At 6 o'clock tonight, the City Council will begin its regular Tuesday meeting -- a meeting at which ex-county GOP chairwoman Kathy Sims -- or her attorney Peter Erbland -- is suppose to apologize for 2007 campaign finance violations. You can read about that here.…
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a dog feeds some of its 15 puppies at its owner's home in Huai'an city, east China's Jiangsu province on Tuesday. The dog gave birth to 15 puppies two weeks ago and all of the doggies…
Going far meant separation from my family and as I have moved into my fifties, I've become more and more acutely aware of the number of people I know who have sketchy relationships with their siblings. I know people who don't speak to siblings. I…
Susanna Mendez, 9, of Hayden Idaho prepares to run Bloomsday on Sunday. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)Clark Fork man OKs plea deal in traffic fatality/Bonner County BeeHouse, Senate GOP leaders meet with Otter re: transportation impasse/StatesmanWanna shoot a wolf? Come to Idaho/mycitytalk.comSemanko: Little link between GOP confab, tax…
Gay rights advocate Matthew Arnold-Lloyd of Albany, N.Y., right, meets nose to nose with an unidentified man opposed to gay marriage during a recent rally outside the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. “I wish I knew how to quit you” --…
5:20 p.m. R/P reports that four boys have beat up at least two 12YO boys near St. George's Catholic Church/Post Falls. The bigger group is now following the victims.5:04 p.m. Marine deputies are en route to rescue driver of disabled boat on Hauser Lake.4:59 p.m.…
The Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County ("CTKC") and its treasurer Kathleen Sims have sent a letter of apology to the city of Coeur d'Alene and paid a civil penalty of $2,500.00 to settle a lawsuit filed by the city in 2008 over the CTKC and…
Mother’s Day can be a lot of pressure – especially on dads and adult children. When the holiday comes around – and it’s happening this Sunday – people find themselves scrambling to find the perfect gift. They send flowers, buy chocolates, purchase certificates to the…
Jack Lohrke was one of the baseball players on the 1946 Spokane Indians baseball team. He was the player who was pulled off the bus at Ellensberg, Washington - right before the mountain pass and right before the bus plummeted down the mountainside, killing nine…
This is a photo of Connie Culp, after an injury to her face, left, and then as she appears today. Culp is underwent the first face transplant surgery the United States at the Cleveland Clinic in December 2008. Culp spoke to the media at a…
Huckleberries Online has received a copy of the letter of apology that Kathy Sims of the Concerned Taxpayers of Kootenai County will read tonight to the Coeur d'Alene City Council. It includes acknowledgement of four violations of the campaign finance laws by her group in…
SR colleague Scott Maben informs Huckleberries Online that Duck Cam is live on our SR.com online quick links. Duck Cam features a mother duck on nest on a ledge on the Sherwood Building in downtown Spokane. Maben assures HBO Central that there's an Idaho angle…
Idaho’s speaker of the House has decided to unilaterally kill legislation to expand Idaho’s Sunshine Law, which would have ended the state’s distinction as one of just three states with no personal financial disclosure requirements for elected officials or candidates. “The Senate and the governor…
A trio of pig sculptures wear masks provided by employees of a nearby restaurant, Monday in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Faith Cathcart)Spokane kayaker catches kayakers plunge of Palouse Falls (video)/KREM2WSU students rally for programs facing ax/Lewiston TribuneMinnick not interested in running for governor/Idaho StatesmanEx-UI…
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OrangeTV: Let's celebrate the holiday with a gut-wrenching reminder how racist and paranoid some of our local residents are, shall we? Be warned, some of these reader comments (currently posted on the Coeur d'Alene Press online site) are astounding, angering, and scary … (Coeur d'Alene…
I love Cinco de Mayo. I look forward to this day all year long. It's the one day of the year I know that I can get Pan Fried Tacos at the Mexican Food Factory on Fourth Street here in Coeur d'Alene. Sure I can…
11:51 a.m. A construction sign has blown onto Highway 95 @ Lancaster Road/Hayden.11:14 a.m. 2-vehicle crash @ Colfax & Deerhaven/Dalton Gardens has injured one.11:12 a.m. Father on Westwood Drive/Rathdrum is holding down an out-of-control 12YO child, waiting for police to respond.10:02 a.m. R/P reports that…
Lynn Berk: Do you remember me -- the writer with the funny hair who was fired by the Press after I got sick? Since I have no way to inform people through The Press, I was wondering if you would be so kind to let…
"Coming to this country is a privilege. If you can't live by the rules that we live by, the standards and the values that we live by, we should exclude you from this country and, what's more, now we will make public those people that…
Anthony Estrada Jr., 7, spins, jumps and gyrates to the beat of music provided by local musicians 24/7 at the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Victoria, TX, Saturday. (AP Photo/Victoria Advocate, Frank Tilley)Question: Do you have Hispanic or Latino blood in you?
So, this fight isn’t really over the gas tax, it is a fight about the future of the Republican Party in Idaho. Will the far right conservatives fully subsume the Republican Party? Will they eventually oust Butch Otter as being too “moderate”? Will they impose…
Although it has only been mentioned by politicians who are looking for a few quick points, we should seriously consider establishing a national service. Like similar programs in Germany and Israel, a national service would require all Americans to contribute to the improvement of the…
Steve Briggs, the district’s chief financial officer, said the students had their facts wrong. Though a “pay to play” system was discussed months ago, it is no longer being considered, he said. Briggs said the district’s activities budget will decline from about $1.66 million this…
Tanner Schalk is shown during a recent track practice at Lake City High School on Wednesday. Schalk is veteran SR prep writer Greg Lee's latest profile for the Handle Extra edition here. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRShowers, wind today, more rain tonight/Mike Prager, SRGrizzly protection…
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.
