Beer has entered national politics, according to the National Journal blog, Hotline on Call. Seems Jonathan Goldsmith, "the most interesting man in the world" in those ads for the Mexican beer Dos Equis, held a fundraiser for President Barack Obama. Dos Equis has a bipartisan…
Heading back from Colville, Wash., on yet another trek to discover our family heritage, I stopped for gas in Chewelah. Right smack in the middle of town was a Chevron Station at the traffic light.The only light in town. I pulled up to the pump…
British writer J.K. Rowling poses for the photographers with her new book, entitled: 'The Casual Vacancy', at the Southbank Centre in London today. The book, published by Little, Brown Book Group, is Rowling's first novel for adults. Story here. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) Question: How many…
11:59 a.m. Caller reports catching loose dog in 11800 block of Kelly Rae Drive/Hayden. 11:57 a.m. Caller reports unconscious person in 2300 block of Honeysuckle/CdA. 11:28 a.m. Crash b/n red Dodge pickup & chip truck reported @ n/b H95 & Sagle. 11:18 a.m. Wanted male…
Reagan Republican/Strategery Group candidates Todd Banducci and Paul Matthews will address the noon luncheon of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans at Fedora restaurant today. Banducci is running against incumbent North Idaho College Trustee Mic Armon, while Matthews opposes incumbent Trustee Judy Meyer, a former member…
Wednesday Poll: 106 of 168 respondents (63.1%) say that Obamacare won't lead to so "death panels" to decide patients' fitness for care. However, more than a third of the resondents (58 of 168, 34.52%) believes the new healthcare program will lead to "death panels." 4…
Traffic moves along the onramp of the $106 million Sand Creek Byway on Wednesday. New traffic volume counts obtained from the Idaho Transportation Department show that about 8,500 daily vehicles mid-week and 9,600 on Friday are using the two-mile shortcut around downtown Sandpoint. That includes…
The NFL’s regular officiating crews are back. Their return couldn’t have come soon enough for many players, coaches and fans. After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting frustration across the league and among its fans — the NFL and the officials’ union announced…
A painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci representing Mona Lisa, is displayed during a presentation in Geneva, Switzerland, today. The Mona Lisa Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Zurich, presents a painting and historical, comparative and scientific evidence, which demonstrates that there have always been…
Adam Graves has started an online petition to be delivered to the Coeur d'Alene School Board, requesting that Primary Years Programme be kept at Haydens Meadows. Graves has 127 signatures. He's seeking 1000 signatures by Monday, when the School Board will meet to decide the…
Of the three Students Come First laws, Proposition 1 doesn’t have much sizzle. It’s not as juicy as Prop 2, the teacher merit pay law, or Prop 3, the law to equip high school students with portable devices. Prop 1 deals with such matters as…
Columnists don’t write in a vacuum – though perhaps we’d meet deadlines more promptly if we did. Then again there’s no air in a vacuum, so that might complicate things, but I digress (something columnists do – a lot). In my six-plus years of columnizing…
From University of Idaho News: "Gloria Steinem (pictured), writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist, will visit the University of Idaho on Oct. 4 and 5, 2012 in honor of the Women’s Center’s 40th anniversary. Over the past 40 years, Steinem has played a pivotal role…
After her health took a sharp turn for the worse last year, Idaho cross country star Emily Paradis has had to live by two simple words - patience and perseverance. "I really struggled with it a lot. It wasn't just a physical barrier, it was…
A Valley Christian School football player’s 2009 death from brain trauma began with a concussion suffered in a game the previous week that had not fully healed, according to a lawsuit filed by his family this week. The wrongful death claim brought by the family…
Two women, both mothers in need of healing, have bonded at the start of a long journey toward recovery. They’re doing it from the refuge of the new Union Gospel Mission Center for Women and Children in Coeur d’Alene. Jan Bates, 48, is recovering from…
What if North Idaho College didn't exist? A recent economic impact study shows there would be a $164.6 million hole in the region's economy. Conducted by EMSI (Economic Modeling Specialists, Intl.), the results of the study were presented to trustees Wednesday during their regular monthly…
The proposed land swap of a historic Boy Scout camp, a plan that had garnered litigation and a scout protest march, won't be happening. The Boy Scouts of America Inland Northwest Council announced on Wednesday that the council and a luxury developer have ended discussions…
The county's switch to ongoing switch to digital frequencies may affecting my access this morning. I know that more frequencies were switched over this week. My two scanners, one of which is a digital scanner that goes through the frequencies slowly, have been almost silent.…
Nicholas Murray, Jarrod Swanson and Joey Penchoen perform tricks on the block sculpture in Riverfront Park Monday. The three love the sport called "parkour", running and performing tricks on obstacles and architectural features, which started in France. Story here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) More photos…
On Sept. 14, a fire took most everything of what Jim Houk owned. Mobile home, destroyed. Furniture, gone. Clothing, ruined. The 1979 Coeur d'Alene High School graduate and former mill worker found himself in a place he never thought possible: Homeless and broke. "It's been…
Emergency crews attend to a female who jumped from the 4th floor of the Culmstock Arms in Spokane. Assistant Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said it appears the woman barricaded her door and built a fire, then sat on it. Once she was on fire…
In an effort to alleviate Idaho’s doctor shortage, the Idaho Board of Education is asking state lawmakers to approve money to pay for five additional students to attend the University of Washington’s medical school in Seattle. Idaho, like Alaska, Montana and Wyoming, does not have…
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.