Gonzaga's Vivian Frieson, left, drives in front of Texas A&M's Adaora Elonu in the first half during an NCAA second-round college basketball game tonight in Seattle. Frieson poured in a game-high 23 points including the winning jump shot with 15 seconds left as the Zags…
During my furlough week, we found out that Junior is going to be a Gator. In the weird way that medical schools match new doctors to their residencies, No. 1 son discovered Thursday that he'll be spending the next seven years in Gainesville, Fla., learning…
Avery Smith, 23, of White River Junction, Vt., makes her first attempt at pond skimming during the the fourth annual end of season Junk Show at Whaleback Mountain in Enfield, N.H., Sunday. (AP Photo/Valley News, Jason Johns)
I’ve noticed, though, that the Web is full of lists. Hell, I’ve even contributed a few. But like the talking heads that argue over the television airwaves, they’re there to arouse your emotions. To get you not just thinking but ready to fight. That’s certainly…
A 24-year-old man who last lived in Hayden, Idaho, has been identified as a suspect in a February shooting in which a bullet landed near a sleeping 3-year-old girl. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of Joseph L.…
Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot drives against North Carolina in the first half during an NCAA first-round college basketball game Saturday in Seattle. Gonzaga beat North Carolina 82-76 in a first-round game in Seattle and now will face Texas A&M tonight at 6:30 on ESPN2. (AP Photo/Elaine…
White whales perform synchronized swimming with trainers during a show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, Japan, recently. You write the cutline (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)Top Cutlines:1. When PETA complained that the trainers should have used a less-endangered mammal, they said that…
5:36 p.m. A 62YO woman with a history of suicide attempts has taken pills and stabbed herself in the neck on Corbin Hill Road/Athol, according to her husband. She's unconscious but breathing in a pickup in the driveway.5:14 p.m. Smoke from a basement fire place…
'Twas colder than hewould have chosen --his little crocusgot flash frozen.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
A public workshop to gather ideas re: future upgrades to McEuen Field is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lake City Senior Center. MIG, a Portland-based land planning firm that worked on the Coeur d’Alene Parks Master Plan and the Education Corridor,…
The spires of historic St. Thomas Catholic Church in downtown Coeur d'Alene are visible over the tree tops with a view from the north side of Tubbs Hill/Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation North Idaho. Just about to break/A Family Runs Through ItDaisy Girl presents new garden addition/Bent's…
The Senate has voted 26-8 to approve a grim budget for next year for the state’s community colleges, including a 9.2 percent cut in state general funds and a cut of 12.2 percent in total funds. Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, spoke out against the bill…
Talon Brim of Nampa, Idaho celebrates his birthday and the first day of spring by playing a game of frisbee golf with his girlfriend Saturday morning at West Park in Nampa. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)Question: Have you ever played Frisbee golf?
During the weekend, you read on the Coeur d'Alene Press online site and here (link posted from that site) that Judge John Mitchell had dismissed a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of the North Idaho College lease of the former DeArmond Mill site. In the 14-page…
"I believe this new federal health care measure unconstitutionally imposes new requirements on our state and on its citizens. This unprecedented federal mandate, requiring all Washingtonians to purchase health insurance, violates the Commerce Clause and the 10th amendment of the US Constitution. ... I'm concerned…
Feeling lucky? Well, are ya’? Then belly up to the counter of your favorite restaurant. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two Americans get food poisoning every second. That works out to 144 people per minute, 8,675 per hour, 208,219 a…
A worker carries a piece of propeller as NTSB investigators and local authorities scour the scene at Holy Cross Cemetery, scene of the fatal plane crash which killed 14 people on Sunday, adjacent to the Butte Airport in Butte, Mont., on Tuesday, March. 24, 2009.…
England's supporters watch the third day's play of the second test cricket match between England and Bangladesh in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)Question: Which groups of people should be hesitant to show too much skin in the summer?
Kudos to banjomike for being Johnny on the spot with the link to the rational political analysis from former Reagan speechwriter David Frum who accurately criticizes Republicans for their all or nothing campaign on health care reform. And like Napoleon after Waterloo, they now have…
Noonish: Kenneth at the Chateaux Mobile Home Park reports that a white Cadillac is blocking his driveway.11:32 a.m. Male wants local police to tell his former wife that he doesn't want her in his home. Also, he wants no contact with her.10:43 a.m. A Chevy…
The Rev Tom Farley begins communion for the congregation in Portland, Ore., Sunday. Farley, ordained in 1979, is the latest priest to leave the Catholic Church in the United States, which is struggling with a severe clergy shortage and declining numbers. "I leave because of…
Last Week's Poll: In a poll that lasted almost as long as my furlough, 102 of 223 respondents (46%) said Cliff Hayes, the former Post Falls police chief and city administrator, is qualified to run for county clerk as a Republican against Dan English, the…
At OpenCDA.com, Dan Gookin wrote a post over the weekend, titled: "Where Are the D's?" In the post, he laments the lack of Democrats running in legislative races (4 for 15 positions) in North Idaho and Kootenai County races (2 for 6 positions). I agree…
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, born in Coeur d'Alene in 1912, earned the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor for his leadership of the Black Sheep Squadron in the Pacific during World War II. He was also a prisoner of war, and wrote a bestseller, "Baa…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California gestures during a press conference after the House passes health care reform in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sunday. Standing with Speaker Pelosi are Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, left, and Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Wild Card: You…
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.
