The city’s nominee for police chief is engaged to a woman he supervised in his previous job as public safety director in Indianapolis, a relationship that wouldn’t be allowed under Spokane city policies. Frank Straub confirmed his engagement to Amber Myers, the chief of Animal…
100 free concerts 54 food vendors = 255 menu items = 37,000,000 calories (I'm estimating here) 3 adult beverage gardens The best people watching of the year You know what time it is, Spokane! Click here for a list of menu items (Handy! But let's…
NASA scientists named the Curiosity touch-down area Bradbury Landing after writer Ray Bradbury, seen on screen, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday. Newser) – Ray Bradbury's criticism of the government got him investigated by the FBI in the 1960s as a…
RATHDRUM - Annual field burning on the Rathdrum Prairie got off to a smokey start on Tuesday afternoon, but state officials were confident evening winds would carry away lingering smoke. About 220 acres of Kentucky bluegrass in the area of Lancaster and Huetter roads were…
Penn State football fans will no longer be singing "Sweet Caroline" while cheering on their Nittany Lions, according to university officials. Neil Diamond's classic song, often sung at sporting events and particularly at Boston Red Sox baseball games, has been rotated out of the playlist…
Idaho Department of Fish and Game veterinarian Mark Drew bandages the paws of "Boo Boo," a bear cub that was found Sunday night by firefighters battling the Mustang Fire near Salmon, Idaho, at the Garden Valley U.S. Forest Ranger Station in Garden Valley, Idaho, Tuesday,…
Innkeeper John Hough, left, jokes with guests at breakfast last Thursday at the Roosevelt Inn in Coeur d'Alene. What happens when a couple of Idaho innkeepers invite a British chef named Gordon Ramsay to come stay a few nights at their hotel? All hell breaks…
Todd Conery, left, explains the uses of a vertical mill to his son, Grant, as they tour the engineering design and automation department at the Kootenai Technical Education Campus on Tuesday on the Rathdrum Prairie. Grant is enrolled in the program. Since she was in…
First this: Three people were injured in a head-on collision around 10 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. Highway 95 in Kootenai County. Jedidiah Heath, 22 , of Spokane, was driving a 1996 Toyota 4 Runner south on the highway near Garwood Road when he crossed the…
TAMPA, Fla. – Mitt Romney officially gained a historic presidential nomination Tuesday night, as Republicans tried to steer national attention toward their storm-shortened convention and a tight fall race against President Barack Obama. The former Massachusetts governor became the first Mormon to be nominated for…
After nearly three decades of talking and planning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to begin cleaning up mining waste in the upper Coeur d’Alene River Basin next year. The EPA on Tuesday released its final version of a $635 million, 30-year plan to…
A $32.7 million bond measure to renovate some of the oldest schools in the Coeur d’Alene School District was embraced by voters tonight. The measure, which requires a two-thirds supermajority to pass, received 71 percent yes votes. “I’m very, very excited that this looks like…
The Kootenai County Elections Department has announced the following results with over 96% of the total votes counted: The Coeur d'Alene School District #271 has passed it's bond measure with 71.64% of the vote. The district needed 66.66% to succeed. The Lakeland School District has…
Checking in from Midtown Meeting Center, which is full of CdA School District 271 folks. Early returns show 46% of the entire county reporting. At this time: CdA SD 271 bond is passing with 70.13% yes Lakeland SD is at 52 of the 55% needed…
Derek Reese, of the Washington Air National Guard, holds his 3-year-old son, Ryan, and his wife, Michelle, after landing at Fairchild Air Force Base on Monday. Reese was deployed to Afghanistan for six months and was among some 30 airmen returning home. Tyler Tjomsland photo…
I'm afraid duty calls. Expect light blogging this afternoon. I've been asked to write a feature for Alaska Airlines inflight magazine about what makes Spokane a great destination for a couple's getaway. As part of the assignment my husband and I will partake of a…
You probably have at least a few people on your Twitter or Facebook friends list that you'd consider "crazy," and a new study by Florida Atlantic University and the Online Privacy Foundation says you might be right. According to the researcher's results, simply using certain…
Mike Leach, the former Texas Tech coach who brings an impressive resume and the notable “Air Raid” offense with him to Washington State, has his players’ attention in his first season in Pullman. Paul Turner posted this on his Slice blog: “College football is a…
An anonymous customer at a Denny's restaurant decided to voluntarily pay for the meals of all her fellow diners. "People thought we were joking. She didn't want anybody to know she paid and then she left," Carol Kronberger, a waitress at a location near Sacramento,…
COEUR d'ALENE - A rally honoring the 379 wolves killed in Idaho during the 2011-2012 wolf hunt is set for 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Sherman at Coeur d'Alene City Park. It will feature live music, guest speakers, refreshments and a trap-release workshop…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, shown at an Idaho Wind Partners event in Bliss, Idaho, has touted Idaho as a magnet for alternative energy projects. What a difference a few years make. In 2007, the Idaho Legislature unanimously passed and the governor approved House Bill 189…
COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a Coeur d’Alene man convicted in 2010 of fondling two young girls at his home. The judges upheld a lower court decision awarding Robert Critchfield, 37, a new trial because the…
Hey football fans: The Mike Leach era is upon us, and to mark the occasion we're giving away four tickets to the EWU-WSU football game -- plus a parking pass -- on Sept. 8 in Pullman. Simply take this week's news quiz, and you'll be…
Daniel Woods sits atop a bedspread he made. Had a wild day yesterday what with deadlines, interviews and blogsitting. At 5 PM, I logged off the computer and was chatting with my kids when I realized I hadn't even made the bed. Throughout our married…
Moving this up to remind you there's still time to vote. Christa will be posting the results as they come in tonight. Coeur d'Alene School District officials and supporters are hoping many of the votes on this week's Press poll came from outside the district.…
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.
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