City Clerk Susan Weathers has written a letter to state Sen. Mike Jorgenson today, warning him of possible campaign finance violations in funding a flier for challenger Jim Brannon. The flier was placed in the Coeur d'Alene Press over the weekend at a cost of…
We're now down to one shopping day left until Election Day. Now, I know some of you have already voted absentee in the various municipal elections and the jail expansion bond election. But most of us haven't. So it'll be interesting to see what the…
The football team some thought was the best in the 5A Inland Empire League going into conference play will get a chance at redemption. Coeur d’Alene survived a Kansas Tiebreaker Monday with Post Falls and Lewiston. The Vikings, who fell to Post Falls 13-7 in…
New York Yankees' Johnny Damon slides safely past Philadelphia Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz during the first inning of Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series tonight in Philadelphia. Damon scored on a hit by Alex Rodriguez. The Phillies beat the Yanks 8-6. Game…
Item: Hunting widows unite! 2 buddies turn turn the trials of being abandoned into triumph/Gail Schontzler, Bozeman ChronicleMore Info: They've started huntingwidow.com, a Web site to offer fellow isolated sufferers the chance to create an online community and share feelings, venison recipes and jokes at…
Glenn Cragun, age 16, who works at Yokes in Deer Park, is the state bagger of the year in the Washington Grocery's state bagging contest. Glenn won the $500 state prize, and moves on to the February 11 national competition in Las Vegas where she…
Team members of Spin Cycle Racing out of Salt Lake City enjoy a ride on their 4th annual Halloween "Sumo Ride" Saturday in Salt Lake City. The annual event organized by Ken Webster, amused motorists with a group of 13 riders, up from 3 in…
Weird Post of the Day: (2:33 p.m.) 4 drunk men are peeing in the parking lot of the Women's Center on 4th. Update: Women's Center officials were asked if they want to press charges.5:50 p.m. Vehicle versus deer @ Rimrock & Lancaster/Hayden.5:31 p.m. R/P reports…
JohnA: There is one other 'candidate' tomorrow: Bond, Jail Bond. He's a mysterious little fella. He's shaken, if not stirred, the emotions of the public, taxing us in the process. He's probably knocking around some neighborhood as we speak, wondering why he's neither understood nor…
"November arrived in North Idaho without a roar," posts KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "Beautiful blue skies and mild temperatures made for some great late season golf at the Highlands Country Club in Post Falls. Dozens of golfers were out on the links and the driving range…
First, let me say that my neighbor is one of those salt-of-the-earth types who is always willing to lend a hand when you need something -- tools, quick repair of a lawnmower, gardening advice, etc. In the almost 24 years I've lived alongside of him,…
Mary Tafuri shot this photo of a pumpkin (with hay "confetti") as it was shot out of the cannon at Knapps Farm in Greenbluff this past Saturday. Nine years in a row the folks at Knapps have been "Chunkin Pumpkins" and nine years in a…
It's Election Day Minus One, and do you know where your municipal candidate is. I'm publishing this post to get some idea what the local candidates are doing on this day before the municipal election. I know that Steve Adams was waving signs @ Ironwood…
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On Saturday, I caught a break in the weather to do some chimney work. I hadn't planned to climb up on the root above the living room, which has a steep pitch. But the rain seemed to be holding off. So I rented a 40-foot…
Phaedrus: Larry Spencer sounds like the guy who advised Dan Gookin that the laws of civility only applied to elected officials. This is just one of the many reasons that reasonable people turn a deaf ear and blind eye to the antics of Gookin, Spencer,…
A Boise State fan dons a pumpkin for a head during an NCAA college football game against San Jose State in Boise Saturday afternoon. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)Hundreds gather in Bozeman to combat hate/Bozeman ChronicleSpokane woman who had swine flu dies/SR5-year study launched on…
At the Coeur d'Alene Press online site at the moment, you encounter a pop-down ad from Steve Adams seeking your vote in Tuesday's municipal election. On Sunday, Mike Kennedy had purchased the space for his pop-down ad. The ads appear as soon as you open…
Chef Matthew Mitnitsky cheers after breaking the world record for the largest meatball in Concord, N.H., Sunday, Nov. 1,2009. Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni's Italian Eatery in Concord, said Sunday that a 222.5-pound (100.9 kg) meatball was authenticated as the world's largest after being weighed by…
Thinking one year out to the 2010 elections, Idaho Rep. Walt Minnick has made an unenviable Top 10 list. The first-term lawmaker has made the list of the 10 most vulnerable House incumbents, as compiled by Beltway reading staple Roll Call. Ranking aside, how much…
Noon: 2YO girl on Eileen Court (11:50 entry) has been found.11:59 a.m. A man wants his mother-in-law removed from his home.11:50 a.m. A 2YO girl in a pink top and white shorts is reported missing from Eileen/Hayden.11:42 a.m. A man who was previously kicked out…
In re-reading the post by Mary Souza at the top of OpenCDA.com today, I was struck by something that was missing. Here's the repeat: "This morning’s Press has big ads for the Mayor and one City Councilwoman. Their ads are huge, taking about a half…
... (spotted by Kevin Taylor on a giant Yukon SUV parked outside the Catholic Diocese offices in Spokane Monday): "What Would Scooby Do?"Question: Any of you know where this original expression came from: "What Would Jesus Do"?
Many of you that live in the Timberlake Fire district recently received a letter from Larry Spencer deriding the fire district, the fire chief and the need for more equipment. Spencer is a gadfly that hates all government and slams all projects that are proposed.…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox/Priest Lake offers this photo of that terrific full moon that greeted us last night. E-mails Pecky: "Cold night, not a sound and a full moon."
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.