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from Americas Freedom Fighters
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
The National Rifle Association has a warning about Obama and his State Department’s latest attack on our 1st and 2nd Amendment rights in which they describe as a “gag order on firearm-related speech.”
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Rapacious royalty in the run-up to Runnymede
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from IFL Science
Spain Has First Case Of Diphtheria In 28 Years Thanks To Anti-Vaxxers
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from RedFlag News
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SAVAGE: America’s real enemies are the fake Republicans
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SAVAGE: America’s real enemies are the fake Republicans
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from The Right Scoop
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from The Spokesman-Review
Listen to the Music
The 13th annual Spokane Street Music Week opened at noon Monday with some of the highest expectations I’ve ever seen when it comes to raising 2nd Harvest food bank donations. The event continues through Friday in the Garland District, downtown Coeur d’Alene and throughout the Spokane business core.
Road-splitting hot
The heat wave shattering temperature records across Eastern Washington was so intense that it caused a stretch US Highway 195 to rupture Monday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Firefighters battle two brush fires
Firefighters are attempting to control two small brush fires that ignited Monday afternoon south of Spokane Valley. The Spokane Valley Fire Department dubbed the fires Hidden Hollow and said about 17 acres had burned by 7:45 p.m.
Logging truck crash blocks North Spokane Corridor
A log truck traveling south on the North Spokane Corridor plowed into a steel reader board just after 3 p.m. Monday. The driver, who was in his 40s, was ejected from the driver’s window and found in front of the truck. He was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center. He was semi-conscious and reacting to pain. Southbound between Freya Street and Farwell Road will be closed until a state inspector, coming from Waterville, Washington, arrives and inspects the sign.
Poll: Idahoans favor raising minimum wage to $10 an hour
Seventy percent of Idahoans favor raising the state’s minimum wage to $10 an hour from the current $7.25, according to a new independent poll, though state lawmakers have been unenthusiastic. Idaho’s minimum wage has been pegged to the federal minimum since lawmakers grudgingly agreed to that change in 2007; it last rose when the federal minimum went up from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 in 2008.
Spokane airport sets daily record for heat
Spokane has set a new high temperature record for June 8 with the thermometer rising to 93 degrees as of 3 p.m. The previous daily record was 91 degrees in 1931.
Snake River sockeye recovery plan released
Federal authorities have released their final recovery plan for Snake River sockeye salmon, a species that teetered on the brink of extinction in the early 1990s. Authorities say the plan released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will create a self-sustaining population of sockeye over the next 50 to 100 years.
City looking to create recreational opportunities on Rathdrum Mountain
City officials [in Rathdrum, Idaho] are seeking public input on how to use the 556 acres on Rathdrum Mountain it gained access to last year.
1 Coeur d’Alene man dead, 1 injured after offroading crash
Damien C. Johnson, 23, of Coeur d’Alene, was ejected from his 1995 Toyota 4Runner while off-roading Sunday morning in a forested area of Bonner County. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to English Funeral Home. His passenger, Dustin Harrison, 34, also of Coeur d’Alene, was injured and taken to Kootenai Medical Center.
Ex-SC officer indicted for murder in shooting of black man
A white former North Charleston police officer has been indicted on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man who was running away from the officer. The April 4 shooting was captured on video by a bystander and showed officer Michael Slager firing eight times at 50-year-old Walter Scott.
Spokane Valley man laments choice of getaway car
A Spokane Valley man arrested after deputies said he led them on a high-speed chase Sunday night later told investigators “that’s the last time I’m running from the police in a Honda Civic.” Michael W. Rosslow, 27, and Jacob A. Woodward, 22, were booked into Spokane County Jail late Sunday after a chase ended at an RV retailer in Liberty Lake.
Spokane looks to build new skate park to replace crime-ridden location
The much-discussed closure of UTF [Spokane’s Under the Freeway skate park] took a step forward last week as the city of Spokane and Grindline Skateparks hosted a discussion for a new skate park to replace the out-of-date park near Lewis and Clark High School.
Spokane International Airport is closing its main runway, which runs from northeast to southwest, so that a contractor can complete renovation of taxiways. That means air traffic will be routed onto the second runway, which runs east and west. Aircraft will have to fly over the upper South Hill for takeoffs or landings, depending on wind direction. The main runway should reopen July 15.
Meeting on U.S. 195
The public is invited to learn more about an upcoming renovation project on the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 195 through the Latah Creek Valley from Interstate 90 to Excelsior Road. An informational meeting is set for Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 5810 S. Meadowlane Road. Three other projects are taking place this year on U.S. 195 from Spokane to Pullman. Tuesday’s meeting will include information on all of the projects.
Aerospace scholars
Five high school students from the Spokane area have been selected for a Washington Aerospace Scholars summer residency program this year. They are Molly McCormick, Faith Baptist Academy High School; Megan Paternoster, Freeman High School; Ross Morrison, Mount Spokane High School; and Nita Mittelstadt-Rush and Kendall Woodard, Gonzaga Prep.
Sullivan webcam
Spokane Valley has set up a Web camera so residents can follow the demolition of the aging southbound bridge on Sullivan Road over the Spokane River. To follow progress, go to spokanevalley.org/sullivanbridge.
Abortions declining in nearly all states
Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them – but they’ve also waned in states where abortion rights are protected, an Associated Press survey finds. Nationwide, in red states and blue, the AP survey showed a decrease in abortions of about 12 percent since 2010.
Pasco police, sheriff dispute Haskell’s leak allegation
Pasco police and the Franklin County sheriff are disputing that their agencies leaked information to Spokane murder suspect Richard Aguirre. Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Haskell said in court Friday that there is “reason to believe” that members of the Pasco Police Department and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office leaked information to Aguirre, a former Pasco police officer accused of killing Ruby Doss in Spokane in 1986.
Sonya Baumstein, an athlete from Orlando, Florida, waited for weeks to set out in her custom-designed rowboat from Choshi, a port east of Tokyo, headed for San Francisco. With a few last-minute adjustments to her supplies and a brief call to her parents, she rowed out of the marina Sunday, a tiny sliver on the glittering horizon, hoping to finish the 6,000-mile journey by late September and become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.
Climate change, drought taking toll on Joshua trees in California
In the California desert, Joshua tree seedlings are shriveling and dying before they get the chance to put down strong roots, and ecologist Cameron Barrows wants the details.
Turkish vote sets volatile path
In a stunning setback for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s ruling party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, and a pro-Kurdish party for the first time garnered enough votes to enter parliament, according to a nearly complete tally. The vote marked a tectonic political shift in Turkey, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally and an influential player in the unprecedented turmoil roiling the Mideast. If the results are borne out in the final official tally, Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, or AKP, would still be the largest party, but a significantly weakened one, and the president’s designs on a vastly empowered executive branch appear to have crumbled.
In brief: Report: Tear gas used outside concert
New Jersey State Police blocking gates outside a concert Sunday night at MetLife Stadium had bottles thrown at them by angry people in the crowd, and they used tear gas to try to disperse them, according to media reports.
Black Union soldier gets military funeral
A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg after being wounded in battle finally received recognition Sunday, nearly 100 years after he died in Nevada.
‘Consumed by war,’ soldier says in appeal
The U.S. soldier who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in 2012 says he had lost compassion for Iraqis and Afghans over the course of his four combat deployments. The News Tribune newspaper of Tacoma used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain an eight-page letter former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales wrote to the senior Army officer at Joint Base Lewis-McChord requesting that his life sentence be reduced.
Two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through steel walls and pipes and break through the bricks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as a $100,000 reward was posted for information leading to their capture. Authorities were investigating how the inmates obtained the power tools they used in the “Shawshank Redemption”-style breakout over the weekend.
Mexico’s first independent gubernatorial candidate was leading in exit polls as voting closed Sunday after midterm elections marred by sporadic outbursts of violence. In voting seen as a litmus test for President Enrique Pena Nieto, the candidate of his Institutional Revolutionary Party appeared to be losing in the key northern state of Nuevo Leon, where independent Jaime Rodriguez, known as “El Bronco,” had at least a 6-point lead in exit polls conducted by the television network TV Azteca and other media.
President Barack Obama’s politically fraught trade quest in Washington trailed him across the Atlantic on Sunday, as he met with world leaders anxiously watching a debate on Capitol Hill that could impact the status of economic pacts with the Asia-Pacific and Europe.
In brief: MERS in S. Korea claims sixth person
South Korea today reported its sixth death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as authorities were bolstering measures to stem the spread of the virus that has left dozens of people infected.
Blanco weakens to tropical storm
Hurricane Blanca was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it neared the Baja California Peninsula, where residents boarded up home and storefront windows in preparation for the heavy rains and high winds that were forecast to lash a wide area, including the resorts of Los Cabos.
Mountain quake death toll now 16
The death toll from an earthquake that trapped scores of climbers on Malaysia’s highest peak rose to 16 today as rescuers searched for two Singaporean climbers still missing. A magnitude-5.9 earthquake Friday sent rocks and boulders raining down the trekking routes on 13,435-foot Mount Kinabalu in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island.
Italian leaders say no more migrants
Heartened by recent election successes by an anti-immigrant party, Italian politicians based in the north vowed Sunday not to shelter any more migrants saved at sea, even as thousands more were being rescued in the Mediterranean from smugglers’ boats in distress. Elsewhere in the country, however, corruptions investigations have revealed that some local officials gleefully see a cash cow in the shelters.
Then and Now: Greenough’s grocery store
The Greenough brothers – Wilbur, Thomas, Joseph and John – were from Kansas and later Missoula. Wilbur, known as W.D., was the eldest, born in 1874. The men made their fortunes mining in Idaho’s Silver Valley. In 1929, the Greenoughs opened their store at Sixth Avenue and Washington Street. The store incorporated all the latest trends: It was self-service, it had off-street parking, and there was a beauty parlor, pharmacy, gas station and soda fountain. Over the years, large suburban shopping centers lured customers away from independents like Greenough’s. The Ridpath Hotel family owned the Greenough’s building and the store lost its lease in 1985.
The Dirt: Camping World plans expansion
Camping World in Liberty Lake plans an expansion. The RV dealership will add a 7,200-square-foot service building with 10 service bays and expand a paved sales lot area to the east on 5 acres.
Inland Imaging opens North Side center
Inland Imaging has opened a diagnostic imaging center in north Spokane. Called Inland Imaging at Northpointe, the new center for MRI and X-ray services is at 9631 N. Nevada St. in Suite 101. It has eight employees.
Developer buys CdA church, land
Parkwood Business Properties, a commercial real estate development and property management firm, recently purchased a nearly 8,500-square-foot church in Coeur d’Alene on 1.5 acres. The firm intends to lease the space to Kootenai Health for employee child care services and senior care programs. The transaction will allow Heart of the City Church, now at the 521 W. Emma Ave. property, to relocate into larger quarters in Coeur d’Alene. The church this past week bought the former Specialty Recreation building at 772 W. Kathleen Ave. that was a Bank CDA-owned property. The future church site includes four buildings with about 32,900 square feet combined on 4.7 acres.
WSU animal hospital under construction
Construction is underway on the first floor of a Washington State University Spokane building at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., in the University District. Graham Construction & Management is the contractor remodeling about 5,000 square feet to create a small animal surgery suite and other areas for the WSU College of Medical Sciences.
WSU president’s pay second-highest among public institution chief executives
Washington State University President Elson Floyd had the second-highest base pay among public college presidents in the nation in 2014, and he ranked fourth in total compensation, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Sunday.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Who’s Limbaugh to define normal?
Inland Northwest volunteer programs step in when caregivers need a break
The Senior Companion Program, run by the Panhandle Health District since 1987, which is available in the five northern counties, needs more volunteers – especially men and people in Bonner and Boundary counties. Every county has a waiting list. Currently there are 55 volunteers and more than 200 clients. In Spokane, Mid City Concerns Meals on Wheels started a similar Friend to Friend program six months ago.
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from WND (World Net Daily)
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U.S. boots '4th of July' to appease Muslims
The U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Robert Blake, said American workers celebrated the Fourth of July a month early – on June 4, actually – in order to show respect for the mostly Muslim nation and the month of Ramadan. The Jakarta Post reported the development, saying Blake and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian oversaw the June 4 celebrations, which included a brass band performance of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Indonesia Raya, the Indonesian national anthem.
U.S. boots '4th of July' to appease Muslims
The U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Robert Blake, said American workers celebrated the Fourth of July a month early – on June 4, actually – in order to show respect for the mostly Muslim nation and the month of Ramadan. The Jakarta Post reported the development, saying Blake and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN Nina Hachigian oversaw the June 4 celebrations, which included a brass band performance of the Star-Spangled Banner and the Indonesia Raya, the Indonesian national anthem.
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