Parting Shot -- 5.9.11
The elite women's start at the Triathlon World Cup ITU event in Monterey, Mexico, on Sunday. (AP Photo/International Triathlon Union, Rich Cruse)
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
Wild Card/Monday -- 5.9.11 5
Despite the continued lousy weather over the weekend, I got a number of honey-do's accomplished -- and enter the week with a fairly open agenda. I don't like to carry baggage from a previous week into a new one. Here's hoping KXLY's Kris Crocker has…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 5.9.11
5:31 p.m. Smell of smoke & smoldering in Dumpster No. 5 @ Sunup Bay Road/Worley. 5:30 p.m. .22-caliber shells are lying all over H41 @ M/P 12.5 (Twin Lakes Road). 5:26 p.m. Caller reports a possible unattended death in 3000 block of Government Way/CdA. 4:58…
PM: Luna Recall Signatures Adding Up 2
Kyle Colyer, juding in the fitting and showing competition, of Bruneau, Idaho, watches as young people lead steers around the show ring Friday at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center barns. The show, which brought together dozens of…
APhoto Of The Day -- 5.9.11 10
A horse gives birds a free ride in Trinidad, Calif. on Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Times-Standard, Josh Jackson) Top Cutline: 1. Nelly neighs to her buddies, “I don’t know if it’s ‘three birds on a rump are better than two in a…
Stensgar, Abraham Win Tribe Terms
Ernie Stensgar and John Abraham (being sworn in above) received the most votes in Saturday’s tribal council election, earning them each three-year terms on the council. Coeur d’Alene Tribe Chairman Chief Allan, who has been Chairman since 2005, was unanimously reappointed Chairman Monday morning by…
North Idaho Blogs -- 5.9.11 3
Here's today's confession. I watch reality tv. And I let my kids watch reality tv. We watch it together. We watch The Amazing Race, American Idol, Deadliest Catch, and Survivor every week. Josh and I watch So You Think You Can Dance when it's on.…
Fortune Cookie: Hit The Gym, Mike 5
On his Twitter account, Councilman Mike K tweets the message from his fortune cookie today: "Work on improving your exercise routine." Adds Mike: "Thanks for nothing, Panda Express." Question: Have you ever received a noteworthy fortune cookie message?
Milton Bradley Has Left The House 6
Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge, left, pulls Milton Bradley away from umpire Mike Muchlinski after Bradley was called out on strikes against the Chicago White Sox in the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday in Seattle. Bradley was ejected. Ryan Langerhans was also designated…
Boise State Blows $55K On Rapper 44
Despite waning state support for higher education during the past few years, Boise State University (BSU) found a way spend at least $55,000 to bring rapper Lupe Fiasco to perform at the Taco Bell arena Saturday for the school’s 37th annual “Spring Fling.” According to…
Stickman: Army Straightened Me Out 2
Stickman: I have never been caught for anything in my life, but as a young teen that craved attention, nobody was better than me at stealing anything in any store at any time. My sister, who was three years younger than me, was the best…
Ousted WSU Sigma Nu Returning 4
Michael Herseth, 20, Jordan Tiegs, 21, Alex Winter, 19, Matthew Burlingame, 19, and Cody Wagner, 19,are recruiting new members for the re-opened Sigma Nu fraternity at Washington State University. Story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) Question: Do you consider college fraternities and sororities valuable?
Vandals Damage Vik Baseball Field
Vandals caused approximately $1200 in damage to the Coeur d'Alene High baseball field sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. According to Vik baseball coach Nick Rook, vandals damaged a bat rack in one of the dugouts, tossed trash across the field, removed and tore…
Idaho Hoarders Seek Help 2
It's a problem that's getting growing attention here in Idaho and nationwide. People trapped in a hoarding nightmare with teems building up on every surface. In the Treasure Valley Ultra Clean cleans up the mess. They get at least two calls a month, and recently…
A Dump Run With My Gal 22
I enjoy going to the dump. I enjoy tossing out yard debris that had been stacking up in piles -- and old things that no longer are useable. There's something cleansing about the process. If I owned a pickup, I'd go to the dump more…
Press: Downtown CdA Is Food Central
Tourist season must be about here. We know about five new food places opening in downtown Coeur d'Alene. We'll try to outline them as they get close to opening. The first is Jonesy's Breakfast & Lunch, opening Wednesday at 819 Sherman Ave. The 4,000-square-foot place…
End Notes: When Names Die Off 9
The HBO Depression-era series, Mildred Pierce, along with the release last week of the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 baby names of 2010 got me thinking to the way names die off, too. One of my mom's closest friends, and an important mom from my…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 5.9.11
11:50 a.m. Caller reports older pickup w/kids aboard is reckless & speeding on s/b H95 & Hanley/CdA. 11:35 a.m. Post Falls High administrators want to see an officer re: a drug situation. 11:20 a.m. Caller wants to speak to an officer re: hit-and-run @ Ramsey…
America's 1st Full-Face Transplant 1
This three-photo combination shows Dallas Wiens, the recipient of the first full face transplant in the United States. On the right, a 2008 Wiens family photo provided by Brigham and Women's Hospital, shows Wiens with his daughter Scarlette prior to an electrical accident that disfigured…
Major Ben's Weekly Warrant List
Four Washington men have surfaced at the top of the class of Major Ben Wolfinger's weekly honor roll for felons wanted by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department on outstanding warrants. William Frederick Heavyrunner (upper left), 20, of Pasco leads the latest felony warrant list, being…
SR Wins Idaho Excellence Honors 1
Betsy Russell, Alison Boggs, and Becky Kramer led The Spokesman Review to the top general excellence honors in the Idaho Press Club daily newspaper competition for 2010 journalism work. The SR bested the Idaho Statesman and the Idaho State Journal to win the coveted competition.…
Montana Thumbs Down On Legislators 1
Our Question of the Week last week asked whether the Montana Legislature deserved a thumbs-up or a thumbs-down for its work in the recently completed session. In one of the more lopsided votes in the recent history of our unscientific online poll, 363 votes were…
INW: Canadian Alive After Ordeal 4
Penticton British Columbia, couple Albert Chretien and wife Rita are shown in this undated Royal Canadian Mounted Police handout photo. The coupe went missing en route to Las Vegas more than a month ago. Rita Chretien has been found alive Friday in a remote part…
Hucks Poll: None Of The Above 1
Weekend Poll: 61% of Hucks Nation said they preferred neither Raul Labrador or Bill Sali as their representative for the 1st Congressional District. When asked who they preferred in the 1st Congressional District office at the moment, 109 of 178 respondents voted "neither" to the…
Bin Laden Watched Obama On TV
In this image from video seized from the compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a man whom the U.S. government identifies as bin Laden watches Barack Obama on television. This and other videos released Saturday show bin Laden watching TV and…
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.