I got up earlier than usual today to enjoy a cup of coffee with Kootenai County Commissioner Dan Green at Irownwood Square Starbucks. It was long overdue. I missed getting to know Dan when he was running for a county commission seat two years ago.…
On his Outdoors blog, Rich Landers offers this report from birder Joanne Powell of Greenacres: "About 9 a.m. I was looking out at my backyard and hundreds of robins appeared, hung around for about 10 minutes then moved west. I went to my front porch…
For parents who feel like they're failing to make sure their kids get enough sleep, this may be comforting: Your parents also failed, as did your grandparents and great-grandparents. A new study shows that kids get about half an hour less sleep than than recommended,…
5:41 p.m. Person sitting on shoulder of e/b I-90 & Pleasantview/PF may be hitchhiking. 5:34 p.m. Woman in 30000 block of Cliffhouse/Hauser reports neighbors' dog attacked hers. 5:21 p.m. CPD officer can't find a reported hit-and-run crash involving bike @ Govt & Ironwood. 5:08 p.m.…
Researchers in a helicopter prepare to swoop in to net a cow elk in the East Fork of the Bitterroot River in southern Montana on Monday. A number of cows are being equipped with GPS collars designed to track the animals' movements over the next…
Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador announced his bid for a second term on the Statehouse steps today, flanked by more than 30 state lawmakers who served with him when he was a state representative and a bevy of the state's top GOP elected officials. Labrador said…
Final preparations are being made by owner Steve Widmyer at the Fort Ground Grill for Blogfest 2012 -- 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the historic Fortgrounds area near North Idaho College. Dunno if Steve has settled on pasta or heavy finger foods. But I…
A schooner of Pabst, a tumbler of wine, a Slim Jim to share – please say you’ll be mine. The Bard of Sherman Avenue Photo courtesy of The Slice blog
Three Bonner County residents have been charged with the murder of Michael Wyatt Smith, 19, (below) who was last seen walking along Peninsula Road in Hope, Idaho, at 11 p.m. Sept. 13, according to the Bonner County Sheriff's Office. Austin Thrasher, 19, (upper left) Thrasher's…
Here’s a chance for a taste of dining purgatory. Gordon Ramsay and crew will be shooting an episode his new Fox television show, “Hotel Hell,” at the Roosevelt Inn in Coeur d’Alene Feb. 20-24. For those familiar with Gordon’s “Kitchen Nightmares” show, “Hotel Hell” has…
Spokane police gather at 909 W. Hazard Rd. were the body of Dustin Gilman was discovered near a rocky outcrop on the property Monday. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Spokane Police say they’ve located the body of suspected killer Dustin W. Gilman (pictured) in North Spokane…
Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has offered to send Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber 150 wolves, saying his own state has a few of the predators to spare. Monday's offer came in a tongue-in-cheek letter where Otter sarcastically apologized to Kitzhaber after an Idaho hunter killed…
“Washington has not changed me,” Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador declared today as he launched his bid for a second term in Congress. Here's evidence: The freshman congressman hasn't found himself a home to rent in Washington, D.C. while he's there - he's sleeping on his…
Those supporting repeal of the Luna/Otter Educational “Reform” package in general, and the Idaho Education Association, in particular, might want to take note of comments and attitudes gleaned from a recent sit down with three teachers at St. Maries High School. The comments not surprisingly…
On her Facebook wall, the Accidental Rabbit Trails blogger admits that Paul Turner's Slice column struck a cord this morning -- you know, the one in which Paul asks if you've ever wondered what it's like in the public restrooms used by the opposite sex.…
Seattle Mariners pitchers take part in an agility drill during spring training baseball earlier today in Peoria, Ariz. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
11:55 a.m. Juvenile Detention Center, 210 E. Hanley/CdA, reports a juvenile problem. 11:38 a.m. Dog owner from Northwoods Animal Hospital/Athol reports neighbor's "wolf-type dog" got through fence & attacked her pet. 11:32 a.m. Resident reports vandalism to property @ 972 W. Sargent Loop/Worley. 11:31 a.m.…
OrangeTV: "Icon is closed forever after last weekend, so that is no longer an ongoing concern. It was purchased by the Wine Cellar and is being turned back into a fine dining establishment. The Beacon is as described in the article, terrible customer service and…
Weekend Poll: A slender majority of Hucks Nation supports a proposal before the Coeur d'Alene City Council to buy local as much as possible, even if that means paying more. 99 of 191 respondents (51.83%) support the buy-local approach. 86 of 191 respondents (45.03%) do…
The editors of the journal founded by conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. say today in an article titled "Santorum's Turn," that they hope Rick Santorum will become the "principal challenger" to Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination for president. Santorum will be in Coeur…
After a candlelight vigil outside his home at 4411 N. Whitehouse, Spokane, Nick Ader, whose wife and two sons were murdered Friday, is consoled by friends Sunday Afternoon. Story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Santorum in Washington today, CdA Tuesday/Washington Post…
Idaho lawmakers have voted down a bill to declare the blue heeler the official state dog. Rep. JoAn Wood, R-Rigby, proposed the bill, but the House State Affairs Committee this morning rejected it on an 8-11 vote. “I’m bringing to you a piece of legislation…
Former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack (pictured), a Tea Party activist, will be the guest speaker of the 2012 Lincoln Dinner & Fundraiser staged by the Kootenai County Republican Party at the Coeur d'Alene Resort at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 24. A news release just received…
Jon Downing thinks maybe he'll get married in two decades. Not because the 29-year-old necessarily wants to wait. But that's when he suspects it will finally be legal for him to do so in Idaho. "I'm hoping two years out," said Downing, a Coeur d'Alene…
One morning last week I turned on my computer and at first everything looked fine, but within a few minutes I could tell it wasn't. My mouse wouldn't work. And then the computer, which has been suffering lately from some form of narcolepsy, konked out…
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.
