Authorities are on scene of a fatal motorcycle accident at 9th and Lakeside in downtown Coeur d' Alene. One person is confirmed dead and another is in critical condition at a local hospital. KHQ's Kevin Randall was first on scene and will bring you the…
Congressional candidate Vaughn Ward’s campaign says it is “just a rumor at this point” that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will come to Idaho on behalf of Ward’s campaign. “We don’t have confirmation of anything at this point,” said Mike Tracy, the new campaign spokesman…
I-Fairy, a four-foot tall seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails, wearing a wreath of flowers, directs a wedding ceremony for groom Tomohiro Shibata, 42, and bride Satoko Inouye, 36, at a Tokyo restaurant Sunday. The wedding was the first time a marriage had…
'Twas the week before the primary elections, and all through the HBO blogosphere ... Hey, I'm not a poet. Couldn't rhyme if my life depending on it (contrary to the belief of some who still think I'm The Bard of Sherman Avenue). But I do…
Long-time Coroner Robert West explains to SReporter Alison Boggs why he decided to endorse Deputy Coroner Debbie Wilkey for his job: "Three months ago, I would have chosen to stay completely out of it. But my feeling is that the coroner’s job is a ‘full-time,…
Amidee "Ace" Walden, a longtime banker, community leader and philanthropist from Coeur d'Alene, laughs as he is greeted by almost 100 people at his 100th birthday party in May 2007 at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. Today, Ace turned 103, according to Kerri Thoreson/More Main Street…
Donald Branson Vice President of The Connecticut Parachutists Inc. in Ellington, Conn., tries to untangle the leg of a 36-year-old student jumper who got caught about 25 feet up in a tree while parachuting at Ellington, Conn. Airport, Sunday. The woman was unharmed but it…
5:28 p.m. 2 dirt bikers are racing @ Church & Hoyt/near Hauser.5:22 p.m. A caller sez he bought items from another apartment dweller on Anton/CdA but now the other man won't hand them over, stating he will protect them w/his machine gun.5:21 p.m. A wildland…
Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, left, reacts as she is crowned Miss USA 2010 by Kristen Dalton, Miss USA 2009, Sunday in Las Vegas. Now, the pageant is investigating her involvement in a "Stripper 101" contest sponsored by a Michigan radio station. Story here. (AP Photo/Isaac…
Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick now says he misspoke when he said in a televised campaign debate that Idaho’s long-standing school funding lawsuit isn’t over. “That was a misstatement,” Burdick told The Spokesman-Review on Monday. “We indicated the case was over.” The end of…
On Facebook, CindyH writes: "My work day has been temporarily suspended while I clean out my purse is seach of an important business card. If I was a man, I imagine business cards would be neatly collected in my wallet and I wouldn't have to…
Christa Hazel and her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Manis, way back when.Earlier, I learned that Terry Harris has been in the Inland Northwest for exactly 2 years as of today. Now, also via Facebook (and also with her permission to post here), I learned…
Via Coeur d'Alene Ped Bike Facebook page: "Tonight at 5:30pm at the CDA Library is the 15th Street Bike Lanes hearing before the Parks and Rec Commission. Its important for eveyone to come down and show their support. Without support the issue will die."
San Francisco 49ers guard (and former University of Idaho Vandal) Mike Iupati (77) stretches during NFL football organized team activities at the 49ers training facility in Santa Clara, Calif., Monday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Item: Sexually dangerous can be kept in prison indefinitely, court rules/Associated PressMore Info:The Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered “sexually dangerous” after their prison terms are complete. The high court in a 7-2 judgment reversed a lower court decision…
(Steve) Tanner, of Boundary County, is running for the District 1 legislative seat of Republican incumbent Sen. Shawn Keough (pictured) in this month’s primaries. He was among local and state candidates who met the public at Sandpoint High School Thursday during a forum in the…
Councilman Mike Kennedy: Jim Brannon filed this suit -- no one else (though Bill McCrory has incurred liability by seeking to enter the lawsuit on Jim's side). Brannon sued the county, the city, and me, after rejecting the free opportunity he had to follow the…
U.S. missionary Laura Silsby, center, leaves a courthouse in Port-au-Prince, earlier today. Silsby, the last of 10 Americans detained while trying to take 33 children out of Haiti following the Jan. 12 earthquake was released after a judge convicted her and sentenced her to the…
Terry Harris is celebrating his second anniversary (to the day) of living in the Inland Northwest by attending an all-day meeting in viewtiful downtown Smelterville. Terry, as you know, is the executive director of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance. He moved here from Baltimore, Md.Question (for…
At his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page, OrangeTV writes that there were so many neat things to see at the Wiggett Mall (downtown Coeur d'Alene) walk through that he was getting vertigo. I used to enjoy looking through -- and sometimes buying things --…
Noonish: A 53YO female driver in a blue Intrepid, with an allergy to bees, has been stung twice on I-90 and is now at Ross Point Chevron, M/P5.11:43 a.m. Caller reports that a male who fell while cross Idahline/Post Falls may be drunk.11:27 a.m. Flying…
(New Brit Prime Minister David) Cameron, who is 43, was being treated as astonishing because he is so young. In fact, leaders of major nations aren't often as young as David Cameron. Teddy Roosevelt at 42 and John F. Kennedy at 43 were the youngest…
Bye-Bye Boise? It's barely a question mark; almost went with the period instead. Hawaii's biggest football rival will likely be out of the Warriors' league in 2011, although Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson reminded me yesterday that, "there has to be an invitation before…
Can you say "sprawl?" As if there isn't enough of this unsightly and wasteful use of land, the Kootenai County Commissioners just assured everyone that sprawl and leap-frog development will continue as usual. Rest in peace, Rathdrum Prairie. So long, rural character. After nearly a…
Weekend Poll: 106 of 188 respondents (56%) believe that a series of missteps by 1st Congressional District candidate Vaughn Ward will prove costly and Raul Labrador will win the GOP nomination May 25. 62 of 188 respondents (33%) believe Ward, the former frontrunner, will win…
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.
