New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his wife Gisele Bundchen embrace their son Benjamin Brady after a joint workout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at NFL football training camp, in Foxborough, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. I watched most of the Seahawks first pre-season…
You know what would make my job better? Not having to read my own handwriting all day long. That and chair massages by a guy named Sven. And maybe gourmet lunches delivered to my desk. Oh well. Here's your Wild Card. What would make your…
The City of Coeur d’Alene Arts Commission is accepting nominations for the 18th Annual Mayor’s Awards in the Arts. Nominations may be submitted by art organizations, individuals, or businesses, and must be received by September 5, 2013. The Mayor’s Awards in the Arts are presented…
Just finished "Joyland" yesterday. It was a fun, light read with none of the usual King macabre. I started "The Aviator's Wife" last night. I can't be confined to any particular genre. Heck, I even still read newspapers. What are you reading?
HELENA, Mont. — Environmentalists upset with a federal proposal to remove protections for wolves across most of the U.S. have posted a manual on how to disrupt wolf hunts and sabotage traps. The 12-page manual published online Monday by Earth First! tells would-be saboteurs that…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former southwestern Idaho county prosecutor who successfully fought off criminal charges including misuse of public funds now says he may run for governor as an independent. Former Canyon County Prosecutor John Bujak filed paperwork with the Idaho secretary of state's…
Paul Turner takes us on an embarrassing jaunt down memory lane in today's Slice post: Newman Lake's Rickey Harber passed along a clipping from a Georgia newspaper. The article in question included the following sentence. “Most mosquitoes don't travel very far from where they're bread.”…
Cindy Hval, photo Population: 209,525 Median Household Income: $41,466 Median Home Price: $165,500 Unemployment: 8.8 percent Votes: 1,668 Mochaccino-sipping Seattleites may call it Spokompton for its perceived crime, but the city is about as dangerous as Bend and safer than Colorado Springs. Set on the…
Jaws may not be the only one salivating as you splash. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a cousin of the piranha reported to go after swimmer's testicles has been found in coastal waters between Sweden and Denmark.…
Dear Annie: I’ve always known that my husband’s widowed mother runs his life. She picks out his clothes and even decided which house we should buy. Of course, it’s about a half-mile from hers. I thought after we married I’d have a more prominent place…
Colon cancer survivor Mary Phillips took this quilt with her to every chemo appointment and doctor’s visit through her cancer treatment. Her grandchildren’s names are on the front panel. Dan Pelle, SR photo As a survivor of cancer, Mary Phillips is ineligible to participate in…
The ongoing discussion about government employees is a fascinating. It’s a strange and complex dichotomy between public and sector and city and county jobs. It raises some uncomfortable questions. Is it fair for a government employee to make significantly more than the average person in…
A federal judge Monday threw out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah, Ga., restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen has already cost the celebrity cook a valuable chunk of her culinary empire. Lisa Jackson sued Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, last year…
COEUR d'ALENE - A recent salary survey conducted by BDPA, Inc., shows a lot of disparity in pay between certain departments in Kootenai County. Overall, county employees are paid 16 percent below average wages for the same jobs in 19 different governments in Washington, Montana…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California on Monday became the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender K-12 students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he had…
This is the final season of Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre "unless the community tells us otherwise," Executive Director Michelle Mendez said today. Ticket sales are at a 10-year low, and that's the primary income to produce the shows, Mendez and Artistic Director Roger Welch said…
COEUR d'ALENE - One councilman's proposal to have the City Council sign off on merit increases for department heads didn't get out of committee Monday. The city's legal department said Monday during the Public Works subcommittee meeting that giving the City Council the ability to…
“I’m one of the few people that get in this lake every day,” Evalyn Adams said as she swam in Lake Coeur d’Alene at Silver Beach. She has property adjacent to the site of the Diamond Cup hydroplane races that will take place on Labor…
COEUR d'ALENE - The owner and operator of Coeur d'Alene business Absolute Property Management has become the target of multiple lawsuits. Owners of rental homes and other leased properties are accusing Carrie Farrell of vanishing with deposit funds and not turning over collected rent money…
PINE, Idaho – Firefighting planes dropped retardant and ground crews trailed water hoses Monday to keep a fast-moving and unpredictable wildfire from scorching homes in a remote Idaho hamlet where residents have been evacuated ahead of a big blaze for a second straight year. Thunder…
Former GU star Richie Frahm has found a new athletic challenge – competitive cycling. He’ll compete in a Masters Nationals next month. Dan Pelle, photo The life cycle of an athlete is never long enough. “I think it’s a terrible analogy, but they say it’s…
It was big news Monday when Attorney General Eric Holder told the American Bar Association in San Francisco, “Certain low-level nonviolent drug offenders who have no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs or cartels will no longer be charged with offenses that impose draconian mandatory minimum…
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.
