On Facebook, David Townsend noted that Friday was the 10th anniversary of his going to work for the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Quoth David: "That means we are coming up on 20 years in Coeur d'Alene -- newcomers by some folks' standards. But a milestone…
A participant of the wave gothic festival poses in Leipzig, eastern Germany, on Saturday. (AP Photo/dapd/Sebastian Willnow)
We're going to have an exciting but short week this week. I'll be here through Tuesday night to handle the primary election results. Then, it's off to Denver to watch my son get his medical degree for the remainder of the week before heading to…
Republican Sen. Mike Crapo on Monday asked 1st District GOP candidate Vaughn Ward to correct a campaign e-mail that Crapo says leaves the “inaccurate impression” Crapo has endorsed Ward. The Ward e-mail was sent Monday morning, less than 24 hours before polls open in his…
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe will dedicate a new Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. Saturday to honor all veterans who served and protected the United States. Story here. (Tribe Photo: Marc Stewart)UI drops charges of harassment, discrimination against student/Peter Bonilla, FIREFresno State coach expects Boise State…
Filipino boys use straw to blow out powder inside a plastic cup during a game at a town fiesta to celebrate the feast day of their patron saint, St. Rita, in Baclaran, Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines, Sunday. The contestant who clears the cup first…
5:56 p.m. A vehicle has crashed thru a fence @ H41 & Poleline/Post Falls.5:48 p.m. Caller reports that an iPod was stolen from his vehicle on Packsaddle/CdA.5:35 p.m. Caller reports that a runaway male and a runaway female are in the woods at Black Bay/Post…
Weekend Poll: By a bare majority, HBO poll takers said that Sarah Palin was right on Friday when she referred to the media as 'lamestream' during a campaign stop for congressional candidate Vaughn Ward in Boise. 129 of 257 respondents (50%) said Palin was right.…
I just got off the phone w/County Clerk Dan English, who reports that the absentee ballots are coming in steadily today. But he shares my opinion that there's widespread apathy this year, despite key races that will be decided in the primary election -- Idaho…
Let’s examine those comics, shall we? I’ve noticed that a few of the strips in the Missoulian have not only lost their edge over the last couple years, but have become cutesy to the point of making me violently ill. The worst offender is Rose…
Did Vaughn Ward crib Barack Obama's speech, too? Listen for yourself.
The unregistered political group “Idaho Citizens for Justice” has now filed an independent expenditure report with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office showing it’s spent $28,000 in the past two weeks against Judge John Bradbury and in favor of Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick,…
Anne Kosel, 1, center, sits between her brothers Alan, 3, left, and Tim, 5, as they are pulled by their father, Zach, in East Bremerton, Wash. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)Question: I'm the second of 6 children and the 1st boy among my siblings. Where…
One of the most unfortunate aspects of Safeway’s recent remodel of their Midtown Coeur d’Alene store was the sudden disappearance of the old sign at the corner of 3rd and Miller which proudly proclaimed “Serving Coeur d’Alene Since 1938”. Still, Judgment Day must eventually come…
An empty flagpole standing in the middle of Kellogg’s Memorial Park symbolizes a months-long dispute between veterans and city leaders that has escalated into recall petitions being filed against the mayor and all six City Council members. The flagpole formerly displayed both the American flag…
Likewise, today you hear people dismissing the new electronic book readers, saying things like, "I'll never use one or those. I like the touchy feely tactile sense of a substantial book in my hand with my fingers fondling paper." Yes, and people way back in…
Chuck Bryant handles a deer skull and antlers as Jason Simonsen makes the rounds with him at the annual Elk Fest and antler auction in Jackson Hole, Wyo. on Saturday. The gathering draws buyers who bid on shed antlers collected by boy scouts from the…
CindyH: Found a small boy wandering down the middle of Lincoln Road (on Sunday). Some guys had stopped but the boy kept running. We stopped and the boy ran to me. He was autistic and couldn't tell us his name. Called 911-- he'd been reported…
Noonish: A mother, her daughter, and her daughter's boyfriend are arguing in 2200 block of Spokane/Post Falls.11:59 a.m. Female is in KCSD lobby to report a battery.11:48 a.m. Juvenile probation reports that a teen boy has run away rather than show up for an appointment…
"I was pleasantly surprised when I checked on the broccoli plants today...some are beginning to form heads. Granted, we only have a few plants that are mature but still it's exciting to see the garden begin to shape up"/Sunny, Bent's Beer Garden. More here.One-and-a-half of…
Dustin Hurst (re: words of advice as he launches into the "happily ever after" of his marriage): Thanks for the advice everyone! We are two days in and still standing. I should be on my honeymoon right now, but due to the primary elections, we…
This image provided by the National Baseball Hall of Fame shows Rockford Peaches' Dorothy Kamenshek. Kamenshek, a former star of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who helped inspire the lead character in the movie "A League of their Own," died last Monday, May 17,…
On Facebook, OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho reposted this from Bella Rose Cafe on Sherman/downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday: "Thanks for 5 great years of business. Today will be the last day in business. We are looking forward to the new owners opening June 1." Adds OTV:…
But when the entire island story line we had been following for six seasons turned out not to matter very much within the internal organization of the show’s narrative — to be largely disconnected from that final quasi-religious resolution of the plot — it was…
Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., celebrate Saturday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Question: Do you have someone near and dear graduating in the next few weeks? Or already graduated this spring? Wanna brag?
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.
