The old green warehouse along NW Blvd adjacent to Memorial Field is nothing but a couple of piles of cinderblocks and concrete this morning. You wouldn't know something had been there on Friday. City Administrator Wendy Gabriel told me moments ago that the city has…
Sgt. First Class Lisa Young of the 1048th Army National Guard Transportation Co. of Stratford, from Bristol, Conn., looks for family during a send-off at the William A. O’Neill Armory in Hartford, Conn., today. Nearly 230 Connecticut National Guard soldiers are headed to Afghanistan to…
"It’s really not right what (Idaho) is doing to its players in letting them get beat so they can get a paycheck" -- WSU linebackers coach (and former Post Falls High football coach) Jeff Choate, in interview of VarsityCDA.com. Full interview.
Certain types of tattoos - including those done with yellow or blue ink, or older and bigger tattoos - are harder to remove than others using traditional laser treatment, a new study suggests. But even smaller tattoos done with black ink can take multiple years…
5:29 p.m. ISPer reports tag he put on disabled vehicle on I-90/MP 409 (Setters) has been removed. 5:05 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Sept. 17-18 here. 4:34 p.m. Man in teal Chevy pickup w/tool box reportedly displayed gun and later threatened caller…
Five-year-old Yanelys Lopez holds onto Sadie Isabella, her toy dog as she spent some time at Central Bark dog park in Coeur d'Alene today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Ex-Olympian Rulon Gardner's latest setback: bankruptcy/AP Kellogg man to face trial in 2011 vehicle fatality/Shoshone NP Idaho's…
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation Monday restricting protests at funerals, a year after vetoing a similar bill due to concerns over free speech. The law is designed to target the Westboro Baptist Church, a group that has provoked national outrage by picketing soldiers'…
The Idaho ACLU says its ongoing lawsuit over the state's attempts to outlaw the “Occupy Boise” protest vigil from state property across from the state Capitol has turned up a multi-agency law enforcement plan dubbed “Operation De-Occupy Boise.” The group says the plan called for…
Kootenai County Republican Party Chairman Neil Oliver skips the "Reagan Jelly Beans" and goes straight for the coffee, Saturday night after the Annual Reagan Republican Victory Dinner. They were actually "Jelly Belly" jelly beans carefully selected the Reagan Republicans for their connection to Ronald Reagan.…
When Richard Peterson and Jeff Jenkins interact, anyone watching can tell that for a couple of 18-year-olds, they go way back. As Jeff watched Richard play a friendly game of chess Friday at a downtown coffeehouse, the pair engaged in the friendly kind of kidding…
At The Slice blog HQ, Paul Turner has a pressing problem: The company that makes the salsa we've been using at my house for years must be under bold new leadership. Because, in short order, they apparently tampered with the recipe in a disastrous way.…
The number of obese adults is set to increase dramatically in the United States over the next two decades, triggering an avalanche of related and costly health conditions, according to a new study. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Trust for America's Health partnered…
The suspect in the possible armed robbery is seen entering the Tesoro service station @ 23rd and Sherman Avenue shortly before midnight Monday. The suspect, wearing a white baseball cap under a black hoodie tied at the neck, also fits the description of the man…
A young ballerina looks at the statue "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" by Degas at the Museum of Fine Arts earlier today in Montreal. The museum will be exhibiting an impressionist art show featuring Degas, Gauguin and Monet among others on loan from the Clark Museum.…
Wayne Hammon, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's budget chief for the past five and a half years, is resigning Sept. 28 to become executive director of the Idaho Associated General Contractors. Hammon, who heads Otter's Division of Financial Management, wrote in his resignation letter, “After serving…
A federal judge has denied the motion for a new trial for convicted former Spokane Police officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. (pictured). Thompson’s lawyer Carl Oreskovich argued on Aug. 31 that Thompson should receive a new trial because federal prosecutors hid information from the defense…
Lee: It’s a good thing this game is at CdA for the Vikings. If this game were being played in the armpit of Idaho – read Pocatello – then I’d take Ram tough Highland. But I’m picking the Viks to bounce back after that difficult…
In an Q-and-A interview with Ryan Collingwood/VarsityCDA, Jeff Choate, a former Post Falls High football coach who now coaches linebackers at Washington State, said: I think Idaho prep football has really improved, and a lot of that has carried over from Boise State’s success. As…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy recounts a conversation with son Sam: "Last night Sam was sitting next to me. He looked at my hair. "Remember when I used to yank out your gray hairs?" he asked. "Yeah, why?" "Well. I can't do that anymore. You've…
Using a Tax Foundation map of the United States, David A. Graham of The Atlantic is reporting that 47 percent of Americans don't pay income tax. Idaho is among the 10 states with the highest amount of non-income-tax payers. In his now infamous comments re:…
12:21 p.m. Undisclosed utility problem reported in 4100 block of N15th/CdA. 11:56 a.m. Undisclosed threat reported from 1900 block of N9th/CdA. 11:42 a.m. Man wants to see deputy re: suspicious items he found in camp in woods. 11;34 a.m. 53YO man hit head hard when…
On Wednesday, September 5th, the Oregon Duck announced his candidacy for the President of the United States of America. The Duck made his official announcement in a brief press conference at the University of Oregon’s Casanova Center in Eugene, Oregon, through the help of translator…
Monday Poll: Almost two-thirds of Hucks Nation prefers former Republican legislator Dean Haagenson to four other candidates in the North Idaho College horse race for Seat C to replace retiring Trustee Ron Vieselmeyer. Haagenson (76 of 120, 63.33%) received almost three times as many votes…
Ah, McEuen Field doesn't look like it did 10 days ago. You can follow the work on McEuen Field by clicking onto the webcam provided by the city of Coeur d'Alene, which refreshes every 5 minutes. Click here.
Republican Rep. Raul Labrador told me Monday that he wants to help Mitt Romney as he appears on the most important Spanish-language media in the country Wednesday night, but won't do so if he can't get back to Capitol Hill in time for Thursday's votes.…
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.