I picked my first red tomatoes of the season last evening. But I haven't eaten them yet. I'll do that today when I eat my first veggie sandwich of the summer. Tomato, pickles, onions, lettuce, cheese & whatever else is hanging around. Now is the…
Paul Singer slides through the mud while joining about 350 others in the first Black Widow Mud & Sun Run on Saturday at Horn Rapids ORV Park in Richland, Wash. The course featured 16 obstacles over 5 miles and organizers plan on making it an…
New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (WEE'-nur) has called an older political rival "Grandpa" during a heated confrontation at a forum sponsored by the AARP. Longshot Republican candidate George McDonald frequently mocks the former Democratic congressman's sexting scandal. Tensions between them erupted again before…
5:27 p.m. Vicky has question for KCSDeputy re: speed limits. 5:23 p.m. 2 of 3 blond females are involved in physical fight near county courthouse. 5:05 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 6-7 here. 4:51 p.m. Male in gray shirt/shorts carrying wooden…
Outdoors photographer Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., calls this photo, "Blade Runner," adding: "Tonight's critter is a grasshopper climbing on a couple of dry grass stems in a pasture near our home in southwestern Oregon." You can see more of Robin's photography here. EWU 3rd…
A 24-year-old Coeur d'Alene man is facing several charges in a residential burglary in which a quantity of gold and silver coins were taken from the 900 block of N16th early Sunday morning. Derek D. Hague was arrested at 8 p.m. Tuesday by Coeur d'Alene…
A groomsman stops to watch as a pair of king salmon are taken out of the Buskin River Saturday during the wedding of fishing guides Kadie and Dake Schmidt in Kodiak, Alaska's Buskin River. The couple's wedding rings were carried in the mouths of the…
Just now, a cell of several hundred people has been dispatched into the American summer, to picnics, town halls, radio stations, hospitals and Little League playing fields, with a mission to derail the economic recovery and drum up support for sabotaging federal law. They’re not…
The state Education Department received 10 bids for its controversial high school WiFi contract — and four bids were less expensive than the winning bid. Education Networks of America‘s price tag — $2,111,655 for the first year, $10,558,275 over five years — was by no…
From Kootenai County Reagan Republicans newsletter: The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans have endorsed a candidate for office before the filing period closes for the first time: Mary Souza for Mayor of Cd'A! Based on the amazing reception Mary received at last week's KCRR lunch meeting…
Jean Bengfort, director of the Coeur d'Alene School District technology department, sent out this email around noon Tuesday, telling of a major data center meltdown: "Over the weekend, we experienced a “severe power event” that impacted our data center. Two critical servers were affected –…
Most north Idahoans have strong opinions about multi-millionaire resort developer and newspaper mogul Duane Hagadone’s commitment to the well-being of Coeur d’Alene and north Idaho – indeed all of Idaho. Some see him as a generous philanthropist who gives both anonymously and publicly to many…
"Just wanted to prove that it's a fine zuke year. And, what you see ain't the half of it," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "Five zukes went to Boise. I don't think they came back. Two zukes went to Montana. A few zukes got baked for…
In his Slice blog, Paul Turner labels the photo above as "Creatures from the 1969 Sears catalogue." The models are from Sears "latest" collection of fun-at-home Hostess fashions "to make you very entertaining." (Photo: www.voicesofeastanglia.com) Today's Slice blog here Question: What is the craziest thing…
Gov. Butch Otter has picked Jayson Ronk as his 2014 campaign manager. Ronk, who works as a lobbyist for the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, will replace Debbie Field, who ran Otter’s campaigns in 2006 and 2010. Otter, who hasn’t formally announced that he’ll…
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post Co.'s Donald Graham used Allen & Co.'s media conference in Sun Valley last month to solidify the sale of one of the country's most venerable news organizations. Reuters reports that the $250 million deal was…
Four years ago this very week, hundreds of community venues around the country were entertaining politically explosive town hall meetings hosted by members of the U.S. House and Senate. There was an ongoing debate about health care reform, Obama stimulus funding and those pesky czars…
Keyboardist Gene Hall performs with Native Sun as sun goes down on Sherman Square Tuesday evening in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The free concert was another of the productions provided by Chris Guggemos of Handshake Productions. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Did you know you could win Spokane Indians tickets or a $50 Davenport Hotel gift card simply by entering this week's news quiz? Test your knowledge of current events and put yourself in the running for Friday's drawings. Good luck! Take the News Quiz here.…
The National Rifle Association is asking the Supreme Court to strike down decades-old regulations prohibiting the sales of handguns to adults under the age of 21. The powerful gun lobby is challenging a lower federal court’s October ruling that upheld the ban. The U.S. Court…
Federal lands belong to every U.S. citizen, but the Idaho Legislature is attempting, and perhaps wasting a lot of time and money, to take charge of lands managed by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies. On Friday, Aug. 9, the…
Some of my favorite childhood memories are of the hours I spent sitting sideways across my grandfather’s big reading chair, one padded chair arm at my back, the other under my knees, and a book under my nose. We had an old set of My…
I'm not one of those guys who believe the most recent occurrence of something is “the greatest of all time.” Far from it. I always try to add perspective to recent occurrences, whether it be a catch by a centerfielder (how does that rate compared…
Seven-year-old Evan Shanley runs the football during Skyhawks Youth Sports Camp at Ramsey Park in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Question: I began playing organized sports at age 8, when I joined Little League. I went on to play high school and…
11:59 a.m. Toyota Sequoia & Subaru Legacy crash on e/b I-90/MP 19 (Yellowstone Trail), blocking. 11:28 a.m. 2-vehicle, noninjury, nonblocking crash @ H95/Hanley Avenue, CdA. 11:27 a.m. Male w/large blue bag on back waving arms, distracting traffic @ unknown PF location. 11:17 a.m. 3-vehicle crash…
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.
