January goes away this weekend -- and there's plenty of decent weather in store for us in the early part of February, as we head for the Super Bowl, Blogfest VI, and spring training for the new, improved Mariners. Before then, we have to launch…
Gonzaga's Steven Gray, with ball, fouls San Francisco's Angelo Caloiaro during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday in San Francisco. San Francisco tied the game with a 3 with 7 seconds remaining in regulation play and then stopped the Zags' 22-game…
Sgt. Christie Wood (originally published Saturday): Tribal Police have worked tireslessly to improve relations with the Benewah County Sheriff's Department as well as the Prosecutor's office with no resolution. Last summer the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations (I currently fill the LE Board…
Arpie: Okay commenters and blurkers I need help with an ethics question: This morning on a walk to get the paper, My dog lit into and hurt a neighbors' dog enough to need a trip to the vet. My dog is confined in my yard…
Item: Idaho mulls pulling tax dollars from parks: State may depend on user fees, volunteers/Rocky Barker, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Not one of the 50 states is running its park system as Gov. Butch Otter hopes to achieve for Idaho: without state tax support. The only…
Item: Tribe seeks more authority for police: Legislation would allow officers to arrest non-tribal members/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Some say it's a law that would better enforce public safety, while others see it as simply unconstitutional. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is proposing…
Alex Orbison speaks with fans in front of photographs of his father, the late rock and roll legend Roy Orbison during ceremonies honoring the elder Orbison with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday in Los Angeles. Full Orbison record list here. (AP…
Before he was sentenced last year, a former Bayview contractor now serving time in federal prison for selling marijuana helped federal drug agents bust a once-prominent Coeur d’Alene insurance agent and school booster. That insurance agent, Jerald S. “Jerry” Carlson, 47, pleaded guilty Thursday to…
E-mails KeithinCDA: "I took this at 'moonrise' about 4:45 (Friday). I am down in the Blue Mountains between Dayton and Pomeroy. Not sure if it was clear enough up there for anyone to get shot. So, if not, use this one."
The Idaho Legislature is considering limiting the length of sessions to just 90 calendar days to save money, conserve the time of government workers and encourage a more diverse legislature. The House State Affairs Committee voted today to consider putting a constitutional amendment on November's…
One of two juveniles arrested in connection with the shooting of up to 20 vehicles on State Highway 8 last week was retaken into custody after investigators found a pipe bomb during a search of his room Thursday, according to the Latah County Sheriff's Office.…
A state judge ruled Friday that Phillip A. Paul, the criminally committed Eastern State Hospital patient whose escape during a September field trip to the Spokane County Interstate Fair outraged residents and led to changes in state policy, should be stripped of his right to…
Not much has happened at OpenCDA.com this week other than some hand wringing re: the future of McEuen Field (which also concerns me, by the way). Now, Mary Souza has taken it a step further in her newsletter by noting that the city has removed…
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.
