I'm breathing easier now that Person and Bryan playfields are safely out of the hands of the Coeur d'Alene School District -- and will be preserved and upgraded by the city of Coeur d'Alene. I wonder whether the School Board would have dug in, if…
Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk (13) slam dunks the ball in the first half against Santa Clara tonight in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. Gonzaga won 85-42. ESPN boxscore here.(AP Photo/Jed Conklin) Colin Mulvany's photos from Gonzaga-Santa Clara game Elias Harris scored 17 points and No.…
New York Yankees' Kyle Higashioka, from left, Francisco Cervelli, Joe Girardi, Bobby Wilson and J.R. Murphy follow a pop up during a workout at baseball spring training on Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Kellogg announced of their voluntarily recalling of Special K Red Berries cereal because of possible glass fragments inside the packaging. The company is to recall three different sizes of 11.2-ounce, 22.4-ounce and 37-ounce boxes sold in the U.S. "Please check any packages you have in…
On her Facebook wall, state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, posts: Apparently there is an interest in sources of my campaign contributions (which is putting a nice face on being accused of being bought and paid for by insurance companies). Here is the link to the…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: "Another 'I Love Where I Live' moment ... when a team returns on a Sunday afternoon with a state championship trophy there's a police and fire truck escort for the caravan through town with people waving from the…
Driver Gary Allen, 75, of Priest River, died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane due to exposure in sub-freezing water after he crashed into water at Bear Paw Road and Highway 57 at 6:55 p.m. Tuesday. Allen was in his vehicle, which was submerged to…
... That, on Monday night, 18 or so leaders of most conservative and Republican groups in Kootenai, Bonner and Boundary Counties met in a downtown Coeur d'Alene restaurant. The consensus of those gathered was that Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, and the freshmen Gang of…
The Transportation Security Administration is removing its full-body scanner from Glacier Park International Airport (Kalispell, Mont.) today, meaning the return of the enhanced pat-down and “perhaps longer wait times” for departing passengers, airport director Cindi Martin said. The millimeter-wave Advanced Imaging Technology machine was installed…
In her draft minutes of the City Council meeting Tuesday, City Clerk Renate McLeod reports this note from City Administrator Wendy Gabriels' report: "City staff recently met with Sheriff Wolfinger to discuss what effects a Labor Day unlimited hydroplane race will have on the City,…
Soon, candidates will begin emerging for the Coeur d'Alene School Board. Christa Hazel (running for appointee Brent Regan's seat) has her paperwork ready to file. Ditto Tom Hearn (who will be running for appointee Jim Hightower's seat). Everyone knows that the Reagan Republicans are raising…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner asks of the photo above: "Should these be controlled substances. Or at least accurately labeled to reflect their addicting nature. Something along the lines of, say, Cocaine Sandies or Meth Patties." (Photo: www.gsri.org) Spokane versus Boise/Paul Turner, The Slice…
On his Facebook wall, colleague Jesse Tinsley posts re: this photo: "Yesterday I got to sit in a class where teachers got to learn how an iPad works. Most of them had never used one before." Question: Have you ever used an iPad?
More Idaho high school students are taking Advanced Placement exams and scoring high enough to earn college credit, the College Board and the state Department of Education announced today. In 2012, 18.4 percent of Idaho’s public high school graduates had taken at least one AP…
Kip David Harris, 38, of Boulder, Mont., was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene to three years’ probation for making a false statement, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill also ordered Harris to pay a $750…
Kip Hill, the SR's Washington, D.C., correspondent, asked U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, about his ranking as the most conservative U.S. senator by the National Review: Sen. James Risch said Wednesday he wasn't surprised by his ranking atop the list of conservative voters in the…
Idaho already has plenty of informal memorials to highway fatalities, erected by grieving family members. But the state isn't slated to get an official, state-sponsored program to honor those killed by drunk drivers, after a House panel rejected the proposal on Wednesday. Democratic Rep. Shirley…
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Americans don't need semi-automatic weapons to protect their homes because a couple of blasts from a shotgun will scare off intruders. "Buy a shotgun, buy a shotgun," the vice president encouraged those worried about defending themselves. He was…
A new father signals thumbs up after his wife delivered a baby boy this morning in Houston, Texas. A routine cesarean section delivery at the Houston hospital went live with the surgery on Twitter on Wednesday, broadcasting snippets of information along with graphic pictures and…
11:20 a.m. Driver of dirty station wagon w/b on I-90 @ M/P 19 (Memorial Bridge) possibly DUI. 10:35 a.m. Lakes Middle School student reports being followed to school by stranger. 10:21 a.m. St. Maries ambulance running code to Worley to transport patient to Medstar. 10:11…
I've never known Luke Malek to be a separatist, but there he was on Feb. 13, the newly elected representative from Coeur d'Alene, standing at a podium flanked by fellow freshman House members and announcing to the press that he'd crafted a "trailer" bill to…
House and Senate Democrats came out strongly against SB 1108 today, the bill proposed by the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation to make it tougher to qualify an initiative or referendum measure for the Idaho ballot. “This bill is part of a troubling trend that makes…
The heavy equipment has returned to McEuen Field to shove dirt around in preparation for heavier construction that will begin next month when bids are opened for the remainder of the upgrade this year. A bid opening for the next phase of the McEuen Field…
Tuesday Poll: 89 of 165 respondents (53.94%) said they are comfortable with increased use of drones by United States. 67 of 165 respondents (40.61%) said they are not. 9 (5.45%) were undecided. Cookie Tax: 112 of 154 respondents (72.73%) said the Idaho Legislature should exempt…
On his Facebook wall, Dave Chamberlain posts: The Coeur d'Alene School board has chosen to use an inflated appraisal to "blackmail", according to council person Goodlander, the city of Coeur d'Alene to pay 100K more for the property than was discussed, and agreed upon by…
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.
