So did you like the premiere of "Downton Abbey's" Season 3 last night. My wife, four friends & I did. I got hooked on the series after the second season finished by purchasing the entire first two seasons. The series is my guilty pleasure. I…
A worker tries to keep walking paths clear of snow at the U.S. Bank building in downtown Boise, following a snow fall on Monday. (AP Photo: Darin Oswald) 2 survivors of Oregon bus crash file suit/AP Gov. Otter's State of the State address/Coeur d'Alene Press…
If it’s a major-office Idaho elected official, it’s a “conservative Republican,” for whatever that may mean. (Republican, as a party member, is at least specific enough.) But is it possible to make more precise distinctions? The New Years Day vote on the Biden-McConnell proposal is…
5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Jan. 6-7 here. 5:06 p.m. A disabled semi & trailer is partly blocking e/b I-90/MP 15 (Sherman Avenue). 4:41 p.m. Bobbi from Montana wants to speak to a deputy re: her stolen, recovered car. 4:34 p.m.…
Marinnae Love/Slight Detour spotted these tracks in the snow & had an epiphahy here. Giddy/Tumblewords Long-term battery/Fort Boise Father Riffle/The Johnson Post Ham and beans/Stebbijo's Place Visiting grandbaby No. 17/Bay Views The coming year/From A Simple Mind How independent on K-12?/Randy Stapilus It was not…
Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk, center, celebrates with teammates after Gonzaga defeate Santa Clara 81-74 in an NCAA college basketball game Saturday in Santa Clara, Calif. See Jim Meehan's "day-after" story below.(AP Photo/Ben Margot) Featured blog: Paul Turner/The Slice blog posts that there are 2 kinds of…
On her Facebook page, Rose Backs of Coeur d'Alene discusses what she saw while sitting in the parking lot of Coeur d'Alene's Fred Meyer Friday: "A man pulls in and is waiting for a spot close to the door to open. He is blocking a…
Former Idaho Gov. Phill Batt acknowledges the applause from in the House Chambers before Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter delivered his State of the State address to a joint session of the Idaho Legislature in the House Chambers at the Idaho Statehouse today in Boise.…
On his blog today, long-time Idaho Statesman opinionator Kevin Richert announced that he was leaving the newspaper to joing the Idaho Education News: "I’ve saved my toughest column for last. I am stepping down as Statesman editorial page editor, to take a writing position with…
In her Facebook wall, Cindy writes about shoveling snow in the Spokane Valley today: The good news: I made it safely to Spokane Valley. The bad news: My snow-shovelers are at home. The good news: I got a great workout, flinging that wet, heavy snow…
The Coeur d'Alene Police Department and Coeur d'Alene School District issued the joint statement moments ago: "Area schools are back in session today after a holiday break. Administrators and teachers are working diligently to return a sense of normalcy to the buildings after the recent…
Another Jesse Tinsley/SR aerial photo from the weekend -- of Tubbs Hill on the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene.
On his Facebook wall, Bubblehead writes that he's "excited about the Idaho legislative session; I'm especially looking forward to seeing which TEA Party legislator will be the one to introduce the inevitable bill to secede from the Union. I'm guessing Sen. Nuxoll of 'I don't…
Education policy in the wake of the voter-rejected “Students Come First” laws is a hot-button issue as this year’s legislative session convenes, and Gov. Butch Otter had some strong things to say about it in his State of the State message. “I do NOT seek…
Wrestlers vied for top honors at the Idaho Center Saturday. But in the entry a unique fundraiser was raising some eyebrows. The Columbia High School wrestling team was raffling off "52 guns in 52 minutes". At 52 bucks a ticket, this fundraiser has been a…
Photographer Duane Rasmussen spotted this fellow in Ironwood Starbucks Sunday. Reports Duane: "I asked him if I could take his photograph. He smiled and said okay. I introduced myself. He said 'My friends call me Merlin' then paused and said, 'but if you want my…
11:42 a.m. Crash reported in front of Lakeland High, Rathdrum, @ H53/41 intersection. 11:40 a.m. Female w/kids in van stuck & blocks @ Schilling/Penny, Post Falls after crash in front of Lakeland High, H53/41, Rathdrum. 11:13 a.m. Coeur d'Alene mother reports finding drugs in her…
President Obama urged a divided Senate Monday to quickly confirm two new members of his national security team, though Republicans might not cooperate when it comes to Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. "Chuck Hagel is the leader our troops deserve," Obama said in a White…
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation would blame the Coeur d'Alene School Board if negotiations with the Coeur d'Alene City Council for the sale of Person Field fail. 95 of 172 respondents (55.23%) would blame the School Board for failure to keep the green space in public…
SR photographer Jesse Tinsley snapped this photo of downtown Coeur d'Alene during a flyover Saturday.
SKW: I agee that election laws do need updating. I hope Kathy Sims in her quest to update the laws also changes the petition format to require the time a person signs the petition be added to the petition form and the time be documented…
Coeur d'Alene Superintendent of Schools Hazel Bauman sent the following email re: proposal to beef up security at district schools to patrons over the weekend: As we prepare to welcome your children back to school I wanted to reassure our families, employees and community that…
A Washington State Trooper tries to stand up barrier posts after a car slid off of eastbound I-90 Monday morning in Spokane Valley, at approximately 9 o'clock this morning. Most of the region woke up to 3-5 inches of new snow. There have been a…
"Karma will come into play," said Kari Glessner about getting robbed. She checked on her greenhouse last month and realized that somebody had stolen priceless furniture from her, hand crafted by her father, a retired rancher in Montana. He used old wood from a 100-year-old…
The offer is on the table, and it's up to the school district to decide what to do with it. The city of Coeur d'Alene has proposed to pay full appraised value to School District 271 for its half of the roughly 7-acre Person Field,…
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.
