I'm headed to the Coeur Group-sponsored debates for the Coeur d'Alene mayoral and City Council candidates in a few minutes, to being at 5:30 p.m. in the Coeur d'Alene Library Community Room. The first debate will feature mayoral candidates Joe Kunka, Mary Souza and Steve…
A United Airlines plane headed toward Newark Liberty International Airport flies over the New York Giants NFL football practice as a ball kicked by punter Steve Weatherford sails in the sky, Wednesday, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander (RE: Purtee: Gotta toss the libruls): I don't get it. The candidates that I know did not start out at the top, they are hard working folks who have made it on their own. Why try to set up a class warfare…
No sense denying it. There are plenty of Washington residents who do not care for apples. Sure, it seems wrong. You might think someone who lives in this state ought to crave the crunchy sweetness of a Honeycrsip or savor the tart snap of a…
Time 2 Vote ... Scantily clad models, right to left, Meghan McMahon, Sharayah Jones, and Katina Shoemaker hand out flyers and display signs encouraging the public to get health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, during a promotional campaign launched by Colorado HealthOP,…
4:49 p.m. Blue Honda Civic driver ran red light @ Govt Way/Neider, CdA. 4:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 1-2 here. 3:50 p.m. Female flags down Post Falls city worker to report a depressed male was crawling on rock of island…
The Idaho Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, has received contingency and reallocation funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture so it can continue to honor vouchers and offer clinical services through the end of October. The program, which serves…
Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 1600 block of E. Sherman Avenue. The young adult male victim has been transported to Kootenai Medical Center due to the extent of his injuries. Schools in the area were contacted and put into lock…
From Coeur d'Alene School District re: East Sherman Avenue stabbing: "The CdA Police Department is advising us to now release students from Lakes Middle School. (Buses will be delayed approx. 20 minutes). The police department has a 2 block perimeter blocked off near E. Sherman…
On her Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenics posts of this photo, entitle "Autumn Morning": "After the mountain top fog cleared this morning, I enjoyed this view over the Idaho Panhandle National Forest in the Coeur d'Alene Mountains." You can see more of Linda's terrific outdoor…
A 60-year-old Post Falls man is charged with breaking into his estranged wife’s house north of Priest River and stabbing her several times. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports James Leverne Carlton made an initial appearance in Bonner County Magistrate Court Tuesday on charges of…
Coeur d'Alene School District sent out this release re: East Sherman Avenue stabbing this afternoon: "Students at Lakes Middle School, Fernan Elementary and Sorensen Elementary are in a Security "Shelter in Place" because of Coeur d'Alene Police Activity on E. Sherman Avenue. We are working…
Federal employees throughout the state are no longer working, several agencies are no longer open, and local recreation areas are closed as well. On Tuesday, KTVB sat down with Gov. Butch Otter to find out how Idahoans will be affected by the partial government shut…
The northern lights glow north of Havre, Mont. on Highway 232. The conditions of the sky were clear that made it favorable for viewing the northern lights. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, Lindsay Brown) Question: Anyone see the northern lights last night?
City work crews were busy taking down the expanded seawall along City Park and West Lakeshore this afternoon. The boards had been removed by the time I walked by, around 1 p.m. The metal extenders were being removed. City crews increased the seawall by 4…
Sugar in cornbread? “Oh, the humanity!” writes Jack Vines of Spokane, a longtime Spokesman-Review reader and self-described “Southern-born man who learned to make and eat cornbread at his great-grandmother’s wood-fired stove.” He’s dubious of a recipe for the “proud Southern staple” which comes from “someone…
Before anyone blows a gasket and calls City Hall as a result of the headline, please read on. My walking partner, Greg, and I wondered during our lunch hour trek along the waterfront if it might be time to change the name of McEuen Field…
"After rummaging through Miley Cyrus's closet, I've found the perfect outfit for tonight's (Coeur d'Alene candidates') forum. I just hope that it doesn't send the wrong message. Now I just need to find a foam finger and brush up on my twerking skills" -- council…
Wheels: Both parties are to blame for this 'so called shutdown' and don't deserve the public's trusts period. As a current independent having in the past been involved in politics on various levels as a Republican I can agree that sadly today most of them…
Sundance, the golden retriever known for eating five $100 bills, rejects the taste of the check his owner Wayne Klinkel received, on Sept. 28, near Helena, Mont. Klinkel, who painstakingly gathered and reassembled parts of five $100 bills eaten by his golden retriever has been…
11:58 a.m. Coeur d'Alene motel employee reports hearing screams from one of the rooms. 11:53 a.m. PFPD wants county help for noninjury crash on W. Henry involving family of an officer. 11;48 a.m. Family wants help w/Bonner County female who checked out of Bonner General…
"When our kids were babies, we would spell words to keep them in the dark. Today when the kids are teenagers, we just write in cursive" -- Councilman Dan Gookin via Facebook.
Chairman Tom Hearn of the Coeur d'Alene School Board (RE: School officials thrilled by Luna budget proposal): "I certainly hope our legislature restores funding to the schools. State funding levels are below what they were in 2009. This restoration of state funding would also relieve…
LCDC spokesman Keith Erickson emails: "As anticipated, the popular Third Street boat launch re-opened on Tuesday. The launch, the most heavily used boater facility on Lake Coeur d’Alene, closed last June as part of the McEuen Park renovations currently under way. Though open now to…
ATLANTA — A man accused of slapping a crying toddler on a jet is set to go on trial this week. Joe Rickey Hundley faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge in the February incident, and his trial is scheduled to start Thursday in federal court…
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.
