It must be Monday. I learned I have a cracked tooth this morning. Which means another trip to the dentist Wednesday morning to being the process of putting a crown on it. Oh joy! How is your Monday going? You can answer that question or…
A light dusting of snow clings to a Japanese Maple leaf in Coeur d'Alene today. Temperatures are set to drop into the 20's for the rest of the week.
It's been more than a week but I'm still getting over being shamed by the Russian seamstress. See, I don't sew. At. All. Not even buttons on shirts. Oh, I know how, but I just don't . It's kind of a thing with me. (Long…
Top Comment -- Doctor Watson (RE: Gone with the key stroke): As much as I dislike the fact that someone as unqualified and dishonest as Sherri Ybarra was elected "Chief of Schools," I really think this is a non-issue. The campaign is over, so why…
... Jim Hammond, the new city administrator for Coeur d'Alene, will start work next Monday.
5:19 p.m. Female driver suffers head pain after 2-car, blocking crash @ n/b Ramsey/Golf Course Road, CdA. 5:12 p.m. 84YO male tells Garden Plaza Center staff he's feeling lousy & dying. 4:51 p.m. Female driver uninjured when vehicle hits deer @ Highway 3/97 (near St.…
On her Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images posts: "t was a long, rough ride in the dark this morning to get to some view points on the east side of Lake Pend Oreille before sunrise. Too many clouds obscured the sun until it found…
After graduating from law school, Jeff Ludlow felt a pull toward a different career. "I didn't like what I was seeing in the practice of law," Ludlow said. While coaching a community college football team in California, he applied for a job as an English…
Someone who was not even on the November 4th ballot: Idaho’s senior U.S. Senator, Mike Crapo. The reasons are many. With Republicans gaining control of the Senate, the Senator’s seniority places him in a position to exert ever more influence on America’s fiscal policies, its…
At The Slice blog, Paul Turner provides a photo of the No. 1 album on this date in 1987. More here. (Photo: www.amazon.com)
Frigid temperatures trigger the opening of warming centers in North Idaho:
The Idaho Republican Party is encouraging two of its candidates to ask for recounts in elections that they narrowly lost to their Democratic challengers in the Nov. 4 election for legislative seats in north-central Idaho, the Lewiston Tribune reports. Republican state Rep. Thyra Stevenson of…
Father Basil, of St.John Orthodox Church led the way through the cemetery gates to the gravesite of war veteran Jim Ayers at the church in Post Falls on Thursday. The anonymous member of the church fronted the cost of the funeral for the Tenth Mountain…
Tweet: Looks like newly elected Sherri Ybarra has deleted her Twitter and Facebook campaign accounts -- Kimberlee Kruesi, AP.
Patricia and Tom Power, owners of The Cellar in Coeur d’Alene, have sold their longtime North Idaho business to area chef Adam Hegstad. The popular restaurant and wine bar has been in business in downtown Coeur d’Alene for more than 20 years, at 317 Sherman…
The BarberShop, a cooperative combining three barbers from their former places, will open soon in Suite 28 of Sunset Village at 296 W. Sunset Ave. (east of Highway 95). "We have combined to offer the community the very best in traditional and modern hair-cutting, beard…
Congressman Raul Labrador issued the following op-ed piece after last Tuesday's general election: The American people sent a message Tuesday, putting Republicans in control of the Senate and boosting our majority in the House. Now, it is our job to show that we can govern…
Photographer Don Sausser posts this morning: "On a 30 degree morning workers install the annual Christmas tree on Hagadone headquarters building."
11:59 a.m. Smoke @ Nunn/Good Hope Road, Athol, could be coming from Dept of Lands controlled burn. 11:52 a.m. Post Falls EMTs en route to help 83YO male who has fallen @ Idahline home. 11:45 a.m. Elderly female still sitting in silver car @5th/Foster, CdA,…
I may not be who I think I am. On Friday, as part of a post-election, three-day weekend, I visited the local Social Security office to make sure that I'd followed Patty Duke correctly when applying online for Medicare benefits (not that I need them…
At Providence Family Practice Residency, Dr. Liz Stuhmiller, a third-year resident in the program, gives a presentation for other resident doctors on how to identify the signs of a stroke in a patient. As the state's two leading universities prepare to battle it out in…
Weekend Poll: 136 of 225 respondents (60.44%) have been laid off at some time in their lives. 88 of 225 respondents (39.11%) have never been laid off. 1 (0.44%) was undecided. Today's Poll: Do you visit the cemetery to pay your respects to veterans and…
The grave of Tony Wagner in the veterans section of Forest Cemetery displays (in small letters lower left) that he served in the Navy during WW2. (Courtesy photo: Dave Wagner)
(Local climatologist Cliff) Harris said following a wet Sunday, temperatures will dip as we head into the first real freeze of fall, which is arriving much later than usual. "We need to prepare for colder weather. We've had it nice for a long time," Harris…
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.
