Who wants to go the movies? This week’s news quiz will send one lucky entrant and a guest to a local cinema. And if you finish atop the leaderboard, a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel could be yours. You can take the News…
Hostess Brands Inc. won interim approval from a bankruptcy judge to shut down and take steps to sell the Twinkie maker’s assets after mediation with its bakers’ union failed to resolve a contract dispute, leaving more than 18,000 jobs at risk. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert…
As I was walking along the waterfront during the noon hour, I heard one of the ESPN1080 announcers wonder about relationships. While discussing the New York Jets, he paused and said something to the effect: "What if we paid as much attention to the relationships…
Renata McLeod, soon-to-be new Coeur d'Alene city clerk, provided this draft of the minutes from the City Council meeting Tuesday night re: new education organization: Amy Evans, 717 B Street, introduced the Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership group. The group includes Lisa Overby and Chris Meyer.…
SR photographer Kathy Plonka snapped this photo of a vehicle that was hit by a train this morning at the railroad crossing north of Chase & Poleline on Rathdrum Prairie. No further information was available. 11:38 a.m. Officer at KMC ER reports former bus passenger…
I listened to Joe & Kerri interviewing ex-convict Bobby Wilhelm about the debut of his book, "Bobby Convict," on KVNI1080 this morning. Here's what Kerri wrote on KVNI Facebook page: "It's an incredible true tale of crime, drugs and the culture and history of Kootenai…
This thread about five Coeur d'Alene department heads taking early retirement has gone sideways. You can gripe all you want about high salaries for department heads -- and I do consider them too high -- but that shouldn't take away from the quality represented by…
Tuesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation says the Declo teacher in the infamous face-painting incident should be fired. 66 of 135 respondents (48.89%) took that position. 26 of 135 (19.26%) said she should be put on probation for allowing underachieving students to have their…
A tea party group based in Billings has launched digital petitions asking the White House to allow Montana to secede from the United States and create its own new government. Similar efforts began in all 50 states after the President Barack Obama’s victory earlier this…
In the Coeur d'Alene Press, reporter Maureen Dolan columnizes about slow drivers, after following an elderly driver going 10 miles under the posted speed limit: I wonder how many times someone has gone through this sort of mental exercise while driving behind me on Fourth…
Eighth-grader Alex Henderson participated in a “chilling” lab at Woodland Middle School in Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday that stressed the importance of keeping meat out of the danger zone that is 40 degrees to 140 degrees. The middle-schoolers are learning about food-borne illness and basic…
The photos on the left show Carol Williams the night of her beating. The photo at the right was taken this week. Zane Tewalt will be sentenced Friday for the attack on the St. Maries woman. (Courtesy: St. Maries Gazette Record) Story from last week's…
If the state government’s goal for owning liquor stores is the promotion of temperance, Idaho’s liquor agency is kind of awful at it. Really awful. Sales are up. Income is up. Drinking is up. And now, the state liquor agency wants to spend some money…
The City Council on Tuesday approved a set of separation packages for five retiring department heads, a move that will save the city at least $145,000 over the next two fiscal years. Recreation Director Steve Anthony, Parks Director Doug Eastwood (pictured), Police Chief Wayne Longo,…
In this AP file photo, Frankie Lee, the first in a line of several hundred shoppers at a Wal-Mart in Oakland, Calif., rubs his eyes shortly before the store opens at 5 a.m. If the economic downturn has taught retailers anything, it’s that a 50…
All is ready for your Thanksgiving feast. The turkey’s thawing in the refrigerator, the sweet potatoes are washed, and the pies are cooling on the racks. But what about the wine? Red or white? Dry or sweet? Sparkling or not? These questions can vex even…
Sleep in. Stay home. Take the dog for a walk. Read a book. Watch TV. Pick hunks of turkey off the carcass, standing in the kitchen in your sock feet, fridge door open. Sleep in. Stay home. Take in a football game. There might be…
Item: County OKs facility expansion plan/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The plan offers four different options for new structures and remodeling: The first would cost $28.3 million, the second $34.9 million, the third $36.4 million and the final $42.6 million. Some proposals include…
I had to deal with a computer problem upon arrival for work today. It seems to be fixed now. Regularly programming to resume ...
I received a text from my brother early this morning. I didn't have to open it to know exactly what he wrote: "Happy birthday, you old fart." Same thing every year for as long as I can remember. You get to do that, I suppose,…
Meadow Poplawsky plays her flute in Friendship Square on Thursday in Moscow. Poplawsky is playing in the Macy’s Great American Marching Band during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Estelle Gwinn story for Moscow-Pullman Daily News here. (Moscow-Pullman Daily News photo: Dean…
When my sons were 8 and 9, they were in Boy Scouts and we had the annual bake sale/raffle, Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I remember this day very well. I had $6.00 to my name and knew I couldn't possibly afford a turkey and all the…
5:43 p.m. Unconscious male reported in parking lot in 9100 block of F Street/Worley. 5:29 p.m. Shawn reports suspicious blue Jeep w/broken window an male inside in 1700 block of Marigold/Hayden. 5:09 p.m. Post Falls EMTs responding to 43YO female who has gashed her arm.…
Brad Case, executive chef for Fedora Pub and Grille, moves a tray of roast turkey from the oven to a prep area of the kitchen Monday during his shift. The restaurant is hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner for the community on Thursday from 11 a.m.…
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