I made it. Twenty-five years with The Spokesman-Review in Coeur d'Alene. I began work as a local government reporter at the SR building at 4th & Garden -- and also covered cops and courts for the first four months until Regional Editor Doug Clark and…
President Barack Obama delivers a speech on healthcare to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Obama's healthcare speech to Congress here. And: AP story here. And: AP fact check here. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)SR's Today in Photos
I took Alex to the vet yesterday. I was worried that he was losing weight. We got there, weighed him. He was fine. But it was the ride there and back that was such a joy. Alex, unlike Annie (my other cat), hates the car.…
Kayleigh Miller, left and Kaylee Cargile, 11-year-old 6th graders from Meadow Ridge Elementary in the Mead School District sang the opening song at Camp Lutherhaven on Wednesday. Camp Lutherhaven is back in business with a temporary water supply after ecoli was found in their well…
Yelena Meyerzone of Latvia performs during the qualifying round of the rhythmic gymnastics world championships in Japan on Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Top Cutlines:1. Yelena threatens to light a bomb in the hospital waiting room after finding out her insurance doesn't cover…
5:35 p.m. R/P on E. Hayden Avenue reports two loose boxers attacked his dog. 5:19 p.m. A 12YO boy suffered chest injuries and can't move his arms after hitting his handlebars in a bike accident @ Arbor & Montana/Rathdrum.5:18 p.m. R/P reports he was hit…
Do you remember HMOffsuite's photo of Sunday's rainbow, looking across Lake Coeur d'Alene toward downtown Coeur d'Alene -- the one that looked like the rainbow was touching down with its pot of gold @ Don Sausser's condo? Well, Don snapped the same rainbow looking back.…
The City's CDA TV Committee will be hosting a Candidates Forum to be aired on CDA TV cable Channel 19 beginning with the live broadcast of the forum on Oct. 7. The format for this forum is unique in that City residents have the opportunity…
Public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has jumped to 52 percent, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released hours before he makes his case for overhaul in a prime-time address to Congress. With his health revamp moving slowly and unemployment edging…
Idaho Fish & Game has issued two poaching citations to an Eagle man for illegally shooting a small female wolf pup on Sunday evening. The shooting was in the McCall-Weiser wolf zone, which is not yet open for wolf hunting. The man shot the wolf…
North Idaho College posted a 16.5 percent increase in enrollment for fall 2009 with an increase of 803 students from last year’s enrollment of 4,856, bringing the total headcount this year to a record 5,659. "Like other community colleges across the nation, North Idaho College…
Andra Suchy and Garrison Keillor sing "Side by Side" during the 35th anniversary broadcast of "A Prairie Home Companion" in Avon, Minn., on July 4. Keillor still plans to start his new season of "A Prairie Home Companion" as scheduled in just over two weeks,…
US President Barack Obama is set to make one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faces Congress over his plans for healthcare reform. Mr Obama has said the speech at 1800 (0000 GMT) will clarify what changes he is proposing and…
Among all the earth-shaking events that took place last week, few received more attention in south-central Idaho cyberspace than the announcement that the Twin Falls County Fair had signed a sponsorship deal with Coca-Cola, giving the soft drink company exclusive rights to sell its products…
This month marks an interesting anniversary for me — it’s been one year since I became a welfare mom. And that’s been on my mind lately. Yep, I’m “on the dole,” as one of our Daily News columnists put it last week. My Medicaid benefits…
U.S. Senator Jim Risch has hired the Idaho bowling industry's former lobbyist to head his Washington, D.C. constituent services operation. Barbara Strickfaden, who headed the Idaho State Bowling Proprietors Association as well as the Idaho Bankers Association, also worked for Risch in a similar capacity…
University of Idaho students Kelsey Anderson of Bismarck, N.D., enjoys the sunshine while laying in the grass working on homework Tuesday in Moscow. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)Cartoon: Obama's 'subversive plan'/David Horsey, Seattle P-ITwin Falls students protest shorter lunches/Twin Falls Times-NewsFemale teacher gets 6 months…
Suzanne Asha Stone, Northern Rockies representative for Defenders of Wildlife, said, “We’re disappointed that the injunction wasn’t granted, and I think that right now we feel that a hunting season for wolves at this point still poses a threat to the regional wolf population.” But…
11:58 a.m. Extrication may be needed for a motorist involved in a one-car rollover in the S-curves @ Poleline & Maguire/Post Falls.11:38 a.m. A woman who'd been involved in a hit-and-run accident in e/b I-90 @ Pleasantview is upset and in the parking lot of…
After Jack Gibson and Kimberly Knox said their wedding vows, they turn to greet the crowd of family, friends and onlookers gathered at the main stage at Pig Out in the Park Saturday in Riverfront Park. (Colin Mulvany/SR)Question: Izzit me -- or is there something…
Football coaches have to live with Monday morning quarterbacking. It's all part of the unwritten job description. Since the post-game Thursday night - when Boise State's much-anticipated season opener degenerated into the Punch Bowl - BSU coach Chris Petersen has been dealing with plenty of…
As you have likely read, the City Council adopted a budget last week with a unanimous vote to not increase income from property taxes. This has been perhaps one of the toughest budget years the city has ever faced. Compared to last year, the budget…
A Sept. 1, 2009 photo shows a copy of the 2010 edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac in Boston. The venerable almanac's 2010 edition, which is currently on sale, says numbing cold will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West…
If you want to know how extreme the online readers of the Coeur d'Alene Press are, you need look no further than the current poll, which asks: "If the election were today, who would you vote for as Coeur d'Alene mayor?" Current tally? Joe Kunka…
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.
