Many years ago, I remember getting together with friends, armed with sponges, to watch a presidential debate. Why the sponges? We threw them at the TV set every time one candidate or the other said something that bothered us. Yeah, juvenile. But it was fun.…
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is seated with Ann Romney, second left, son Josh, left, son Matt, second right, and son Craig, far right, as grandson Nick pulls out a block as they play a game of Zenga in the family holding room before the…
Both sides are standing by their conflicting versions of what was said yesterday in the Luna-Cronin clash at the City Club of Boise, shown here, when, just after Rep. Brian Cronin's opening remarks, state schools Superintendent Tom Luna leaned over to him and expressed displeasure…
Tax protesting lawmaker Phil Hart has been ordered to pay the state more than $10,000 in legal fees and costs stemming from his tussle with the Idaho State Tax Commission. The decision was handed down by the Idaho Supreme Court Tuesday. The Republican Representative from…
City sources confirm to KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus, the Spirit Lake police chief has resigned his position effective Wednesday, nearly 5 months after a sexual harassment tort claim was filed. KHQ reached out to Mayor Todd Clary who said Lawless has resigned his position for "personal…
Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager, right, scores ahead of the tag by Los Angeles Angels catcher Chris Iannetta during the third inning of a baseball game today in Seattle. The M's lead the Angels 4-0 in the fifth inning of the last game of the season.…
5:37 p.m. ISP officer stopping for female in disabled vehicle in median of I-90/Spokane Street, PF. 5:11 p.m. PFPD officer looking for stolen vehicle @ Seltice Way & Bay Street. 4:37 p.m. Undisclosed medical emergency reported @ H41 & Mullan/PF. 4:36 p.m. Someone kicked in…
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department has named the four Coeur d'Alene police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Hayden man at Higgens Point Saturday. Officers involved in the shooting of Christian Buquet are: Mario Rios Eric Johnson Bryan Alexander Brady Reed Buquet…
From spokesman Keith Erickson of the Lake City Development Corp: Crews involved in the 2012 McEuen Park upgrades have so far hauled away an estimated 25,000 cubic yards of dirt (the equivalent of 2,500 dump truck loads) from the Third Street parking lot. Another 3,000…
At the core of the Otter/Luna reforms there is a false premise—-that state government bureaucrats can design a logical, defensible set of metrics to measure how good a teacher is. Don’t believe it. There are only two ways to evaluate a teacher: 1) the evaluator…
Buddy Le (center) and his Coeur Group buddies (shown in this Duane Rasmussen file photo from GOP sheriff's forum this spring) will be handling the questions for candidates at a televised forum next week. Coeur d'Alene Today reports that the forums will be aired live…
Though Idaho is the nation's third-largest producer of cheese, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture says Idahoans who want to join the “locavore” movement have often had trouble finding Idaho-made cheese to buy. The reason: Most Idaho cheese is sold to food companies that put…
IdahoGirl78 writes: My taxes personally have only changed about $15 over the last few years. I’m more than willing to pay an extra $15 per year or 4 cents per day for a great institution like NIC. Here are a few facts about NIC that…
Above, current view via city of Coeur d'Alene Web cam of work on parking lot south of City Hall and part of old McEuen Softball Field No. 1. See McEuen Web cam here. In her draft minutes of the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting Tuesday,…
Skipper Lawrence Killingsworth of the sailboard Ta' Ata Ori, which is moored at Bayview, tells of a dramatic rescue of two other sailboaters on Lake Pend Oreille near Bayview Saturday. The information is posted on Herb Huseland's Bayviews: As we headed back toward Bayview around…
Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Tom Hamilton addresses possible problems at Hayden Meadows: Secondly, while I would say that most of the staff at Hayden Meadows are excellent at what they do and have been a blessing to my children personally, I stand by my…
Isn't it amazing how two people can view the same thing -- and see two entirely different things? I look at Coeur d'Alene's Education Corridor as a wonderful expansion of a $156M/year asset (North Idaho College) and a boon to the community for years to…
Like a lot of 10-year-old boys, Jacob Keyes likes football – especially Notre Dame football. But unlike most fifth-graders, Jacob, of Spokane, has written a book about his favorite team. “The Little Gipper’s Welcome to Notre Dame Football” is Jacob’s tribute to the school and…
As a wind storm arrives on campus, Whitworth University students Eli Deitz, 19, left, and Elisabeth Spencer, 20, watch the pine needles fly from the window ledge of Deitz's MacMillan Hall dorm room in Spokane. Tuesday. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Colin Mulvany) Question: Do you enjoy…
11:57 a.m. Firemen responding to possible grass fire @ Ness & Sunup Bay. 11:31 a.m. Business alarm at 448 E. Lochsa/PF proves to be malfunction. 11:15 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 2-3 here. 11:01 a.m. KREM: A large waterfront home burns…
Friends of Christian Buquet, the Hayden 19YO shot by police after he shot another man Saturday, say he's being portrayed wrongly by media: "He is not a bad person. He has people out there who loved him, friends and family just like anyone else," Chris…
Dick Panabaker, after 18 years on the board of the Lake City Center, is retiring. And naturally, they're throwing a party for him, which happens to be tonight, 4-5. He'll smile and laugh and shake hands with folks sad to see him go. And they'll…
At Priest Lake, blogger Pecky Cox of As the Lake Churns blog posted this photo snapped outside her home, Casa Cox, this morning. Please tell me that's thick frost and not snow. See more photos of Priest Lake frost here. Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Wildfire…
On Tuesday, Katie Hamilton, wife of Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Tom Hamilton, testified (hear audio above) that her family moved a child from Hayden Meadows to another school, as a result of problems with pro-PYP staff members. Mrs. Hamilton's allegations of possible harassment of…
Tuesday Poll: 80% of Hucks Nation say that Coeur d'Alene School Board members are "toast" in future elections after voting unanimously to eliminate the Primary Years Programme at Hayden Meadows Monday evening. 93 of 116 respondents (80.17%) said the trustees, including three appointees, won't survive…
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.
