For some reason, we're running those dang Google ads again in the thread below -- and they're blocking the ability of Mac/Safari users to access anything below them on this site. I've asked the SR powers that be to remove them, once and for all,…
The three Kootenai County Commissioners were looking quite dapper today at their 2 p.m. public meeting, all wearing ties. Piazza had on a green shirt and green tie. Currie had on a black shirt with a red tie. Tondee had on a maroon shirt with…
Wondering (react to the story below about the woman's savings being wiped out): This is scary. I have received 2 emails from paypay in my spam folder. I have no account through PP nor have I ever used them. The amount they claim was paid…
Eva Daniels, 7, turns her face as she braces herself for a snowball thrown by her brother, Nicholas, 10, during a snowball fight Monday in Beaver Dam, Wis. The wet snow made for ideal snowball fight and snowman building conditions/Cory Schaefer, AP Photo/Beaver Dam Daily…
Photographer Rick Miller snapped this shot at Sandpoint's City Beach Jan. 20. In a cutline for Sandpoint In Pictures, he wrote: "There were two hockey games happening at City Beach. Because of the recent snow, there was much work to be done to clear the…
Bonner County already is a pretty special place to live -- friendly people, beautiful spaces and enough items in the plus column to fill the paper 10 times over. Yet, recent news will only serve to make a great place even better. The chance to…
A moose calf stands alongside a driveway in Indian Meadows in urban Coeur d'Alene waiting for his mother. The pair have been spotted around the northwest Coeur d'Alene neighborhood since mid-January/Kerri Thoreson, www.fyinorthidaho.com.Leaning Straight Up: Who is the real Al Gore? Statesman or politician, environmentalist…
Question: Are pit bulls too dangerous to be allowed as pets? -- KREM2.*Yes, pit bulls can cause harm whether they're well trained or not.*No, pit bulls are affectionate and safe to have as pets.DFO: Absolutely.
Issue: Republican student wants NIC refund: Complaints stem from instructor's comments/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Linda Cook, a former aide to the late Idaho Congressman Helen Chenoweth and a longtime GOP supporter, withdrew last week from an entry-level English class taught by part-time instructor Jessica…
Issue: Panel rejects day-care rules: House committee limits supporters; 2 members suggest mothers stay home/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewQuote: "It's gut-wrenching for me," Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, said before the 6-5 vote against the bill. "What can we do to keep mom at home?" Loertscher said he…
Spencer: Did you read the bill (H163)? Or did you just take Betsy's slantnotes as truth? If you read the bill and the testimony, you armchair quarterbacks will begin to understand that Betsy is a brilliant journalist, but about as left leaning as they come.…
Mayor Sandi Bloem's a – what? A hottie? A coupla guys from Huckleberries Online are impressed with the Coeur d'Alene's sixtysomething mayor's fashion sense and "serious babage." It started Monday when I mentioned that Her Sandiness had summoned Dan Gookin for a heart-to-heart talk about…
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.