Jesse Tinsley photo. Hairy host: Lisa Donnelly, of Reno, Nev., gives Rohan a kiss before departing the Roosevelt Inn in Coeur d’Alene on Thursday with her motorcycling group. Rohan lives at the bed and breakfast, and many guests, like Donnelly, bond with the affectionate mascot…
Drove home last night into the setting sun and drove to work this morning into the rising sun. I much prefer to witness the sun set. As I drove east on 1-90 at 6:30 AM it appeared that the entire population of CDA and Post…
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson throws a second-half touchdown pass to Tyrell Sutton on Saturday. SEATTLE – Patience in the pocket can be considered a virtue for a quarterback. It’s not the way coach Pete Carroll has approached rookie Russell Wilson’s NFL introduction, though. The…
Took the kids to a movie at the quaint Roxy Theater in Newport, WA last week. At gentleman a few rows behind us said quite loudly, "Unless he's bleeding from the eyes, he's faking." We got the giggles. Care to speculate on what his conversation…
NPR reports Jerry Nelson, who voiced many characters on Sesame Street for more than 40 years, has died. Nelson is perhaps best known because he brought Count von Count, the purple, friendly vampire, to life. Madalit del Barco filed this obituary for our Newscast unit:…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The state's lieutenant governor was ticketed for speeding on U.S. Highway 95 in northern Idaho. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports state police ticketed Lt. Gov. Brad Little early Wednesday for speeding between Lewiston and Moscow. Latah County court records show Little…
Two University of Colorado professors, one from Boulder and one from Denver, have put together an Electoral College forecast model to predict who will win the 2012 presidential election and the result is bad news for Barack Obama. The model points to a Mitt Romney…
LochNesse on August 24 at 10:26 a.m. Wages are so low here in CDA they are self-defeating to all occupations and people who work hard for a living. When will the bussinessmen learn, or government intervene? Agree or disagree. If you agree, what's to be…
We had friends out for a bbq at the lake. When it was time to make S'mores for dessert my friends found these square marshmallows all kinds of wrong. They are staunch conservative so I teased them by saying, "These are Obama marshmallows. The president…
Tweets to tickle the funny bone. My mom says the only sense God gave me is a sense of humor. This week: Vacation wrap up, goats in the cabin, things my sons says and pulling to the right. Friday Funnies.
There are those who are ready to follow the GPS in their car to the ends of the Earth – literally. A man intently following the instructions of his GPS after leaving a ferry early Thursday made a sharp right turn and drove into the…
The Board of Trustees for the Coeur d'Alene School District has directed the Superintendent to run a $32.7 million school bond on Tuesday, Aug. 28 to provide major renovations to five of our most aging schools as well as security and technology upgrades across our…
Digger on Another day, another political sex scandal on August 23 at 8:30 p.m. 16 should be the legal age of consent for relationships; 18 should be the legal age to vote and drink beer. Hell with this 21 crap. Agree or disagree?
ATLANTA – A 50-year-old gorilla who became a beloved figure at Zoo Atlanta after spending several decades in a Washington state department store has died, zoo officials said Tuesday. Ivan, a male western lowland gorilla, never regained consciousness after he was put under general anesthesia…
BOISE – A young girl whose custody case was ultimately decided by the Idaho Supreme Court traveled to Mexico earlier this week to begin living with a father she had never met before. Maria Ramirez, 3, flew to Mexico on Monday and was handed over…
WASHINGTON – The Navy SEAL who wrote an account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden under a pseudonym was identified Thursday as Matt Bissonnette, who retired from the Navy last summer. Bissonnette was first identified by Fox News. One current and one former…
Kina Aikau, 7, center, checks out the contents of the new backpack she received from the Spokane Salvation Army on Thursday. Santana McCullough was quiet but deliberate as he pushed aside the red and blue backpacks for one in olive green during the Salvation Army’s…
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - A 21-year-old man who refused to turn off his video camera in the Kootenai County courthouse ended up running afoul of court officers and was tased, cuffed and booked into the jail. His original crime? Riding his bicycle at night without…
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong said Thursday night he is finished fighting a barrage of drug charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, putting his unprecedented string of seven Tour de France titles at risk along with his legacy as one of the greatest cyclists in…
NEW YORK — New York City officials say at least four people have been shot outside the Empire State Building and that the gunman is dead. A witness says the gunman was firing indiscriminately. City police say at least four people have been wounded in…
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.
