Dean Bennett of North Idaho College has started a new blog that should be of interest to long-time Coeur d'Alene residents, especially those who have bent an elbow at local taverns. The name of the blog gives you a good idea re: what it's all…
This photo provided by the Honolulu Advertiser shows President Barack Obama's birth announcement, left column, center, in the Sunday Aug. 13, 1961, edition of the paper. Opinion here. (AP Photo/The Honolulu Advertiser)SR Today In Photos
Item: Is This the Instance of Police Misconduct to Obsess About?/Conor Friedersdorb, The Daily Dish, Atlantic MonthlyMore Info: Interesting as it is to speculate about Henry Louis Gates and the Cambridge Police Department, the attention the case is generating reflects an unfortunate feature of American…
Outrage focuses largely on three politicians whose sexuality has recently been under public scrutiny: former New Jersey governor James McGreevey, current Florida governor Charlie Crist and Idaho's own infamous toe-tapper Larry Craig. Using interviews with influential journalists such as The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan and radio…
First assistant United States attorney Marc Haws answers questions during a news conference today at the Nampa Police Department re: the convictions of Michael Bullard, 22, of Middleton, and Richard Armstrong, 24, of Nampa, in connection with the racially motivated assault on a black man…
Juan Martinez, 10, leaps off a staircase before slamming the ball into a lowered basketball goal Wednesday at the Boys & Girls Club in Las Cruces, N.M. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Las Cruces Sun-News, Norm Dettlaff)Top Cutlines: 1. Front cover of “Hop on cop”,…
5:26 p.m. A 2YO on Majestic Avenue/Rathdrum lost the pad on the tip of a finger when she shut a door on her hand. The tip has been recovered and the nail is intact.5:07 p.m. A male and a female, dressed in camo, are hitchhiking…
The North Idaho College Foundation finalized the purchase of the mill site today for $10 million. The NIC Foundation, an independent nonprofit organization, secured financing through Mountain West Bank for the purchase of the 17-acre parcel located to the north of NIC’s main Coeur d’Alene…
The Idaho Transportatin Board today decided to give $15.8 million in federal stimulus savings to fund a project to widen US 95 north of Hayden to avoid a bottleneck situation. The project will widen the two-lane section of U.S. 95 between Wyoming Avenue and the…
Kim Rechner, left, plays with her sons Logan, 5, center, and Lance, 7, right, at a public park fountain earlier today in Olympia, Wash. Rechner, who says she was once asked to move to a bathroom when she was breastfeeding one of her sons at…
Item: District bars cell phones: Spokane students can carry them, but policy limits use to lunch breaks/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SRMore Info: Spokane Public Schools joined a long list of districts nationwide Wednesday when the school board voted to ban cell-phone use in grades K-12 except during…
In a landslide vote (July 16), the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee (BCRCC) voted to begin endorsements of issues as well as non-partisan races. The endorsement policy includes a clause allowing the BCRCC to lend financial support (to the tune of 25% of annual expenditures)…
Congressman Minnick, could I borrow your health insurance for awhile? Because I'm an average Idahoan who really needs health care in this country to be reformed and I don't need it to be reformed ten months from now when you're running for re-election or even…
Brian Costley, left, and his partner Jim Brady share a kiss, during a Kiss-in outside of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in San Diego on Wednesday. The Empowering Spirits Foundation held the Kiss-in to encourage dialogue between the Church of Latter Day…
Some newspapers and other bloggers allow comments without an approval process and ask the readers to police/report offending content. We don't follow that process. We approve the comments and delete posts that are libelous or hateful beyond what we would call a spirited debate. See…
EJS: Just got back from Denver yesterday and I have a question: When is it OK to say something and what do you say, to the gigantic person sitting in the seat next to you on the plane when they completely infinge on what little…
Roberta Blodgett of Hailey, joins in during the "Star Spangled Banner" at a vigil for Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl, who is currently being held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan, at Hop Porter Park in his hometown of Hailey on Wednesday night. Story here. And: Idaho…
Something has gone terribly wrong with my favorite day of the week. Magical Monday has turned its back on me, and I’ve discovered why the Mamas and the Papas sang, “Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day …” My preference for the day stems from my…
Last year on the Fourth of July, three men, shouting racial slurs, ambushed, chased and beat a 24-year-old African-American man as he left a Wal-Mart in Nampa, Idaho. Now, two of the men have been convicted of hate crimes by a federal jury in Boise.…
Participants of rodeo royalty turn their cameras toward the sky while watching a USAF Thunderbirds air show at Laramie County Community College Wednesday in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP photo/Laramie Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)Horsey: Maria Sotomayor/Seattle P-I2 Idahoans convicted of hate crimes for Wal*Mart attack/Eye On BoiseSpokane Public…
11:59 a.m. Female Seasoned Citizen suffers face injury in 2-vehicle crash that's blocking the entrance to U.S. Bank on Government Way, south of Hanley.11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Dialysis/Ironwood has contained a friendly but frightened dog in the office.11:42 a.m. Texas vehicle blocking mailboxes on Arrow…
... (spotted by SR buddy Pia Hallenberg Christensen recently on an older Buick sedan "in that burgundy color" with a nice little old lady behind the wheel): "Today is such a nice day, don't (ah, screw) it up."
Interesting factoid from a Berry Picker re: the Post Falls Highway District election Aug. 4. Two of the candidates were wannabes who ran and lost against incumbent county Commissioner Todd Tondee. Tim Herzog lost to Tondee in the 2008 GOPrimary. Bruce Noble ran unsuccessfully against…
In a post Wednesday evening, Meghann Cuniff/Sirens & Gavels points out that 3 men involved in fatal highway crashes, as a result of their own negligence, were incarcerated for only six months. Ryan A. Jabaay, 33, (pictured) was placed on probation by Judge Charles Hosack…
Two children watch from inside the gates at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints compound while Adriane Bracciale, left, and Lisa Kove kiss during a Kiss-in at the church on Wednesday in San Diego. The Empowering Spirits Foundation held the Kiss-in to encourage…
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.
