Coeur d’Alene teachers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new contract Monday, and the School Board voted 5-0 to ratify the agreement. The Coeur d’Alene Education Association consented to reductions in health care coverage to help the school district plug a $1.5 million budget shortfall…
Work crews are removing shingles from the top of the old chicken shack building across from the Coeur d'Alene office of The Spokesman-Review (and just east of the Skate Park). I'd guess that the city is preparing to bulldoze the long-vacant building. Last week, I…
When he was done giving WWII veterans flights in his 1942 Boeing Stearman in Walla Walla, Wash., this past Saturday, farmer and private pilot, Mark Small, gave Joediann Hall, 16, a visitor from Jamaica, her first small-plane ride. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Greg Lehman)
Huckleberries has learned that four candidates have filed for office in the 2013 Coeur d'Alene municipal elections -- Steve Widmyer and Mary Souza for mayor and Amy Evans (for Mike Kennedy's District 2 seat) and Sharon Hebert (for Councilman Woody McEvers council seat). Councilman McEvers…
It’s a tradition that traces back at least three mayoral administrations. Taking place at the beginning of every City Council meeting, it lasts but a minute. The majority of constituents the council serves seem to support it. It’s rarely, if ever, been publicly opposed. But,…
5:42 p.m. A Dodge truck & a back yard on fire @ 9919 E. Howard Road/Athol. 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 25-26 here. 5:17 p.m. Physcial domestic fight b/n male, female reported @ Julia/Marie, CdA. 5:08 p.m. Wanted male is…
President Barack Obama bestowed nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter of Spokane on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism,” one still engaged in a battle against the lingering…
Time 2 Vote ... Kindergartner Addison White, 5, is consoled by her mother Jennifer White during the first day of school at Curtsinger Elementary School in Frisco, Texas, today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Vernon Bryant)
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., posts: "The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the electric fence. It was nice to get some rain today (Sunday)." You can see more of Robin's swell outdoors photography here. At the fair/Fort Boise I don't know…
Local businessman Steve Widmyer filed his petition of candidacy today for Coeur d’Alene’s open mayoral seat. Following a previous announcement of his intention to seek the position, Widmyer is now officially in the running to be Coeur d’Alene’s next mayor. Describing himself as “a guy…
A submitted photo (from Wendy Woods) of her friend Eric Byron Johnston, the man shot and killed Sunday morning by a Coeur d'Alene Police officer. (Courtesy of Wendy Woods) Wendy Woods stood next to her blood-soaked carpet this morning and cried for the loss of…
Last Tuesday, the Spokane Valley Police Department issued a press release reference six Honda Accords stolen in one day. The Coeur d’Alene Police Department has also had reports of Honda’s stolen. It is possible the crimes are being committed by the same suspects: On Aug.…
On his Facebook page, SR photog Jesse Tinsley posts: "This kid showed up at the first appearance Monday of a teen accused of beating an elderly man to death in Spokane. There were a lot of saggy pants, but this is a little over the…
Idaho Panhandle National Forests staffers are scrambling to assess tree damage at developed forest sites after a visitor was killed in the Stagger Inn Campground northwest of Priest Lake by a damaged tree during thunder storms on Sunday night. The Stagger Inn is at the…
I am proud to be an Idaho Mormon Democrat. Not an oxymoron, there are thousands of Idaho Democrats all across this great state who are also members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was raised in a Republican house hold by…
Kerri Thoreson Facebooks today: "It's official. I filed the paperwork at 8:30 a.m. to seek the office of mayor for Post Falls. It's exciting to begin the actual quest that's been several years in preparation. Filing is open through September 6 for the mayor's seat…
Christy Woolum, a Facebook Friend from the Spokane area writes: "The summer storm hit our house full force scattering pots, watering cans, cats, dogs, table umbrellas, and our good sense. One kitten is still huddled under the deck too scared to come out. Too wet…
Idaho GOP Congressman Raul Labrador said Sunday on national TV that his personal story affirms that the American Dream is alive and well. Labrador was a panelist as NBC’s “Meet the Press” marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.…
When the Kootenai County GOP gathers for its monthly meeting Tuesday night, it will also discuss this proposed resolution: Whereas, the FERPA (Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act) laws state, "Schools may disclose, without consent directory information such as a student's name, address, telephone number,…
Four-time Country Music Association female vocalist of the year Martina McBride (pictured) plays the Northern Quest Casino on Saturday night. Question: What are the best country music performances you've seen in Spokane? (Some responses will be used in print in Friday's 7 section.)
11:58 a.m. A distraught female in a gold Hyundai is looking for her family @ H97/Arrow Point Drive. 11:35 a.m. Someone is suffering a seizure in 200 block of W. Seltice Way/Post Falls. 11:13 a.m. Someone may be suffering stroke @ North Idaho Advanced Care…
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation strongly opposes the move by the Coeur d'Alene City Council to shut a block of Front Avenue (from 2nd to 3rd) and make a block of 3rd Street (from Front to Sherman) two-way traffic. 144 of 228 respondents (63.16%) oppose the…
OrangeTV: I don't believe I knew the deceased at all, but this situation makes me completely sick to my stomach. Why why why must an officer shoot and kill in a case like this? Can the CdA PD not put into use a taser gun…
I can't remember the last time I've watched anything involving MTV. But it appears from the reaction by Cindy on Facebook and even stars at the MTV Music Video Awards last night that the former Disney performer has gone completely rauch. Facebooks Cindy: "Today I…
In 1978, when Doug Eastwood hired on with the city of Coeur d'Alene, there were only eight developed parks. Eastwood was a landscape gardener back then. Thirty-five years later, the now Ex-Parks Director can take pride in the city's 30 parks, totaling 587 acres, 250…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
