For many, Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” is unmatched. LOS ANGELES – It won’t be only Disney executives who are watching the box office returns for “The Lone Ranger” this weekend. Lots of people are wondering whether Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer can ride to the rescue…
Claudia Lowry and Bob Bloem have been working on Lowry’s Hayden garden for about 10 years. One of the high points of summer is the Coeur d’Alene Garden Club’s annual garden tour. It will feature five gardens in Coeur d’Alene, Dalton Gardens and Hayden, and…
The downtown core lies in ruins as firefighters continue to water smoldering rubble Sunday in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec – About 40 people were still missing a day after a runaway train derailed in Quebec, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed a busy downtown district…
Those crazy kids at Open Cda are at it again. A recent post points out the two guys riding Segways in the parade, touting Souza for Mayor campaign signs. Writes Bill, "It is subtle but appropriate that a Segway would symbolically lead a movement to…
The Idaho State Police is running an “all hands on deck” operation for enhanced patrols on this holiday weekend, with all commissioned officers, even those who usually work behind a desk, hitting the road as the holiday weekend opened July 3. David Frazier of the…
COEUR d'ALENE - A North Idaho couple filed a lawsuit against Kootenai County and county officials saying the wife, a county employee, was improperly terminated. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Coeur d'Alene by the couple's attorney, Larry Beck of Hayden, said the…
COEUR d'ALENE - A drug and alcohol treatment facility is seeking a special use permit to operate in east Coeur d'Alene. Problem is, it's already operating there - and has been since 1991. Only recently did the city learn that Port of Hope, the sober…
This aerial photo shows the wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday. SAN FRANCISCO – The pilot at the controls of an Asiana plane that crash-landed was guiding a Boeing 777 into the San Francisco airport for…
BOISE – From the Ruby Ridge standoff to tribal ownership of Lake Coeur d’Alene, from Claude Dallas to Sami al-Hussayen, from mining damage in the Coeur d’Alene Basin to the death penalty trial of child-killer Joseph Duncan, one judge presided. That judge, U.S. District Judge…
Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning against Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Sunday, July 7, 2013. LONDON (AP) — From the lawns of Wimbledon to the lochs of Scotland,…
BOSTON – Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island. Heinz Kerry, 74, was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Sunday…
Guess what? DFO isn't the only one who gets to take time off! Yep. I'm heading to the lake with my family. How do you plan to spend the day? Will you be watching fireworks from some exotic location? Have a safe and happy Indepence…
Eight-year-old Lekseea Givens, with her grandfather, Bryan Vanhoff, waits for customers at her lemonade stand in Spokane Valley on June 27. All proceeds go to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. In the summer, lemonade stands spring up in neighborhoods across the city. Some kids hope…
Brewmaster Brian O’Reilly holds a can of Helles Golden Lager with a 360 Lid as he poses for a portrait at the Sly Fox Brewing Co. in Pottstown, Pa. RICHMOND, Va. – Nearly 80 years ago Richmond revolutionized the beer world. For it was in…
I have a feeling a lot of you are doing what I'm doing today; cramming 3 days worth of work into 1 day, so we can enjoy a 4-day weekend. I'll be covering a Play and Learn Storytime at a local library this morning. Love…
Duckling being rescued from Idaho highway storm drain. The Idaho Transportation Department’s Incident Response team responded to an unusual emergency on Friday: Ten ducklings that had fallen into a drain at the Exit 50 A-B ramp of I-84, next to the soundwall of the Flying…
In this file photo Coeur d'Alene Tribe member Corrina Hendrickx, 19, sells fireworks at Indian Country Fireworks near Worley. The Spokane Fire Department has a new video reminding folks that fireworks are dangerous and illegal in many Inland Northwest communities. But the following videos might…
This afternoon I met these four darling boys, born to Angelina the goat at Morning Star Boy's Ranch. It's very unusual for goats to have four kids and even more unusual that they are all boys. The Ranch is inviting the public to help name…
DECLO, Idaho — A southern Idaho teacher who allowed her fourth-grade students to use markers to draw on the faces of six classmates who failed to meet their reading goals will be returning to the Declo school for the 2013-14 school year. Cassia County school…
In an a Op Ed in today's Cda Press, precinct committeeman Bruce Maddux has Dan Gookin in his crosshairs. Maddux writes, "Honorable Councilman Gookin was recently quoted in the Coeur d’Alene Press as saying the Republican Central Committee is powerless: “They have no business stepping…
Took this photo of the raspberries growing in our backyard. We've got a bumper crop this year and they are so delicious! How is your garden doing this year?
An opponent of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi holds a poster with Arabic that reads, "leave," outside of the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. CAIRO — The armed forces ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president Wednesday after just a year in…
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has criticized President Barack Obama's administration for seeking to limit coal-fired power plant emissions while not allowing sufficient timber cutting to tame big western wildfires, another greenhouse gas source. Otter told reporters at a Western Governors' Association…
Consulting firm SmithGeiger has given its TV clients a three-page list of phrases intended “to help reflect and promote urgency and a ‘happening now’ feeling in a newscast.” It’s not enough for TV news shops to use words like new, rapidly developing, and breaking, according…
Sam Crawford posted this pic on Facebook of a spider enjoying his wife's flowers. He says he thinks it's crab spider which can change color to match the flowers it hunts on. It's a pretty color but I still HATE spiders. How about you?
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