Ahmed Alhussainey/APAn Iraqi woman searches in the smoke for recyclable materials at a dump in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq,on Wednesday. About 50 families displaced from Baghdad, live on this dump and make a living by selling recyclable materials. For Andrew…
Steve and Jacque Tanner's oldest daughter, now 29, earned her law degree and is currently working as Congressman Bill Sali's legislative director. Bill and Paula Rice's oldest daughter is taking dual enrollment classes at North Idaho College. She is 16 years old. The younger children…
6:06 p.m. Possible car burglary in progress in the apartments behind Lowe's on Julia.5:33 p.m. Fire along railroad tracks on old Highway 95 & Highway 12.4:43 p.m. R/P reports that a 19YO male in an older red Honda threw a female to the ground in…
Courtesy: Hauser ThoughtsAndrew Uptagrafft, 22, of Hauser Lake is pictured standing behind President Bush (far right in background) when Pope Benedict XVI last visited. Andrew spent his life at Hauser Lake until he joined the U.S. Coast Guard in May 2007. He is a member…
Family Phil/A Family Runs Through ItOur garden didn't provide much bounty this year, but it did manage to give us a few handfuls of green beans, a dozen onions, and one lopsided 50-pound pumpkin, which will be carved up for Halloween next week. And hopefully…
The body of a Fairfield man who died at the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Wellness Center Monday lay in the steam room for 8 or 9 hours until being found by a maintenance worker the following day. Thomas T. Dodge, 66, died from a heart attack…
After three false starts, the state of Idaho and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe reached agreement this summer over managing a century's worth of mining pollution at the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene. The long-awaited plan is intended to keep the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from…
Greg Kreller/Idaho Press-Tribune, APSt. Ambrose Christian High School students Meghan Fulcher, left, and Raeanne Liimakka, right, add some finishing touches to the chalk drawing of Leonardo da Vinci's " Mona Lisa," on the construction slab for the new 32,000 square foot building that will be…
I'm starting to believe that I have little choice but to vote yes for both jail expansion measures. I called grant writer Colleen Allison to explain what I read in the Coeur d'Alene Press this morning about the issue re: the consequences of splitting the…
I've had many of you contact me asking for information on magistrates whose names are on the ballot. Unfortunately, there is virtually no way to get the kind of information that will actually help you cast an intelligent vote on magistrates. Since magistrates just face…
Item: Study: More than 2M uninsured children have parents who are insured/FoxNews.comMore Info: There are more than 2 million American children who don’t have health insurance, yet at least one of their parents is covered by employer-provided insurance, Reuters reported. This is because their parents…
Item: Elaborate scam includes check for 'winner'/Ralph Bartholdt, St. Maries Gazette-RecordMore Info: When she got the check, Marilyn Bolser of St. Maries made a plan. The check for $5,340 came from the Publisher’s Clearing House, but was signed by someone at AA Dump Truck Services…
It seems that in footballThey can't find the handlesAnother bad seasonFor fans of the Vandals.Idaho Escapee
Machiavelli: I wore my Obama t-shirt out to breakfast last Saturday ... in Athol! BTW, we ate at the Saddle-Up Cafe. Best breakfast in Kootenai County. Better than Michael D's, better than Blue Plate in Hayden, better than the Owl, better than anywhere else I've…
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.
