Sunday is my 28th anniversary with The Spokesman-Review. I started on Sept. 9, 1984, covering a labor dispute between the Coeur d'Alene School Board and the Coeur d'Alene Education Association. I was a local government reporter for 9 years; an editorial writer for 13 years,…
Kaiti Frickey gets off the flat bed part of the semi trailer truck that stopped at Post Falls Friday afternoon en route to Silverwood, carrying a much-traveled giant potato. She is an ambasador for the Famous Idaho Potato Tour, sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission,…
On her Facebook wall, Maryellen Livingston Garasky posts: "Was on the phone with the Associate Superintendent of Schools (Matthew Handleman of the Coeur d'Alene School District) today and -- just before hanging up -- I told him I loved him. I've met him exactly twice.…
Just don't call them Trekkies. Many fans of the original "Star Trek" series prefer to be called Trekkers, and they know everything about its intricacies. From the shape-shifting creature featured in the first TV episode on Sept. 8, 1966, to the last episode on June…
Sun Valley native Muffy Davis won gold Friday at the 2012 Paralympics in London. She competed in her second of three handcycling events, winning her second gold medal in as many tries. Story here. (Photo: Paralympics) Schweitzer unveils upgrade plans/Bonner County Bee Man shot by…
5:54 p.m. KCSD releases report suspecting suicide/arson in death of individual found in burning building at 2525 Searchlight Lane area of Wolf Creek Road area this afternoon. News release here. 5:33 p.m. Kidd Island Bay resident wants marine deputy to tell boater to reduce music…
Dennis Mansfield said it on Facebook: Sometimes I walk around thinking things that SOMEONE else has GOT to be thinking. Take for example this: Why has the race for the Presidency shed it's business coat? Seriously, both nominees often just wear shirts with no ties,…
A Canadian-Ukrainian artist Taras Polataiko looks on at one of the Ukrainian women, dressed in white wedding gowns, who take turns sleeping on display in the museum for a couple of hours every day during his new art project called 'Sleeping Beauties' in The National…
Escapee wrote a thought-provoking post on the life, death and fatal decision of former KOMO/Seattle news anchor Kathi Goertzen this week. In his Atmospheric Ruminations post, Escapee contended that the popular anchor could have saved herself with radical surgery early on, that would have knocked…
Paul Turner at The Slice blog offers a glimpse from the 1960s that has pertinence today -- newspaper Publisher Barry White of "Superman" fame wondering how to boost newspaper circulation. (www.sacomics.blogspot.com) Question: You be the editor. What could newspapers do today to boost circulation?
From The Slice blog, Paul Turner posts: During a certain long-ago era, almost every family had a kid who wanted to watch something other than “Lawrence Welk.” And this impatient youth invariably would express his or her disdain for what was on the screen by…
I look in the mirror and quite startled I stare at the strange older gent who’s now living in there. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
The Great Big Idaho Potato Truck will visit Post Falls on its way to Silverwood Theme Park and then across the country. This super-sized "Idaho Spud” is 28-foot long, 12-foot wide and 11-and-a-half foot tall. It was built in honor of the Idaho Potato Commission’s…
This election year, hot nationally, is a down cycle for Idaho. Politically, that is, in a way that has nothing to do with specific parties or candidates. This is a year when relatively little on the state level is on the ballot - no governor…
I'm not a pack rat by any means. But I like to jam my office spaces -- home and at work -- w/memorabilia and toys. My folks didn't have much money when I was growing up. So toys were sparse. We made do by using…
For the next several months, I expect Obamacare to dominate public policy discussions both nationally and on a state level. Regardless of the outcome of the November election, state lawmakers will still be faced with two questions: First, should the state implement a health insurance…
A new program being used by the Kellogg High School football and soccer teams called Impact looks to help diagnose concussion victims and ensure those who are concussed don't return too early and risk further brain damage. Cory Lewis, a physical therapist at Shoshone Medical…
Larry Kmetz thumbs through some of more prized vinyl albums Aug. 29 in the basement of his Coeur d'Alene home. Kmetz, who scours thrift stores for 45s and LPs, owns up to 30,000 records. Story here. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Shawn Gust) DFO: Yeah, I…
12:26 p.m. Caller reports approximate 3YO girl wandering by herself @ Dalton & 15th/CdA. 12:24 p.m. Traffic backing up as lights malfunction @ H95 & Hayden Avenue. 12:18 p.m. Female at KMC claims she was battered in holdup attempt in Super 1 lot. 11:49 a.m.…
"I'm not better off than I was four years ago. I used to be younger" -- SR columnist Shawn Vestal, via Twitter.
On Thursday night, I listened to President Barack Obama with one issue in mind: the federal debt. I didn’t come away convinced. Here’s the key quote from his speech to the Democratic National Convention, an appeal for a consensus-based deficit-cutting solution: “I’m still eager to…
Thursday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation oppose any attempt by the Coeur d'Alene School Board to force all students in district, K-12, to wear school uniforms. 62 of 118 respondents (52.54%) oppose the idea. 51 of 118 respondents (43.22%) support it. 5 (4.24%) are…
In a subsequent comment, NIC Trustee/police spokeswoman Christie Wood adds a noteworthy comment why she decided to quit the local Republican Party: My point is that it is not fun anymore. Instead of working to better our community or Country together we are ripping each…
The problem has haunted Rebecca Harris all her life, she said. She didn't always know that her lashing out at family and strangers was a defense mechanism, one linked to mental health issues. "I remember as a kid, being extremely lonely. I got really good…
Mark Beaugrand stands outside his house in Post Falls Thursday, Aug. 6, 2012 and wonders what happened to his friend Ed Gover, who was shot by Spokane Valley police officers Wednesday in Spokane Valley. Gover grew up around Beaugrand and his younger brother in central…
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.
