Mark Johnson, 23, spends his Monday morning driving a combine in the lentil fields near Liberty High School outside of Spangle, Wash., Monday. Johnson has been harvesting wheat and lentils for the past three weeks and still has 600 acres to finish. (Dan Pelle, SR)Question:…
Sandi Bloem filed this morning for an unprecedented third term as mayor of Coeur d'Alene. Bloem and Ray Stone are the only mayors to serve two, consecutive, four-year terms in Lake City history. Among the people signing her candidacy petition are Dean Lundblad Jr., Erika…
As the school season starts, the big topic in my little circle is the H1N1 vaccine. PapaJD says he couldn't live with himself if the kids get sick and we failed to do our best to prevent it. On the other hand, I couldn't live…
Item: Wolf hunt is on in Idaho, pending decision by judge/Rob Chaney, MissoulianMore Info: Wolf advocates and opponents met on the street and in the courtroom Monday morning as U.S. District Judge Don Molloy listened to arguments over imminent wolf hunting seasons in Montana and…
Ted Parvin, center, chairman of the Northwest Film Institute, participated in a promo for a screenwriting competition in Sandpoint on Thursday. Parvin, who has "Psycho" among his credits and a group of media professionals living in the Sandpoint area are working together to start a…
Expanded domestic partnerships for same-sex couples could face a public vote after Washington officials ruled that referendum sponsors have enough voter support to force a referendum on the November ballot. The new partnership law, nicknamed “everything but marriage” by its supporters, would broaden domestic partnerships…
Item: Boise mom pleads guilty after leaving her four kids alone on weekend nights/Patrick Orr/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Jennifer Ann Collantes will find out Oct. 8 if she will be sent to prison for leaving her four kids — ages 12, 9,5, and 3 — alone…
Item: New jail price: $56.7 million: County commissioners vote on ballot language for expansion proposal/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Jail improvements that would impact Kootenai County inmates for years to come are on taxpayers' plates again -- and the commissioners are doing their utmost…
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.