IDAHO
IDAHO SCHOOL LEVY SPECIAL ELECTIONS COMING UP TOMORROW WE'LL BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO KNOW AND WHAT TO EXPECT
>> COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME
LAST YEAR WE HAD ALMOST FOUR
TIMES AS MANY SHOOTINGS AND
DRIVE BYS THAN WE DID THAN WE
DID LAST YEAR.
PLUS GANG VIOLENCE ON THE RISE
IN SPOKANE COUNTY WHAT
AUTHORITIES SAY NEEDS TO HAPPEN
TO BRING THAT NUMBER DOWN.
WE'RE STILL TRACKING SOME LIGHT
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK AS
TEMPERATURES STAY PRETTY
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH
.
A NEW MILESTONE REACHED TODAY
IN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
WASHINGTON HAS ADMINISTERED
MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOSES OF
THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SINCE
BECAME AVAILABLE IN
MID-DECEMBER.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I'M REGINA ON.
WELL, THE GOOD NEWS COMES ON
THE HEELS OF A HIGHLY
ANTICIPATED GUIDELINES FROM THE
CDC THAT BREAKS DOWN WHAT
VACCINATED PEOPLE SHOULD OR
SHOULD NOT DO.
SO HERE ARE THREE THINGS YOU
SHOULD KNOW IF YOU'RE FULLY
VACCINATED YOU NOW CAN GATHER
INDOORS WITH UNVER VACCINATED
PEOPLE FROM ONE OTHER HOUSEHOLD
IF IT FITS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY
BE AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID-19
YOU SHOULD STILL TAKE THOSE
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES OTHERWISE
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MASK UP.
YOU ALSO WON'T HAVE TO
QUARANTINE AFTER A KNOWN
EXPOSURE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE NO
SYMPTOMS.
BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
FULLY VACCINATED FOR THOSE WHO
TOOK A MODERNA OR FYSSAS TWO
DOSE REGIMEN IT TAKES ABOUT TWO
WEEKS AFTER THE SECOND SHOT TO
BE FULLY CONSIDERED FULLY
VACCINATED.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S ONE DOSE
VACCINE PROTECTION IS
CONSIDERED FULL TWO WEEKS AFTER
THAT SINGLE SHOT.
BUT UNTIL THEN YOU SHOULD STILL
TAKE ALL OF THOSE PREVENTION
STEPS TO KEEP YOURSELF AND
OTHER PEOPLE SAFE.
>> I'M JUST GRATEFUL I'M
GRATEFUL THAT WE WEREN'T SICKER
WHEN WE HAD THE VIRUS AND I'M
GRATEFUL THAT THE VACCINES ARE
AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE >> AND
WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED
ARE THANKFUL.
WE SPOKE WITH CHERYL TODAY WHO
SAID SHE'S READY TO GET ONE
STEP CLOSER TO NORMAL SEEM MORE
THAN 60 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE
GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE VACCINE
DOSE AND NOW THE NEW GUIDANCE
GIVES US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF A
POSSIBLE POST PANDEMIC >>
FUTURE.
TONIGHT THE MAN CONVICTED OF
KILLING A QUARTERMAIN FAMILY 16
YEARS AGO WILL LIKELY DIE IN
PRISON BEFORE HIS DEATH
SENTENCE CAN BE CARRIED OUT.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS,
JOSEPH DUNCAN HAS TERMINAL
BRAIN CANCER AS HE SITS ON
DEATH ROW.
DUNCAN WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING
FOUR MEMBERS OF A FAMILY IN
CORTLAND BACK IN TWO THOUSAND
FIVE HE KIDNAPED TWO CHILDREN
DYLAN AND SHASTA GROENE FROM
THE FAMILY'S HOME AND TORTURED
THEM IN MONTANA.
SHASTA, THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF
THE RAMPAGE, SHE WAS RESCUED
AFTER DUNCAN STOPPED AT A
DENNY'S IN PORTLAND WHEN SHE
WAS RECOGNIZED BY A STAFF
MEMBER THERE.
DUNCAN HAS BEEN ON FEDERAL
DEATH ROW IN INDIANA FOR FOUR
YEARS AS HIS APPEALS MOVE
FORWARD ON NORTH IDAHO.
SEX OFFENDER ON THE RUN FOR
MORE THAN 20 YEARS WAS FINALLY
CAUGHT IN FLORIDA LAST WEEK.
SEVENTY FIVE YEAR OLD PHILLIP
JENNISON WAS ON THE RUN FROM
POLICE MORE THAN TWO DECADES
UNTIL U.S. MARSHALS CAUGHT HIM
ON FRIDAY JENNISON WAS
CONVICTED FOR MOLESTATION IN
NINETEEN NINETY FIVE AND WAS
REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX
OFFENDER UPON HIS RELEASE FROM
PRISON WHICH HE DID NOT,
ACCORDING TO THE US MARSHALS
SERVICE.
JENNISON, WHOSE WAS IDAHO'S
LONGEST ESCAPED SEX OFFENDER,
HE'S NOW BEING EXTRADITED BACK
TO IDAHO.
FORTY TWO SUPERINTENDENTS OF
PUBLIC PRIVATE AND CHARTER
SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS WASHINGTON
SIGNED A LETTER ASKING FOR
STATE LEADERS TO CONSIDER
FLEXIBILITY AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING IN SCHOOLS.
IN THAT LETTER THEY SAY QUOTE
IN ORDER FOR MANY OF US TO BE
ABLE TO BRING ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS WHO WANT TO COME BACK
TO IN-PERSON SCHOOLING AND NOT
RELEGATE SOME TO CONTINUED
REMOTE LEARNING, STRICT
ADHERENCE TO SIX FEET OF
PHYSICAL DISTANCE HAS TO BE
DESIRED AND THAT OUTCOME
PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
TOMORROW WE'RE SPEAKING WITH
THE SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL DUNN
ON WHY SCHOOL LEADERS ARE
PUSHING FOR THIS MOVE >>.
THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION IN
IDAHO TOMORROW.
AMONG THE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT A
LEVY FOR THE PORTLAND PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
TONIGHT OUR POLITICAL REPORTER
CASEY DECKER SPOKE WITH
SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF
THAT LEVY.
THE DISTRICT >> IS ASKING FOR
20 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR THE
SAME AS IT CURRENTLY GETS UNDER
THE EXPIRING LEVY.
BUT SINCE THE POPULATION INSIDE
THE DISTRICT HAS GONE UP, THE
INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY TAX RATE
UNDER THIS PROPOSAL WOULD
ACTUALLY BE LOWER THAN IT
CURRENTLY IS.
THE 20 MILLION HELPS FUND
NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM >>.
IT'S TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
OPERATING BUDGET SO IT'S A IT
WOULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL IF
IT DIDN'T PASS.
IT WOULD BE PRETTY DEVASTATING
TO OUR KIDS, TO OUR TEACHERS.
SUPPORTERS >> OF THE LEVY LIKE
TRACY BANKS SAY THE PANDEMIC
HAS MADE THE LEVY EVEN MORE
IMPORTANT, PROVIDING SERVICES
STUDENTS DESPERATELY >> NEED
LIKE COUNSELING AND SCHOOL
NURSES >>.
THAT'S A PRETTY CRITICAL THING
THIS YEAR WE'D LIKE TO KEEP OUR
SCHOOL NURSES IN OUR SCHOOLS.
BUT >> OPPONENTS LIKE JEREMY
MORRIS SAY THE PANDEMIC IS
ACTUALLY ALL THE MORE REASON TO
REJECT THE LEVY >> RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD ASK VOTERS TOMORROW TO
JUST THINK SHOULD WE MAYBE SEND
A MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOLS THAT
YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED MORE
MONEY WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT
TIME.
MAYBE FIRST YOU SHOULD SHOW US
SOME ACCOUNTABILITY >>.
MANY CONSERVA LIKE MORRIS FEEL
THE DISTRICT ISN'T SPENDING THE
MONEY WISELY AND MANY ARE ALSO
UPSET WITH HOW IT'S HANDLED
REOPENING THEY FEEL LIKE
REJECTING THE LEVY WOULD FORCE
THE DISTRICT TO LISTEN TO THEIR
CONCERNS >>.
I DON'T SEE REPUBLICANS OUT
THERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S
REALLY STICK IT TO THEM.
LET'S HURT THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
IT'S LET'S GET SCHOOLS THAT ARE
BETTER PERFORMING >>.
MORRIS HAS IN FACT >> RECENTLY
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
DISTRICT ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER
OF LOCAL REPUBLICANS, THOUGH HE
SPOKE WITH CREM IN HIS PERSONAL
CAPACITY.
THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT DURING
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION
REPUBLICANS HANDING OUT FLIERS
NEAR POLLING PLACES WERE
UNFAIRLY KICKED OFF THE SCHOOL
GROUNDS IN >> VIOLATION OF
THEIR FREE EXPRESSION AND OF
STATE ELECTIONEERING.
MORRIS GENERALLY FEELS THE
SCHOOL BOARD HAS IGNORED OR
SHOUTED DOWN CONSERVATIVE
VOICES AND HOPES THE SUIT AND
ANTI LEVY SENTIMENT COULD
CHANGE THAT.
BUT LEVY SUPPORTERS ARGUE
THAT'S A DANGEROUS POLITICAL
GAME ARE >> MOST AT RISK
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FAMILIES
HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY AND
REALLY DEPEND ON SCHOOL.
SO NOW IS NOT THE TIME AT ALL
FOR THIS TO NOT PASS.
IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.
THE LEVY >> IS UP FOR A VOTE ON
ELECTION DAY TOMORROW.
CASEY DECKER CREMATA NEWS.
WELL, THE GONZAGA MEN'S
BASKETBALL TEAM BREEZED PAST
ST. MARY'S TONIGHT WINNING
SEVENTY EIGHT FIFTY FIVE
BENNETT GREEN JOINING US LIVE
NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM NOW TO
TALK ABOUT ANOTHER DOMINANT
PERFORMANCE FOR THE ZAGS.
HI, BRIANNA.
HI, REGINA.
YEAH, BY THE WAY, TONIGHT WAS
THERE TWENTY NINTH STRAIGHT WIN
WHICH TIME'S A PROGRAM RECORD
FOR CONSECUTIVE WINS?
DREW TEMMY WAS THE STAR OF THE
SHOW THIS EVENING.
WHAT'S CRAZY IS THAT IT WAS
SEVEN MINUTES INTO THIS GAME
BEFORE DREW EVEN SCORED HIS
FIRST BUCKET ON THIS AND ONE
THAT GONZAGA UP BY ELEVEN WITH
13 20 IN THE FIRST MINUTE AND A
HALF LATER DREW BULLIES HIS WAY
INSIDE TOO EASY.
LET'S TRY A DIFFERENT SCORING
OPTION A DIFFERENT WAY TO SCORE
I GUESS I SHOULD SAY CAN'T STOP
HIM GOING DOWNHILL EITHER.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW WE'RE GOING
TO STOP THE BUCKETS FOR A
SECOND TO SHOW THE SWEET PASS.
WELL YEAH.
EACH TIME HE LED THE ZAGS IN
ASSISTS TONIGHT FOR HOW ABOUT
THE OTHER END ONE WITH FOUR
TWENTY TO GO GONZAGA UP 14
AFTER THAT NOW OFF THE PICK AND
ROLL I THINK YOU GET THE
PICTURE HERE DREW WITH SEVEN OF
EIGHT IN THE FIRST HALF OR
FIFTEEN POINTS AND ENDED EIGHT
OF ELEVEN FOR EIGHTEEN POINTS
WHICH LED THE ZAGS.
HE ALSO HAD A TEAM HIGH EIGHT
BOARDS.
TIMMY HAD A GREAT WCC
TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR TO MARK
WAS EFFUSIVE ANDREW'S
PERFORMANCE TONIGHT AND ALSO
HAD A HILARIOUS SOUNDBITE ABOUT
DREW IN LAS VEGAS OVERALL ON
HIS A LOT BUT I PROBABLY DON'T
TELL HIM ENOUGH HOW JUST HOW
GOOD HE IS.
BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF US JUST
HAVE THAT LOT IN LIFE IN THAT
ROLE.
SO I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO
ENCOURAGE DREW TO KEEP COMING
DOWN TO VEGAS.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, FIVE >>
I THINK WE BOTH KNOW LA GONZAGA
WILL PLAY THE WINNER OF BYU AND
PEPPERDINE AT SIX PM TOMORROW
ON ESPN.
ONE MORE FUN FACT FROM TONIGHT
GONZAGA STARTER'S SHOT A
COMBINED SIXTY TWO PERCENT FROM
THE FIELD AND COMBINED FOR
SEVENTY THREE OF THE TEAM'S
SEVENTY EIGHT POINTS BACK TO
YOU >>.
ALL RIGHT, BRIANNA, THANK YOU.
TURNING NOW TO A LOOK AT
WEATHER LAST WEEK WAS JUST
PICTURE PERFECT, WASN'T IT?
AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THE
SPRING LIKE TEMPERATURES THIS
WEEK.
SO LET'S BRING IN THOMAS
PATRICK WHO'S OUT ON THE
OUTDOOR WEATHER CENTER FOR US
TONIGHT.
THOMAS, TELL ME SOME GOOD NEWS.
ARE WE GOING TO GET THOSE WARM
TEMPERATURES OR IS IT GOING TO
GET CHILLIER?
WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING?
YOU >> KNOW, I KNOW YOU LOVE
THE SUNSHINE MORE THAN ANYTHING
ELSE AND WE WILL GET THE
SUNSHINE BUT IT'S KIND OF
PACKED IN THE BACK HALF OF THE
WEEK THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE
WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS
THIS HUGE LOW PRESSURE AREA
OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
IT'S ACTUALLY SPITTING OUT SOME
SHOWERS MAINLY ALONG THE OREGON
AND WASHINGTON COAST RIGHT NOW
WE WILL LOOK FOR A FEW LIGHT
RAIN SHOWER CHANCES MOSTLY RAIN
SHOWERS FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS
AND THEN ONCE THAT BIG SYSTEMS
OUT OF THE WAY, THEN WE'LL
START POURING ON THE SUNSHINE
IN THE WARMER TEMPERATURES.
BUT THAT COMES LATER ON IN THE
WEEK.
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AS
WELL.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE FROM MOSES
DOWN TOWARDS DAYTON IN POMEROY
PROBABLY SEEING SOME LIGHT RAIN
AS OF RIGHT NOW.
THAT COULD BE A FEW >> SNOW
FLAKES AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING.
AGAIN, NOTHING THAT STICKS
UNLESS IT'S UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
BUT A COOL MORNING RIGHT AROUND
THIRTY ONE DEGREES FOR THE LOW
WE STILL GET IN THE UPPER 40S
FOR THE AFTERNOON BUT WATCHING
FOR ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THOSE
AFTERNOON SHOWERS BECAUSE THAT
SYSTEM IS JUST SO LARGE AS IT
STANDS RIGHT NOW.
KIND OF THE SAME THING FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THIS BUT IT DOES
MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND WHEN WE
GET THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT JET
STREAM WAVE KNOWN AS THE REDS,
THEN WE'LL START TO SEE THE
WARMER TEMPERATURES.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW CLOSE WE
COULD GET TO OUR LAST WEEK'S
MARCH.
REMEMBER WE GOT UP TO SIXTY
DEGREES LAST FRIDAY SO SHOW YOU
HOW CLOSE WE'LL GET TO THAT
LATER ON THIS WEEK AND OF
COURSE HOW MUCH SUNSHINE WILL
GET AS A RESULT OF THIS WEATHER
PATTERN.
>> I'M CROSSING MY FINGERS AND
TOES.
YEAH.
TOES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THOMAS, THANK YOU.
WELL, IT IS INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S DAY TO DAY AND COMING
UP AFTER THE BREAK, I SPOKE