17 Days & Counting (to affiliate with the Republican Party to vote in the closed GOPrimary in May): County Clerk Jim Brannon pointed out to me this morning -- mea culpa -- that registered Democrats, Libertarians & Constitutionalists can "affiliate" with the GOP to vote…
In this 2013 photo provided by Rolf Peterson one of the few remaining gray wolves on Isle Royale, Isabelle, takes refuge on an icy bluff over Lake Superior to lick her wounds after being attacked by other wolves. During this winter's prolonged deep freeze, Isabelle…
"Downton Abbey" has become a Sunday night ritual for many television viewers. The program gives a glimpse into England during the last century as well as offering a greater understanding of what class differences brought –living upstairs or serving downstairs. The program’s writing is snappy…
5:03 p.m. Male is working under hood of small red vehicle parked on H95 bridge over Spokane River/CdA. 4:46 p.m. Female unconscious w/eyes rolling back in head @ 800 block of Glacier Peak/Post Falls. 3:51 p.m. Pursuit officer reports run vehicle has crashed, male inside…
The Sandpoint Winter Carnival ended Sunday with a dog lover’s favorite, the annual K9 Keg Pull. Dogs of many sizes allowed themselves to be hitched to empty kegs for a quick race over snowy ground. The proceeds went to the Panhandle Animal Shelter. (Video: Jesse…
Time 2 Vote ... A Canada goose floats past a handicapped parking sign in a parking lot covered by the rising Ohio River on Monday in Cincinnati. The Ohio River is expected to reach a high of 48 feet, around four feet below flood stage,…
Kim Knerl Facebooks: "So I go out to shovel that big nasty berm pushed up by the highway district's plow so my mail carrier can get to the mailbox and also to clear the end of my driveway. Not looking forward to it as the…
David Hall, co-founder of Professional Coin Grading Service, poses with some of 1,427 Gold-Rush era U.S. gold coins, at his office in Santa Ana, Calif., earlier today. A California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across the modern-day bonanza: $10 million in…
Gov. Butch Otter's list of 30 campaign co-chairs — which includes the Legislature’s four top leaders, Secretary of State Ben Ysursa and former Lt. Gov. Jack Riggs — is a collection of “the same people who have been on the ‘inside’ advancing their own agenda…
A member of the Idaho Legislature who was also a lawmaker in Montana sees Idaho faced with the same problem he saw in Montana—too much dependence on federal money as part of the general fund budget. “Federal funding certainly grew as a percentage of Montana’s…
"Know where to draw the line." How about drawing the line at 41 years of service, 72 years of age and two terms as governor? If Otter won't honor his own code, at least we will have an opportunity in this upcoming election to decide…
More than 100 “Add the Words” protesters, covering their mouths with their hands and carrying photocopied pictures of Ryan Zicha, a young gay Pocatello man who committed suicide in 2011 after being bullied at school. (Photo: Betsy Russell) More than 100 “Add the Words” protesters,…
After four years of spectacular growth driven by the 2008 election of President Obama and the nearly simultaneous collapse of the economy, the radical right in America saw its first significant decrease in 2013. The shrinking numbers of hate groups and, especially, antigovernment “Patriot” groups…
Six weeks after John Eynon left the Constitution Party to run on the GOP ticket, the third party and the state superintendent’s candidate are embroiled in a nasty breakup. Floyd Whitley, the Constitution Party’s acting chairman says Eynon remains in possession of party “property, records…
Chairman Tom Hearn of the Coeur d'Alene School Board Facebooks: "At the legislature today again with Christa Hazel and David Eubanks. We are advocating as best we can for increased funding ,etc. for the Coeur d'Alene School District. I have testified in the legislature a…
Senate Education Chairman John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, wants the state to cut off a five- to 15-year sole-source contract with Education Networks of America to set up WiFi networks in every Idaho high school, and instead send the $2.25 million a year in funding out…
Arizonans are awaiting Gov. Jan Brewer’s (pictured in AP file photo) decision on whether she will approve or veto a law to bolster the rights of business owners to refuse service to gays and others on the basis of religion.Pressure is mounting on both sides…
This March 21, 2005, file photo shows members of The Comets, from left to right, Marshall Lytle, Franny Beecher, and Joey Ambrose performing at Rock is Fifty party in New York. Beecher, lead guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets, which helped kick off the…
11:58 a.m. White 1969 GMC pickup is broken down under overpass @ w/b I-90/Ramsey Road, CdA. 11:46 a.m. Someone is suffering chest pain, lack of feeling in arms @ 33000 block of N7th/Spirit Lake. 11:45 a.m. Injured person in crash @ 12th/Coeur d'Alene Avenue will…
Thom George/Eye on Shanghai posts: "Melinda and I traveled for most of February and for the first time gave our Ayi Pink keys to the apartment so she could keep the dust from taking over and keep our plants alive. It worked, both the plants…
Monday Poll: Hucks Nation is solidly behind a proposal to move all NIC sports teams, except wrestling, to a lower community college athletic league to save $600,000 in scholarship & travel expenses. 139 of 188 respondents (73.94%) backed that position. 42 of 188 respondents (22.34%)…
Office Depot will close its Coeur d’Alene store May 3. The store is on West Neider Avenue next to Kmart. The company bought smaller rival OfficeMax late last year for $976 million. The combined company is consolidating stores to cut costs. OfficeMax operates a store…
Jennifer L (RE: R Minus 18 Wild Card): I am hearing that there is some misinformation going around about the KCRCC Lincoln Day Dinner. I like to clear up some of the rumors going around that I have heard: 1) There are 2 possibilities out…
Shoshone Conservative (RE: R Minus 17 Wild Card): Over here the problem is getting Republicans to register as Republicans. With the contested Sheriff's Primary, a lot of people thought you had to register Democrat to vote in their Primary. Not to mention people who don't…
Emily Thomas is emotional when sharing her experience with bullying from a classmate during a girl’s classroom exercise. Lakeland School District students participated Monday in a Character Campaign Day aimed at reducing bullying. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR…
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.
