I want to start TGIFriday w/a monster hat tip to the snowplow driver who pitied me enough last night (about 10:15) to take two extra swipes at my plowed in driveway. I was halfway through 90 minutes worth of shoveling out my driveway and sidewalks…
Derrick Lonneker, right, tosses aside a part he removed from a downed power pole, as he works to repair a transmission line damaged by a falling tree near a substation earlier today in Olympia, Wash. Heavy layers of ice brought down trees and power lines…
Today is my father's birthday. Joe Nappi would be 93 if he had lived this long. He died in January 1996, just a few weeks after turning 77. He had been ill with Alzheimer's for about seven years and in a care facility the last…
5:47 p.m. Officer reports onramp @ I-90 & H41/PF is extremely slick. 5:37 p.m. Resident @ 5th & Ichabod/CdA reports 2 snowmobilers racing in street.5 5:12 p.m. Resident in Winton School area is concerned re: children sledding on hills. 4:58 p.m. Dalton Gardens resident calls…
Joe & Rose Mary Peak closed the doors to their popular Enaville Resort (Snake Pit) earlier this month, due to health problems that each of the co-owners were suffering. The Shoshone News-Press has announced that Rose Mary died earlier today. Cancer claims Snake Pit co-owner…
First off I messed up one previous post a bit as it was reported to me wrong, The Hair Zoo in Post Falls is only moving and not completely closing.The Hair Zoo beginning in Feb will be in the same neighborhood but in The Whistle…
Top Post: Just moments ago, I witnessed a two story float home on A dock at Scenic Bay Marina. It was half underwater with the snow load. When the snow turns to rain or freezing rain as forecast, we are going to see several homes…
In the Coeur d'Alene Press, local attorney Suzie Graham tells of a woman with car trouble accidentally locking her keys in her vehicle Thursday. According to the Press: The driver, Graham said, didn't jump for joy at the thought of a tow truck bill, but…
"Thanking God for the two strong strangers that helped me get unstuck this morning ... I tried to pull in to the parking lot for Jazzercise ... and didn't make it ... they helped me get free, then I parked on the street -- Bridgette…
Jonathan Wade Ellington and his girlfriend leave Kootenai County District Court during a break in the opening day of his murder trial on Thursday for a 2006 road rage incident. (SR photo: Meghann Cuniff) DFO: SR buddy Meghann Cuniff is covering the retrial of Jonathan…
Nine Idaho senators, including Assistant Majority Leader Chuck Winder, R-Boise, said they were outvoted on last week's vote on retaining Sen. John McGee, R-Caldwell, (pictured) in his No. 4 position in the Senate Republican caucus. The nine, in a statement issued Friday, said they want…
Callista Gingrich, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, reads during visit to Children's Hospital earlier today in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Question: Did an adult read to you when you were young? And/or do/did you read to your young children?
The following comment by Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko appeared on iSightonline: "On Super Tuesday, March 6th, the day of Idaho’s Republican Presidential Nomination Caucus, every county in the state will hold a County Caucus. Instead of selecting Idaho’s nominee for the GOP presidential candidate…
I just NOW heard from some friends at the capitol that there is a move by certain key GOP Senators to ask John McGee to step down from his GOP Caucus leadership position. Like within the last little bit, my insiders tell me. "C'mon John,…
Redistricting commissioners can't be removed by those who appointed them, according to an Idaho Attorney General's opinion issued today in response to an inquiry from Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa. “No mechanism exists for the removal of a Commissioner once appointed,” Deputy Attorney General…
Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman pulls the curtain back on the attempt by state Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, to move the primary election to August: "Don’t think for a minute that this has been proposed in the interest of good public policy. This is a cynical ploy.…
The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday. The company and seven of its executives were charged in a…
Shavone Hasse of Parma is removed from the podium by Idaho State Trooper Ben Comorosky after Haase's testimony was cut-off by House State Affairs Committee chairman Thomas Leortscher, who deemed it a personal attack on Friday in Boise. Occupy Boise supporters came to the Legislature…
11:49 a.m. Woman reports that neighbor is threatening to shoot husband who is plowing roadway @ Fox Haven & Valhalla/CdA. They have a history of bad blood over an easement. (Update: Husband reports hearing shots. Officer recommends woman & husband stay in house.) 11:45 a.m.…
Mr. D: People are always eager to share their complaints but so few to offer compliments. My kids got an excellent education in CDA, both have gotten their BS degrees from Idaho colleges, and one is currently getting their MA and one will start an…
AmyY: I too think we have some of the best plowers/snow plan in the country. I have noticed however, you are more likely to have less of a berm at your driveway if you’ve made an effort to shovel/plow it before the plows arrive. In…
A Utah school district decided not to select a cougar as the mascot of a new high school partly because school officials and some parents believed the word is disrespectful to women. Students in the Canyons School District named the cougar their top choice to…
Thursday Poll: 48 of 87 respondents (55.17%) said they don't want to see political primaries moved to August this year, despite Idaho Supreme Court decision this week outlawing latest redistricting plan. 32 of 87 (36.78%) said they don't mind moving the primary election to August.…
“I would prefer to stay here,” said Mark Miller, of Kingston, Idaho, along with his wife, Heidi, and their baby daughter, Naomi, during a job fair at Wallace Junior/Senior High School on Thursday. Miller works in Lucky Friday Mine’s milling operation. Becky Kramer/SR story here.…
n this April 29, 2006 photo, Etta James performs during the 2006 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. James, the feisty rhythm and blues singer whose raw, passionate vocals anchored many hits and made the yearning ballad "At Last" an enduring anthem…
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.
