The crowd cheers while state Rep. Bob Nonini, left, and Crystal Dean, right, stomp wine grapes in barrels at the Festa Italiana at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds Saturday, Oct. 7, 2006. The grape stomping was a competitive event with three-person teams trying to squeeze as…
We commend Kootenai County for exercising fiscal restraint and adopting a 2006-2007 budget that is not just leaner than the law allowed, but leaner than some taxpayers had even hoped for. Having said that, here's a suggestion: When it comes to hiring people for the…
Anna Smith, 2, left, hangs on tightly to an umbrella as Lily Young, 2, tugs at it during a stroll down a sidewalk in Durango, Colo. on Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, Lindsay Pierce)Top Cutlines:1. "Girl, hand over that pink umbrella!…
re: U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris questions VA about death of veteran in Spokane.Swimming against the current, as I tend to sometimes, I have to disagree with the majority of folks that are chastising the V.A. for not reviving the elderly vet that collapsed in the…
Web search leader Google Inc. on Monday said it agreed to acquire top video entertainment site YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock, putting a lofty new value on consumer-generated media sites. The deal, the first to value one of the new crop of user-participation…
US Army Reserve solider Shawn Green sustained a back injury while serving in Iraq. The VA hospital has noticed a high rate of back injuries, most likely due to the weight of equipment they carry while fighting. Green is unemployed and living in north Spokane,…
re: GOP bellyaching that Coeur d'Alene High students seeking extra credit were only told they could help Demo George Sayler's political campaign.It seems one parent heard that teachers at CHS were promoting my campaign by offering extra credit to volunteer for me, but did not…
Oregon, a national frontrunner in protecting public access to beaches and curbing urban sprawl, has become the vanguard of a growing Western backlash against land-use rules. Within weeks, voters in Washington and Idaho will decide measures patterned after Oregon's. Montana voters may get a similar…
Coeur d'Alene police spokeswoman Sgt. Christie Wood said she would be shocked if anyone involved in the investigation of the serial rapist actually asked neighbors in his stalking ground a question as unprofessional as, "Have you seen anyone who looks like a rapist?" The local…
Thom George: North Korea joins world nuclear club. Wow, who could have seen this coming? I mean, if we had any idea this was happening we could have negotiated with them, right? Oh, what's that you say, we did? Condi Rice was working on an…
Issue: U.S. detects seismic event in N. Korea: White House condemns reported test as 'provocative act'/Associated Press Question: What should U.S. response be to North Korea's nuclear test? 1. Surrender now before the U.S. gets attacked with a nuclear weapon 2. Appease N. Korea with…
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.
