The Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting this evening is must-see TV. The council is scheduled to discuss the $2.5M purchase of BNSF land along the Spokane River and rules for robots in public places. In the public comments section, it's highly likely that the council…
Bob Grutza rides on horseback through a field of sunflowers today near Maysville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Ledger Independent, Terry Prather)
Conservative Congress members said during a luncheon Tuesday that there’s no chance they will take up Sarah Palin’s call to impeach President Obama, with one joking that “nobody wants a President Joe Biden.” At their monthly “Conversations with Conservatives” luncheon, six of the House Republican…
We’ve all probably heard the phrase, “If you build it, they will come.” Unfortunately, the city of Coeur d’Alene seems to have misinterpreted that line as “if you regulate it, they will come.” The City Council is considering new restrictions and regulations on … wait…
From Coeur d'Alene Ped Bike Facebook: "Please keep an eye out for a bike just like this one...only silver. It was stolen from the Coeur d'Alene library today (Tuesday July 15) between 10:20 and noon. If you see it call the police and then contact…
After returning from a morning summer camp, Gabe Frye, 8, splashes himself in some cool water from a garden hose as he fills the family's front-yard swimming pool today in Spokane. Temperatures are expected to approach 100 degrees on Wednesday. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) Coeur…
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper presents his drivers license for identification purposes to Heather Ditty, elections manager for the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters, as he turns in boxes of petitions for a ballot initiative that would ask voters to split California into six…
We all have a love/hate of summer time. We love the weather, we love the bar-b-ques. We love heading to the water. be it fishing or swimming. The sports are alive and well. The cook outs, visiting, vacationing, yep. it is all good with us.…
Avista Utilities has reached a settlement to keep its base rates for Idaho customers unchanged through the end of 2015. The settlement, which still requires approval by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, was worked out after Avista announced in March that it would seek a…
Congress is doing a great job, and this is not a joke. Sure, there’s a lot of gridlock in Washington and on many issues, Congress can’t seem to agree on the color of the sky, let alone reach agreement on anything of substance. But when…
A father was showing his two sons how to shoot firearms at the Fernan Gun & Rod Club, near Fernan Lake, Sunday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Mama birds/End Notes Holly: A winner/Slight Detour Help them help us/Fort Boise A dog's life spent/Bay Views Joy of rhyming/Writing…
Here's a video for anyone who still can't tell the difference between Idaho and Iowa. Andrew Garcia calls this aerial view of the Gem State: "An Aerial Experience." You'll find three or four segments from the Coeur d'Alene area, including an aerial view of Fort…
Organizers of a (Blackfoot) southeastern Idaho aerial drop of 3,000 pingpong balls worth prizes immediately called off the event when the pilot missed the crowd and hit instead a nearby interstate highway. Aaron Moon and helpers on Saturday told revelers at Blackfoot Pride Days not…
Seems like basically everyone is sold out of AC units. Home Depot has a few but said they expect to sell out today... So move quickly! -- Gabe Cohen, KHQ Question: Do you have AC in your home?
The Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy fired Monday double-billed a retailer he was providing extra security for while working patrol, Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said. “I talked to him that night,” Knezovich said of Deputy Charles “Chuck” Sciortino, who the sheriff said left his post at an…
During of quarter century-plus of living in Spokane, I regularly had to explain to friends and relatives elsewhere that it was not a suburb of Seattle and thus did not get rain all the time. Now in Olympia, I battle a new misconception, that being…
And now a message from John Kelly of BikeCDA: "Really, no one knows our in-street bike lanes better than the people that use them. BikeCDA is in the process of assessing the condition of our CDA bike lanes. Our goal is not only to assess,…
Democratic Nels Mitchell, pictured, is using a column I wrote in May 2013 to make the case that Republican Sen. Jim Risch "sees the U.S. Senate as a place to relax, a perch from which to watch dysfunction and gridlock." "Idaho can't afford a senator…
The GOP-controlled House has slashed the budget for the Internal Revenue Service's tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 percent cut that would mean fewer audits of taxpayers and make it more likely that people who cheat on their taxes will get away with…
11:25 a.m. Post Falls Police Department graveyard shift report here. 11:06 a.m. 81YO male suffered medical emergency tells EMTs to ignore barking dog in front yard b/c leash not long enough to reach them at front door. 10:37 a.m. Injury crash reported @ s/b H95/MP…
Anonymous, a group of loosely associated international activists known for hacking government agencies in the United States as well as organizations like PayPal and Sony, has released video condemning the shooting of a 2-year-old black Labrador by the Coeur d'Alene Police Department. The video, which…
Monday Poll: 103 of 136 respondents (75.74%) support a tentative $2.5M deal between the city of Coeur d'Alene and BNSF for 20 acres, including 2 miles of Spokane River shoreline. Only 18 of 136 respondents (13.24%) oppose the deal. 10 of 136 respondents (7.35%) voted…
Joanie Dwyer of Coeur d'Alene fly-fished from her pontoon on Hayden Lake on Monday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Lookout Pass shooting prompts suit/Press HREI exec takes UI Foundation position/Press Idaho adopts wolverine management plan/Outdoors Idaho endowment fund hits record $1.7B/Eye on…
Players of the German national soccer team celebrate on a truck during their return to Berlin earlier today. Germany's World Cup winners shared their fourth title with hundreds of thousands of fans by parading the trophy through cheering throngs to celebrate at the Brandenburg Gate…
Americans have been getting Idaho and Iowa mixed up for some time -- so much so that famed journalist Tim Woodward wrote a column -- and later a book -- about the ongoing mix-up. Yesterday, I posted a story about the Idaho-Iowa switcheroo, from Boise…
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.
