At this moment, the police scanner is reporting a semi that's on its side (trailer flipped on completely over) at Huetter and Seltice Way, blocking Huetter. No one was injured. But a good amount of fluid (of some kind) has leaked onto the roadway. On…
A couple of bordered plant bugs are shown on a leaf at Stewart Park in Roseburg, Ore., on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak)SR Today In Photos
Truly: I have to blow my horn for a second: my daughter in law, Michelle, will be graduating on Saturday from the UW and then on to her Maters in the fall and all the while being pregnant for the first time. She has worked…
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, shown with his wife Vicki, led Team Risch to victory in the Celebrity Chef contest for the March of Dimes Gourtmet Gala. Story here. Idaho Potato Lollipops with Sauces recipe here.Rally held after state bans employee from Twittering/KTVBKuna teen has possible…
From left: Shinaku, Aksala and P.D. check out the scene on Stedman Street in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Monday from a window of the Bayside Hotel building. The dogs' owner, Steve Mata, has been equipping his dogs with sunglasses for several years and they are the…
5:57 p.m. 4YO is conscious and alert after being run over by a roto-tiller. Didn't get location.5:53 p.m. 9YO son is hitting his mother @ Fantasy Loop home/Rathdrum.5:41 p.m. A semi tractor and trailer is on its side @ Seltice & Huetter. No injuries.5:01 p.m.…
Once May Day comes, look out. Try to smell the roses, even if they haven't arrived by May Day cuz if you blink, you're liable to miss some good memories and then a long winter will come and the great moments you will want to…
In this 1986 photo, posted by OrangeTV/Remember The Roxy, you see the last stoplight in Wallace -- and, if memory serves me correctly, the last on Interstate 90 between Seattle and Boston (h/t: Factchecker). Late mining magnate Harry Magnuson fought valiantly for years to prevent…
You just ride along, the days go by as you endlessly ride up and down through a maze of strange distorted faces of people you don't want to know, but must interact with. The ride operator's grizzled beard and his whiskey breath, permeating your micro…
The Senate has voted 28-5 in favor of HB 334, the bill to raise DMV administrative fees, for things like title certificates and driver’s licenses, by $13.1 million a year. Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, said he was unhappy that the fees “will be imposed…
And Forbes magazine, apparently unimpressed with the official “Near nature, near perfect” city slogan in Spokane, today pronounced the Lilac City the “Scam Capital of America.” From writer William Barrett’s story: Welcome to Spokane, Wash., a metropolitan object lesson in what can befall the unwary…
Beckie Williams, co-founder of Busts 4 Justice, poses with a bra outside a branch of Marks & Spencer in Brighton, England, today. The women group campaigning to challenge Marks & Spencer's policy of charging more for large-sized brassieres, a 2 pound (US$3) surcharge for bra…
Designer I Hair Fashions (e-mail to OrangeTV): “Most of you might not know that Jamie A. Neverdahl, who was killed in an automobile accident on April 29, was the husband of one of my staff members. He leaves at home 2 young daughters and his…
From newsroom buddy Meghann Cuniff (right, in photo below w/Sam & Lovely Kate): North Idaho had not one but TWO mentions on the fine television show "Most Daring: Senior Smackdowns" on the cable channel Tru TV yesterday. I was in the waiting room at the…
And one reader was brave enough to share the other side of the story. Liz from Coeur d’Alene said she was a Ruthie. “I probably didn’t look that odd but I was, shall we say, ‘unique.’ ” A difficult family situation contributed to her struggles,…
An elderly Spokane Valley couple’s battle to have a woman evicted from their garage is apparently over. An eviction order was signed by a judge last week and sheriff’s deputies posted a notice on the door of the garage Wednesday, ordering Susan Pierce off the…
Attitudes around Rathdrum City Hall improved last week as most city staffers underwent a daylong training program entitled, "Communication and Customer Service in the Public Sector." "As a city," Mayor Vic Holmes said after the session, "service is just about all we have to sell.…
Jack Pendleton of Ballston Lake N.Y., poses in Ballston Lake Wednesday. Pendleton was at the restaurant Sunday when he spotted something gray mixed in with his vegetables and realized it was a snake head the size of his thumb, with part of the spine still…
When last-minute versions of lawAre rushed out half-cooked or still rawIs it any wonderThere might be a blunderAnd looking close turns up a flaw?Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise
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Something is ripe, overripe actually, in the House, but it's not legislation. It is the attitude by Denney and his fellow House leaders that they are the ringmasters of the circus into which they have turned the legislative branch. They decide which issues are decided…
In this photograph taken on Saturday, Mark Bushnell holds a cigar while watching former Spokane Valley, Wash. mayor Michael DeVleming putt at Esmeralda Golf Course in Spokane, Wash. The city of Spokane recently tried to ban smoking on its four public golf courses, only to…
Item: Cd'A ranked among top performing cities: City earns high marks in job creation, economic growth/Rick Thomas, CdA PressMore Info: The Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area jumped into second in the Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best Performing Cities Index for 2008, up from sixth…
Item: New Ed Board president Agidius supports CdA Education Corridor/Maureen Dolan, CdA PressMore Info: The newly-elected president of the Idaho State Board of Education supports the development of an education corridor in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Paul Agidius, an eight-year member of the board, said he…
In this 2004 file photo, Barry Rosenberg of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance speaks at Tubbs Hill before a large crowd opposed to Kootenai County's proposed subdivision ordianance. Rosenberg, 66, will retire May 15 after seven years as executive director of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance. More…
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.
