HMOffsuite: Its not the party affiliation, necessarily, its a matter of gaining access to the prevailing party. When I have donated directly to a politician, it was enough that they would take my call or return it, if I placed a call to them. Sometimes…
Again, I apologize for the meltdown of our server this morning. Seems to be an ongoing problem that's getting worse. I've been able to post some things in between the brain freezes. I appreciate your patience in hanging with me this morning. Here's hoping that…
Cyclocross riders from the Vertical Earth team in Coeur d'alene lead the pack of riders at the beginning of the Men A Category start during the 2009 Inland Northwest Cyclocross Series race at Liberty Lake County Park on Sunday. Cyclocross is a form of bicycle…
5:26 p.m. R/P reports heavy smoke coming from new condos behind Global Credit, 3160 E. Seltice Way/Post Falls.4:50 p.m. A man is threatening to shoot a pig (unknown reason or location off Seltice Way).4:43 p.m. A 52YO woman suffered a head gash when she conked…
Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns says this time of the year is her favorite at Priest Lake.Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRColville High player airlifted w/serious head injury/KXLYKootenai Dems plan anniversary party/Coeur d'Alene PressLost hunter found in Coeur d'Alene National Forest/KXLYOil spill on Spokane River near Riverfront…
Six-month-old Airelle McDonald sits in a pumpkin costume, surrounded by pumpkins at Saunders Farm in Munster, Ontario, just west of Ottawa, Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit)Top Cutlines:1. In their latest outrageous publicity stunt, the Heene family tries to convince…
Idaho head coach Robb Akey, center, pumps his fist as Maurice Shaw goes into the end zone on a 60-yard pass reception from Nathan Enderle during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Hawaii Saturday at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has opened the door to delaying the next scheduled increase in the state’s grocery tax credit, possibly saving the state from another $15 million-plus in budget cuts next year that could otherwise hit public schools. “There’s cost vs. value there,” Otter…
Chris Pappas, retired City Clerk, was back in Post Falls City Hall Monday morning, overseeing the start of absentee balloting. City Administrator Eric Keck (pictured with Pappas) cast the second ballot, right behind Larry Carstensen/KerriT, Main Street. More here.I hate football (or is it just…
Richard Heene is photographed by a television crew as he leaves his house with his family in Fort Collins, Colo., earlier today. Heene is accused of perpetrating the balloon boy hoax to promote a reality show. His lawyer said Monday that he expects authorities to…
A relatively newby poster named Pip has claimed twice in the comments section today that City Council incumbent Deanna Goodlander is largely supported by Democrats -- and that she should return those Demo dollars if she truly is a Republican. This, in way of response…
In his book, "The Zero," Jess Walter (pictured) has his main character and another ex-cop give a tour of Ground Zero to two New York Yankees, including a relief pitcher, after the terrorist attacks. Considering the relief pitcher, main character Brian Remy thought "how nice…
In this film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Max Records, portraying Max, right, is shown with the character Carol, voiced by James Gandolfini in "Where the Wild Things Are." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Matt Nettheim)Maurice Sendak is one of those names that is…
Latest in the legal battle over the names of people who signed Referendum 71 petitions: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy today blocked the release of the names which the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unblocked last week. Kennedy got a request from the group…
Ballots for the Nov. 3 general election were mailed out the other day. All across Spokane County, voters have now received their ballots and carefully put them aside in a safe place where they will be forgotten until Nov. 4. Call me unpatriotic, but I…
Mary was livid. She felt compelled to jump up from her chair. She said something about how Dan Gookin was the better choice than Deanna (Goodlander, pictured). While Mary was pontificating about Dan, Duane Rasmussen, co-chair of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, was standing…
The Idaho Vandal cheerleading squad show the flag and do pushups equal to the score after the Vandals make the first TD of the game against Hawaii in the Kibbie Dome Saturday. The Vandals became bowl eligible at home Saturday by posting a win over…
"'I don't like cats,' a newspaper editor said to me one day with that characteristic gift management people have for belaboring the obvious. "'They're so unmanageable.' Of course they're unmanageable. That's what normal people like about them. That's what management types hate about cats: they're…
Authorities are investigating three armed robberies in three days in the Coeur d’Alene area, and two of the holdups may be related, said Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood. Robberies in Coeur d’Alene on Friday and Sunday are being turned over to the Kootenai County…
In this file photo, a clump of Elvis Presley's hair, given to Gary Pepper as president of the Tankers Fan Club to give to Elvis fans, is one of over 200 items in The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley Memorabilia at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers,…
11:52 a.m. A dog is still roaming at large after biting someone @ Prairie & Atlas.11:47 a.m. EMTs are transporting a driver involved in a crash on H95 that may have been caused by a tire blowout. (I don't have location and particulars.) Driver wasn't…
Two years later, Jones sued her ex-employer. But she's been bogged down in a legal morass. Under the KBR contract, she's not allowed her day in court. She's supposed to seek arbitration. Just last month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld her right to…
By no stretch of the imagination would anyone confuse the cooks at Coeur d’Alene’s “Original” Mongolian BBQ with the ancient soldiers of Mongolia, but what they do does require quite a bit of old-fashioned skill. It’s always fairly entertaining to watch them circulate around the…
Given the sheer hypocrisy with which the Spokane Police Department cross the criminal line, that they recently have committed crimes much the same or worse than those committed by persons they ostensibly pursue, I cannot see where I have much choice than to possess at…
At OpenCDA.com, Mary, Bill, & Co. are in full sarcasm mode as they make fun of attorney Scott Reed's attempts in the Coeur d'Alene Press "to explain urban renewal as a wonderful advantage to our city." Writes Mary: "I will warn you that his column…
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.
