Steve Lautenbach/AP PhotoRecently, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns asked if bears were still hibernating. This photo provided by caretaker Steve Lautenbach taken on April 13 should answer her question. It shows two bears on the snow covered Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park, near…
Item: Idaho luckier than most other states this flu season/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Idaho is luckier than much of the rest of the nation this flu season.The state still is recording fewer flu deaths than during an average year, even though federal health experts are calling…
Item: Bush says rebates going out Monday should help economy: Centerpiece of government's $168 billion stimulus package/Associated PressQuestion: President Bush says the economic-stimulus tax rebates will begin going out Monday and will help people cope with lofty energy and food prices, as well as giving…
Andy Tullis/Bend Bulletin, AP PhotoAnniston Ward, a nine-year-old third grader, foreground in the pink jacket, races around a spiral snow track made by her school mates, during play time in the snow before class time started at High Lakes Elementary School in Bend, earlier this…
... A Special ChildAl Grillo/AP PhotoAlaska Governor Sarah Palin, left, and her husband Todd Palin hold their baby boy Trig in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday. The Palin's fifth child was born with Down syndrome, a genetic abnormality that impedes physical, intellectual and language development.... A Special…
Sandy Huffaker/AP PhotoTwo women console one another after viewing the body of a 66-year old swimmer who was killed by a shark while training with a group of triathletes off the coast in Solana Beach, Calif. on Friday. For Andrew Zahler's SR Today In Pictures,…
Heather Ainsworth/Observer-Dispatch, APMarcia Osvoldik laughs with fellow Red Hat Lady Bugs today at the fifth annual Red Hat Society Day luncheon at Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro, N.Y. Poem: Warning/Jenny JosephQuestion: Are you a Red Hat Lady?
On one side were supporters of students inside the school expressing their support of gays and lesbians. On the other side were those protesting the school district for allowing the student-lead observance. Police kept both sides apart and tried to control the crowd with yellow…
Customer service in general here in the CDA area is the worst I have ever seen. From McDonalds to the haughty taughty eateries downtown. Granted there are times it works but for the most part this area is horrible. I travel a lot and have…
The D.C. Republicans are taking care of their own. In a party last night, U.S. Rep. Bill Sali picked up $66,000 worth of campaign cash. The fundraising came courtesy of House Majority Leader John Boehner and the party's Regain Our Majority Program. The ROMP program…
Funny footwork in airport bathrooms doesn't pay. Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has racked up more than $400,000 in legal fees to his lawyer Billy Martin since the June 2007 incident in which Craig was arrested, and pled guilty to, disorderly conduct in a Minneapolis airport…
Shawn Gust/Coeur d'Alene PressBill Greenwood, Coeur d'Alene Parks Department supervisor, steadies a tree as Bill Andrews moves the load to the ground for planting Thursday in Coeur d'Alene. The Idaho Transportation Department approved a grant for the city to place 56 karpick maple trees adorning…
Item: U.S. military deaths below 26-year average: Annual toll in Bush years down despite 4,000 fatalities in Iraq/WorldNetDailyMore Info: Even in 2005, the deadliest year of the Iraq campaign, U.S. troop fatalities around the world, including Afghanistan, were lower than the first nine years of…
Item: NIC needs $10M for mill: Officials could tap into forgone taxes/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: NIC trustees will discuss purchasing the 17-acre mill site at the next board meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the student union building. The final decision is expected…
Shoestring: Ask Mic if they're selling the (Workforce Training Center in Post Falls) to help pay for this.Trustee Christie Wood: Shoestring, thank you for your question about (the Workforce Training Center). The Board has said several times in public meetings there are no plans to…
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