out drinking with a friend in Portland. Ore., the 27-year-old decided he was too intoxicated to drive home. So, in a questionable move, Gilpatrick decided to sleep it off in a…
Horizon Hospice worker Cyndy Stevenson talks to Meadow Ridge Elementary fifth- and sixth-graders about obituaries that appear in the newspaper and the importance of appreciating a life story that has been condensed into a single paragraph. I don't usually read the obituaries with the exception…
“Oh my God,” said Julia Jakaber, of Otis Orchards, as she zipped through the trees in Wallace on Aug. 16. She and her sisters booked the adventure with Silver Streak Zipline Tours as a birthday present for their father, Ted Wentz. WALLACE – Ted Wentz…
In this Aug. 24, 2012, file photo Republican Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., talks to the media gathered in Chesterfield, Mo., and told them he will stay in the U.S. Senate race despite the uproar over his remarks about rape and pregnancy. TWIN FALLS • If…
WASHINGTON – Fido can fetch, heel and stay. And if a New Jersey lawmaker has her way, it will be dog owners who have to obey a new law requiring them to buckle up their pets on car trips. And no, the proposal was not…
A wildfire burns, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 near Featherville, Idaho. A burnout maneuver has so far been successful in reducing fuels between Featherville and the 187-square-mile wildfire that forced the central Idaho community's evacuation a week ago, officials said Saturday. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter told…
An employee of a Coeur d’Alene Mines property in Mexico died late Sunday morning while doing maintenance work. The employee was outside the underground mine and apparently fell while working on a piece of surface equipment at the company’s Palmarejo silver and gold mine. Authorities…
TAMPA, Fla. – His Republican National Convention curtailed by a threatened hurricane, Mitt Romney conceded Sunday that fresh controversy over rape and abortion is harming his party and he accused Democrats of trying to exploit it for political gain. “It really is sad, isn’t it,…
Duane Rasmussen sends this photo of a kid taking a spill while "Mutton Busting" at the Kootenai County Fair. One year my thirdborn came home with a wild tale of his Mutton Busting adventure while on a field trip with his 1st grade class at…
Sheep, you may be surprised to learn, are not as dumb as they look. Some people might even describe them as shrewdly calculating, remarkably crafty animals with fierce independent streaks. Given the slightest opening, for example, they will quit a herd, striking out in small,…
Steve Wilson provided safe harbor and warm cookies at the Coeur d'Alene Inn. A dozen or so smart people, passionate people with vision, were gathered around a conference table. Sometimes the talk got testy. Sometimes the struggle for momentary control or long-term influence was evident.…
When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” The grainy…
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