The KCSD has released the name of the suicide victim who jumped from the Veterans Memorial Bridge Friday. But the SR has decided not to print the name, as is our general policy re: suicides. Now, onward. On this day in history: in 1858, Minnesota…
At Luby Campground on Priest Lake, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns caught this superb photo of a girl named Shyla getting an inside look at the handiwork of Mother Nature in North Idaho.SR Photos: Bike to Work
From a Berry Picker: "The Kroc center is packed right now with people signing up. John Chamness told me it's a better than expected response. Well over 2000 memberships this far. The citizens of CdA are overwhelmingly supporting this place." (If you see Larry Spencer,…
Around 2 a.m. Saturday, Wolfe (shooting victim Tim Wolfe, pictured) and three of his friends left the bar and were walking along 3rd Street to their car. Wolfe's friend said Villaneuva drove past them several times, then stopped, asked ”what's up?”, and shot Wolfe in…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox calls this scenic, "Fishing On The Clouds." Do I need to explain why? Coeur d'Alene murder suspect claims self-defense/KREM2CDC confirms second case of swine flu in Idaho/Idaho Statesman; 3rd case in Spokane/SRSpokane county, city murder rates rise/KHQFamily wracked…
Hungarian bodybuilders have their photo taken backstage during the IFBB International Fitness Cup in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday. At the tournament more than 250 participants contested in several fitness and bodybuilding categories. You write the cutine. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)Top Cutlines:1. Why's She Leaving?”, asks Max the…
5:44 p.m. Man reports from KMC emergency room that his neighbor bit him.5:31 p.m. Daughter reports that she thinks her mother is doing drugs.4:09 p.m. PFPD Blue is looking for a child who was involved in a bicycle accident w/a Jeep @ Mullan & Spokane/PF.…
The joke in question? “Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails,” Sykes said. “So you’re saying, ‘I hope America fails.’ You’re like, ‘I don’t care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq.’ He just wants the country to fail. To…
Earlier today, I posted this Sunday comment from Bent: "Hey, I think I just saw “ME” on the freeway going from Cd’A to the HWY 41 exit in Post Falls. She had her top down, and a black visor holding that blonde hair from flapping…
Tyler Frost, right and his prom date Rebecca Smooty, left are interviewed by several local media outlets prior to attending Findlay High Schools prom Saturday night. Frost says he expects to be suspended from a Christian school for attending a public school prom with his…
Update: Meghann Cuniff's storyMurder suspect Juan C. Aldana Villanueva, 22, a Honduran living in Post Falls, will continue to be held without bond in the Kootenai County Jail, following his first appearance in court this afternoon. Although Marty Rapp of the prosecutor's office asked that…
Kay Rene Qualls, left, of Heppner, Ore., and DeeAnn Shafer, of Richland, Wash., pose for a photo in front of the Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner, Ore. They found out recently that they were switched shortly after being born 56 years ago. (AP Photo/E.J. Harris,…
A Coeur d'Alene woman who reports she is constantly harassed by neighbors on the third floor of her apartment building on Spurwing, off East Hanley Avenue, was shot in the chest by a pellet Sunday afternoon. She believes one of her harassers shot her after…
Steve Barnhart says it’s a miracle his young son survived a gruesome farm accident last week in North Idaho. “We expect a full recovery,” the father said today, adding that the family wants to thank the public for an outpouring of support and prayers. The…
A Post Falls contractor killed last Friday in an accident at Spokane County Raceway was identified this morning at Bob L. Arndt, of Post Falls. Arndt was the owner of Quality Maintenance, a company that specializes in parking lot work, according to a Web site…
In this Friday photo, Filly, a 2 1/2-year-old border collie, gets attention from her master, Bob Hood, maintenance supervisor at the airport after scaring birds from the runway in North Bend, Ore. Filly works at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend, clearing birds…
Maybe now would be a good time to hold off on new magazine subscriptions. At least those sold door to door. The Better Business Bureau sent out regional and national warnings last week about a rite of summer – shady businesses that use young people…
In this Friday photo, a man holds up pants that are worn well below the waist, as he walks on a street in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee is trying to become the first state to prod teenagers to pull up their pants by fining them up…
11:59 p.m. ISP is looking for yellow-and-brown p/u in Cougar Gulch area of Highway 95. R/Ps report the pickup is changing speeds from 25 to 60 mph, swerving over center line, and a passenger appears to be passed out.11:51 p.m. R/P has suspect info re:…
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Item: Banning a citizen from a public building is cause for concern/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom FoundationMore Info: Christopher Pentico's visit to Gov. Butch Otter's office on April 2, 2008, netted him a trespass conviction and the possibility of six months in jail with a $1,000…
This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Postal Service shows the five 44-cent postage stamps featuring The Simpsons portraying from left, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The price of a first-class stamp will climb to 44-cents, though folks who planned ahead and stocked…
Butch Otter emerges from the worst session of the Idaho Legislature in decades still governor, but not leader of his party. Most of his fellow Republicans brushed him off like so much dandruff on their lapels, and it's hard to see him exercising much power…
Update: Murder suspect Juan C. Aldana Villanueva, 22, Post Falls, will make a first appearance in court today @ 1 p.m. Meghann Cuniff/SR will cover the appearance.Friends and members of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe are remembering the 21-year-old victim of Saturday's fatal shooting fondly, describing…
Update: Coeur d'Alene Press is now blocking access to the thread in question from the link below. (H/T: Dennis)The Press moderator for the murder articles that ocurred over the weekend seems to have lost his patience. After making little effort to reign things in by…
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.
