A Coeur d'Alene Police officers investigates the scene of a shooting at 14th and Bancroft Friday afternoon in Coeur d'Alene here. A person was sent to the hospital with a gunshot would to the chest. Police are still looking for the person of interest Bryan…
I saw this on Jim Camden's "Spin Control" blog and couldn't resist. Notice the little Boy Scout behind Spokane Mayor Jim West. On his blog, Camden remarks that the kids got increasingly fidgety as West droned on here. Hope this gives you a chuckle as…
Competitors in their underwear smile and cheer as they finish the ninth annual Underpants Run Thursday in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. About 100 racers ran in the mile-long event, which crossed paths with the start and finish areas of the considerably more serious Ironman competition, which will…
To save myself from being strickenI never ever kiss a chicken. The Bard of Sherman AvenueIllustration: Phil Corless
In this July 2004 Spokesman-Review photo, Ryan Oelrich tries to pull another swimmer into the pool on Saturday evening at the Quest Youth Group pool party. Oelrich started the group with a $50,000 grant to counsel gay and bisexual male youth. Earlier this year, he…
Until a few months ago, I was a member of the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club. This is a "must have" organization for any municipality’s children. The club provides a very positive place for kids to spend their after school hours…
Issue: Oh deer, traffic getting hazardous: More than 500K animal-related accidents in 2003/Rick Thomas, Coeur d'Alene PressDFO: I've never hit a deer while driving for 28 years in the Inland Northwest (knock on wood). But I almost nailed a stray dog on Locust Avenue last…
Here's an election update for all those keeping score. Our elections office is preparing the 1st mail-out of absentee ballots today (Kootenai County optional sales tax, Cities of Cd'A, Hayden, Post Falls, Rathdrum, and Northern Lakes Fire District) so some people will likely get them…
*Won't you take me to funky town? Men's Journal recognizes Sandpoint as No. 2 of coolest mountain towns/R.J. Cohn, Hagadone News Network -- My condolences to the middle- and lower-income residents of Sandpoint who are trying to hang on despite rapidly increasing property values.*1 subdivision,…
1. APhoto Fix: On the day (today) it was announced that actor Daniel Craig is to take over the movie role of James Bond, the waxwork model of Pierce Brosnan, as the previous Bond, is removed from display by studio workers at Madame Tussauds wax…
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.
