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Primary voters oust Hart - Thu, 17 May 2012 PST
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:52:21 -0700
BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s legislative career appears done. Hart was defeated in a four-way Republican primary Tuesday, according to unofficial results, edged out by Ed Morse, a longtime real estate appraiser from Hayden. Morse will face former longtime Kootenai County Clerk Dan English in the Nov. 6 general election.
Washington state man dead in N. Idaho
Sat, 19 May 2012 12:03:33 -0700
Authorities say a Washington state man is dead and a northern Idaho man has been taken into custody.
Editorial: GOP closed primary not the answer in Idaho - Fri, 18 May 2012 PST
Fri, 18 May 2012 09:14:51 -0700
Less than 17 percent of Ada County registered voters cast a ballot in Tuesday’s Idaho primary election – less than 17 percent in the state’s most populous county, home to its capital, Boise. Statewide, the turnout was an estimated 23 percent of registered voters, the lowest going back at least as far as 1980, when the ballot casting began a three-decade descent from the 41.3 percent who voted in ...
Kootenai County Reagan Republicans name in dispute
Mon, 07 May 2012 11:17:35 -0700
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans in northern Idaho have received a letter telling them to stop going by the name they have used since 2009 and threatening civil litigation if the group doesn't comply.
Rival leads Idaho's tax protesting Hart in House
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:08:29 -0700
A tax-protesting northern Idaho Republican representative was trailing in his four-way primary. Click to Continue »
Driver eludes deputies in Kootenai County chase
Wed, 02 May 2012 11:54:23 -0700
Authorities are searching for a man who eluded deputies Wednesday morning in Kootenai County.
Idaho voters spurn tax-protesting lawmaker - Wed, 16 May 2012 PST
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:44:58 -0700
Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart's legislative career will end this year, Idaho voters decided on Tuesday.
Court Hearing Set on Idaho GOP Leader's Attempt to Reveal Commenters
Mon, 14 May 2012 15:26:22 -0700
Idaho 1st District Judge John Luster will hear arguments this Friday in the case of a north Idaho Republican leader trying to reveal the identities of three anonymous commenters on the Spokane Spokesman-Review's website. Tina Jacobson, chair of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, filed suit in April in the wake of a few unkind remarks about her on the Spokesman-Review's ...
Two vie in race for Kootenai prosecutor - Fri, 04 May 2012 PST
Fri, 04 May 2012 00:09:35 -0700
When elected in 2008, Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh took over an office with a public black eye suffered after two sexually charged email scandals, internal strife, allegations of sexual harassment and criticism of local judges. McHugh ran unopposed in 2008 to replace retiring county Prosecutor Bill Douglas, who had held the office since 1989. During the past three years in office ...
Idaho KKK Member Running for Sheriff Hosts Cross-Burning
Fri, 11 May 2012 13:35:42 -0700
*A white power activist in Idaho campaigning to be the next Bonner County sheriff hosted a cross burning last week with fellow Ku Klux Klan members and is defending the ceremony as a historic Christian ritual, reports the Associated Press. Shaun Winkler, 33, said mainstream society misses the point about cross-lighting rituals, seeing them only [...]