The city of Coeur d'Alene is seeking recovery of legal fees after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a woman who claimed police assaulted her. Shannon Kanda had a blood alcohol level of .28 when she had a neighbor call police to report…
I'll pass on the chili dog. I over-indulged yesterday during Chocolate Milk Day. None the less, Thursday is always a good day to celebrate because we are that much closer to the weekend! Anticipation is a good thing. Unless you've been anticipating spectacular thunder storms…
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel leaves after making his statement on Capitol HillWASHINGTON – House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising…
Art on the Green isn’t strictly visual art. It’s also flamenco dance, cotton candy and hip-hop “flash mobs.” More on those later. But first, let’s run the numbers on Coeur d’Alene’s annual arts extravaganza, just to give you an idea of the scope of this…
This was posted today on the Facebook page "Overheard in the Newsroom"“We should all get together and file a class action suit against all the guidance counselors who suggested a career in journalism.”And a young friend of mine on his FB page, bemoans the lack…
Sonny and Elaine ThrushA former Navy Seal, he earned a master’s degree in education. And nine years ago, at age 63, still trim and fit, he found the love of his life. But now, he’s in a wheelchair and needs help feeding himself. His eyes…
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A special House Ethics Committee has voted 4-3 along party lines to clear Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, of conflict of interest charges over his votes on various tax legislation while pressing his own tax fights against state and federal income tax. "I don't think that…
Let’s face it – when you have kids, they’re not going to want to watch the movies that you’ll want to watch. When they’re old enough to develop their own tastes, they’re going to automatically assume that anything that’s older than they are is crappy.…
Which is why cats are smarter.Okay, maybe not, but this article from Discovery News say dogs imitate people even when it's not in their best interest to do so."If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, dogs often shower us with praise. New research has…
Waves partially obscure rigs drilling relief wells at the oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. Where is all the oil? Nearly two weeks after BP finally capped the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, the oil slicks that once spread across…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who nearly 30 years ago killed her husband, former Beatle John Lennon, and who comes up for parole next month, her lawyer said.Ono has consistently opposed parole for Mark David Chapman…
COEUR d'ALENE - A political committee agreed to fund an election challenge tied to a non-partisan race on Tuesday.The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee approved donating $2,500 in support of Seat 2 City Council challenger Jim Brannon's courtroom challenge of last year's general election.The committee…
"Mr. Minnick, a successful businessman for 30 years, is among the most conservative Democrats in Congress. He began his political career, in fact, as an official in the Nixon administration — and resigned the Sunday after Attorney General Elliot Richardson, for whom he was informally…
The Immigration Policy Center on Wednesday released its complete series of 50 state fact sheets which highlight the political and economic power of immigrants, Latinos and Asians in every state of the union.Here are the results for how immigrants affect Idaho:As workers: — Immigrants comprised…
The reported victim in an alleged murder-for-hire plot appears to be supporting the main suspect in the case – her husband, former Aryan Nations lawyer Edgar Steele.Cyndi Steele joined her husband’s supporters in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene Wednesday as Edgar Steele, 65, pleaded…
A fire burns close to several homes near Eagle, Idaho, on Wednesday, July, 28, 2010BOISE — At least three homes were damaged and dozens more evacuated Wednesday as a wind-whipped grassfire northwest of Idaho’s capital city expanded to thousands of acres and threatened rural subdivisions.…
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.
