"This 1905 home once stood on the corner of 9th and Sherman Avenue in Coeur d'Alene and our family lived there for almost a decade," writes Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Owned by former US Congressman John T. Wood (served 1951-53), it was a grand house…
You can discover why Jantri/Brand X Ranch wished she was born during the era of cowgirls by clicking here.I am inviting you to join me at ... MySpace, Face space, Reunion space, Family space. These are all nice things, but I am not a joiner.…
Suspect #2- White female, approximately 21 years of age, average height and weight, long dark hair, blue stocking cap, white ski jacket. See Sgt. Christie Wood's CPD Blue press release in following post.
On Dec. 29 at 8:16 a.m., Coeur d’Alene Police responded to the Parkside Condos, 601 E. Front Ave., for the report of a burglary. According to the building Superintendant Orly White, the burglary occurred sometime between midnight to 5:30 a.m. The individual condos were not…
About 10 o'clock Monday night, I decided to give our 7-year-old soft-coated wheaten terrier, Annie, a bath. I took off her collar, scooped her up and headed for the bathroom. But she escaped my grip, bounded off in the direction of my oldest stepdaughter's room…
Jim Almond, a former police auxiliary member who works for Robideaux Motors, had a close encounter with a zany before Christmas. Seems Jim was in the Costco parking lot, driving round and round looking for a spot. With a female driver following him closely. At…
One of former U.S. Rep. Bill Sali's former aides has landed on his feet at the Idaho Republican Party. Jonathan Parker, a district director and a campaign worker for Sali before the one-term GOP Congressman lost in November to Democrat Walt Minnick, is taking over…
I am fascinated by the story (of the moose rescue at Priest Lake). Fish and Game officials, who weren't on the scene, would have left the moose to die. Their thinking is that it is a potentially dangerous animal and the risk of human life…
In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Kate Hudson, left, and Anne Hathaway are shown in a scene from "Bride Wars." (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Claire Folger) Question (for women): Do you still have your wedding dress? Why? Why not?
Item: Judge sentences William Brinnon to be incarcerated for at least a year for strangling his wife to death/Meghann Cuniff, SRHBO Question: Is this sentence appropriate?*Yes, Brinnon has suffered enough after blinding himself*Yes, Brinnon is no threat to anyone other than himself.*Yes, there's no guarantee…
Idaho Senator Brad Little (R-11) is the new Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, replacing Senator Risch. Congratulations, Lieutenant Governor Little. And congratulations to the State’s “Status Quo” establishment, you got your golden boy. Now to Idaho Conservatives, please take note, this matters. Lieutenant Governor Little represents…
Employment experts across diverse industries are extolling the virtues of older workers, once considered unwanted drag on the speeding vehicles of modern business. Rather than invest countless hours in seeking, screening, interviewing, hiring and training younger workers -- many of whom are gone within a…
Teddy McCord, 8, is held above the snow by his mother as his shoes are retrieved moments after battling his way back to shore from the Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press,Jerome A. Pollos) *Rooftop troubles:…
Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann soars through the air in front of the city of Innsbruck during the third competition of the Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Innsbruck, Austria on Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Item: Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Burris: Blagojevich's Senate Pick Meets With Reid, Durbin/CBSMore Info: Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama's vacant seat. Burris was scheduled to meet Wednesday with the Senate's top two Democrats -- Majority Leader Harry Reid…
Item: Coeur d'Alene school trustees asked to make shuttered Hayden Elementary into kindergarten center/Maureen Dolan, CDA PressMore Info: Superintendent Hazel Bauman recommended to trustees on Monday that the district revamp some of the kindergarten through fifth-grade schools by creating a kindergarten center at the now-shuttered…
So I'm in the Dr.'s office yesterday with my Dean Kootnz book waiting to be called back to the exam area when another lady comes in and checks in by the name of Priscilla. Priscilla sits down next to me and pulls out some documents…
In the news this evening, the new Congress is sworn in sans Al Franken and Roland Burris here. Jeb Bush won't run for Florida's U.S. Senate seat in 2010 here. Study: 16 states don't give overseas voters enough time here. The death of John Travolta's…
Mill Creek Elementary second-grader Morgan Lewis, center, comes face-to-face with the ultra-realistic baby Tyrannosaurus rex costume at the Idaho Center in Nampa for the Tuesday preview of the traveling production of Walking with Dinosaurs. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Greg Kreller) Also, SR's Today In Photos
S&S Herb: Having teens is God's punishment for having been one.I can guarantee that none of my teens were as bad as I was. … Well, maybe not guarantee, but I was somewhat mischievous.Question: How old were you when you left home?
5:31 p.m. R/P reports smoke coming from the Top of China restaurant on Appleway.4:46 p.m. Broken water pipe flooding trailer @ the Town & Country Mobile Home Park @ 952 12th.4:41 p.m. 4-vehicle injury accident -- 2 involved in head-on collision -- at Hanley &…
I agree with Katrina/Notes On A Napkin -- "Let it slow, let it slow, let it slow." Above, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns provides some idea re: the depth of the snow berms at Priest Lake.*Otter can't reject raise, will donate it/SR*Minnick co-sponsors Simpson's White…
As a safety precaution, schools in the Coeur d'Alene School District will remain closed on Wednesday to allow another day for snow assessment and removal. All activities scheduled Tuesday and Wednesday nights are also canceled. This includes the basketball games scheduled at North Idaho College…
Dozens of young men and women, employed by Eastside Excavation, scramble off the roof after shoveling off Athol Elementary today in the Lakeland School District. The group was headed toward Garwood Elementary next. Jesse Tinsley/SR photo.
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.