Local education will be front and center again this week, with the Coeur d'Alene School Board discussing controversial Common Core at a meeting tonight (5 o'clock, methinks). And a second trustee election forum scheduled for Tuesday, organized by Coeur d'Alene Education Partnership and conducted by…
"Coeur d'Alene is just beautiful," said Carolyn Tyler of San Jose, California as she braved the wind near Lake Coeur d'Alene earlier today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
A Facebook Friend posts: "Finally had a Voodoo Doughtnuts maple bacon bar!" Question: Have you heard of Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Ore.? Have you ever eaten a maple bacon bar?
A Facebook Friend writes: "Well. I put on a pot of rice (because I was hungry for rice) and went in to check FB ... not good. I suddenly remembered about the rice. BURNT! And my whole house stinks! Guess I'll just run to the…
5:29 p.m. Driver of black Ford F150 possible DUI pulling into McDonalds/Rathdrum from H53. 5:23 p.m. 78YO female needs lift help after fall in 1600 block of N. Harcourt/CdA. 5:19 p.m. Owner of mobile home @ 1st & Main/Hauser reports theft w/in last hour. 5:02…
North Idaho College student Georgia Eto, of Coeur d’Alene, dressed up as a mime and played chess at one of the two newly installed concrete chess tables in front of the Edminster Student Union Building Monday. Eto and other mimes/students filled the chess seats to…
At As the Lake Churns, photographer/blogger Pecky Cox posts: "It’s time to start planning for the Priest Lake Annual Kids Free Fishing Derby. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, June 8th starting at 8:00 a.m. and will end at 1:00 p.m. Kids may…
More teachers are leaving Idaho than people in other professions. That’s according to a report released earlier this month by the Idaho Department of Labor. Of people who left Idaho between 2008 and 2011, 3 percent were K-12 teachers and 4 percent were college or…
Sasha the porcupine is shown at Montana Wild, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Park's education and conservation center in Helena, Mont. WP is a firm advocate of not interfering with or humanizing wild animals, and they've rehabbed and released other porcupines. But Sasha's story…
On its Facebook wall, the Bonner County Daily Bee posts: "Does anyone find it interesting that the parking czar who is policing downtown Sandpoint for parking violations is riding a small bicycle and is not wearing a helmet? We wonder how long it will be…
Bob Fick of the Idaho Department of Labor tells Jamie Gray/KTVB that Idaho experienced the smallest in-migration (people moving into Idaho) in decades. Also, the state is gaining 60-somethings while losing 20-somethings: "We have an influx greater than it has been in the past of…
A voter in the Zone 4 race between appointed Trustee Ann Seddon and Dave Eubanks called Huckleberries to complain re: Seddon's political yard signs in his neighborhood, by the Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course. "She identifies herself as a 'Republican' in three-inche letters across the…
Opposition to Common Core academic standards is rising within Republican Party circles, but Idaho’s two Republican U.S. senators are split on the issue. And their reasoning is noteworthy as well. Sen. Mike Crapo says the Common Core question has been vetted at the state level,…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., calls this photo: "Nap Time at Mother Goose Daycare." The photo was taken in Roseburg, Oregon."
Stability at the top has emerged as a key ingredient as the State Board of Education begins its search for the next leader of the University of Idaho. When Duane Nellis departs this summer, the university will be on its sixth president - four interim…
On December 8, 2005, at one minute past midnight, Spokane smokers turned up their collars, stepped away from the bar and stood on the sidewalk, 20 feet from the doors of every pub, tavern, restaurant and bar. While they’ve been standing out there, some of…
At the LCDC strategic planning session, Mayor Sandi Bloem said good growth doesn't happen simply "organically" and called for formation of an East Sherman Avenue urban renewal district: Mayor Sandi Bloem applauded the agency's efforts in stimulating the economy and underscored that many of the…
How windy is it? Here's Kerri Thoreson (on her Facebook page) earlier today on the top level of the Coeur d'Alene Resort parking garage. Writes Kerri: "I'd guess those predicted gusts up to 50 mph are pretty accurate." SR sports scribe Greg Lee and I…
Breaking news: buzzed bicyclists could pedal around downtown Coeur d'Alene this summer. Actually, a new business venture wants to offer said cyclists the chance to do exactly that, but on an organized tour, and legal to boot. It's called The Cycle Pub - at least…
Former NFL player Herschel Walker signs Paul Kelly's shirt Saturday before the start of the 19th Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America starting at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. The 2100 mile ride to Tempe, Arizona will benefit Victory Junction, a North Carolina camp for children…
Spokesman Keith Erickson provides this information from the 2013 Lake City Development Corp. planning session: Steve Griffitts (pictured in ZoomInfo photo), president of Jobs Plus, told the board that the LCDC has provided an immeasurable impact on the job market over the past 15 years.…
11:33 a.m. Someone may be suffering stroke @ Dirne Clinic, 1090 Park Place, CdA. 11:16 a.m. Male on Fairmont Loop/CdA suffering psychological episode. May have fired shots at imaginery people. He's now in basement of home after female took a gun away from him. 10:51…
On his Regan for Trustee Facebook page, Brent Regan tells of a political sign being pilfered within 48 hours after he put it out. But Regan sign pilferers shoud beware. In 2010, the trustee/inventor built a few, tiny, camouflaged cameras w/motion sensing for a candidate…
In what top-10 ranking does Boise join nine other much-larger cities from across the nation, from the San Francisco metro area (No. 1) to Seattle-Tacoma (2), Philadelphia (3), New York City and Washington D.C. (tied for 4), Baltimore (6), Boston (7), Portland (8) and San…
www.psychologicalperspectives.webs.com Paul Turner of The Slice blog offers tongue-in-cheek reasons why journalists enter professon: A) To work in a profession where you don't have to pass state-sanctioned tests to demonstrate competence. B) To meet sexy male editors. C) So pseudonymous online readers could dump self-impressed…
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.
