I'm still processing my whiplash 4 days in Portland Thursday through Sunday. I saw everything from a skeleton standing on a stepladder above an old-fashioned Rexall drug store. To a man about my age in a black mini-skirt and nylons with dangling silver earrings. To…
Seattle Mariners Raul Ibanez celebrates with teammates in the dugout after scoring on a double by Eric Thames during the first inning of an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Colorado Rockies today in Peoria, Ariz. The Mariners blasted the Rockies 16-6 for their…
Former city employee Sheryl Carroll was sentenced Monday to 40 months in prison for wire fraud. The sentence is just one month shy of the maximum under federal sentencing guidelines. In addition, Carroll was ordered to pay full restitution to the city and complete 100…
Tom Hamilton (pictured) will be absent from tonight's school board meeting in Coeur d'Alene. The board chair told The Press he is taking this week's meeting off to be with his wife and daughters as they are dealing with a family crisis. Hamilton declined to…
"We had a city wide spree of vandalism this past weekend," reports Recreation Director Doug Eastwood in his memo to other City Hall officials today. "Lots of graffiti along the bike trail under the I-90 bridge and the attached photos depict the up-rooting of a…
Tom Hearn has announced his candidacy for election to the Coeur d’Alene school board. Hearn will run in the May 21 election against sitting board member Jim Hightower. Hightower, who was appointed to the position in August, has not yet announced whether he will seek…
5:47 p.m. Someone suffering heart problem @ Toro Viejo, 3960 E. 5th Ave/PF. 5:29 p.m. Couple (in 5:19 incident) hitting each other in pickup @ n/b NW Blvd/Lakewood. 5:21 p.m. Male is slamming doors, cursing @ female in 7400 block of Carrington/CdA. 5:19 p.m. Male…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner says of erstwhile teen-ager Dobie Gillis: "Sometimes sex appeal is a mystery," adding: "Maybe it's the socks." WSU starts quick turnaround/Christian Caple, SportsLink Grip on Sports: Let the chant start/Vince Grippi, SportsLink Hope your family never saw one of…
The Thunderbirds precision flying team has canceled its Spokane appearances in May, citing budget cuts that likely will also doom what was supposed to be the return of the popular SkyFest air show this year to Fairchild Air Force Base. A final decision on SkyFest…
For those who are wondering, the Senate State Affairs Committee didn’t vote this morning on SB 1108, the bill from the Idaho Farm Bureau to make it tougher to qualify initiatives or referendum measures for the Idaho ballot, in an attempt to increase the voice…
Idaho First District Congressman Raúl Labrador was recognized by various organizations based on his voting record on key conservative principles. Congressman Labrador issued the following statement for earning the American Conservative Union Ratings Award for a 96% score in 2012, the Club for Growth's Defender…
Here's a sneak peak at tomorrow's front page of The Spokesman-Review. I'm posting it here since Bay Views & Slight Detour both mention the Zags' new No. 1 ranking. (SR photo layout) We're No. 1/Bay Views Sunday Whirl/Tumblewords Tale of two head men/Fort Boise Great…
A couple of weeks ago during one of those rare dry and sunny days, I heard a neighbor rev up his lawn mower and start to cut his lawn. I wanted to go over there and say: "Really? You're so desperate for spring you're going…
An old journalist friend of mine is fond of saying that “the press can dish it out, but we don’t have to take it.” I thought of that great one liner as what might have been – should have been – a serious discussion of…
Clark Corbin/IdahoEd News snapped this photo of the scene outside the Statehouse this morning as hundreds gather for Idaho's Territorial Sesquicentennial celebration Idaho has just wrapped up a sparkling kickoff to its Territorial Sesquicentennial celebration, complete with more than 100 youngsters in blue T-shirts singing…
An Idaho State Patrol officer who came across a vehicle flashing its emergency lights on state Highway 3 early Sunday morning found a woman with her throat slit, prompting a hunt for her husband that ended in his suicide. Benewah County Sheriff Dave Resser said…
Gaveling in its session on this, the 150th birthday of Idaho, the State Senate gave itself—and the people of Idaho—a birthday present today: a renaming of the Legislative Auditorium in the State Capitol's West Wing as the Abraham Lincoln Auditorium. "Idaho was born out of…
Washington state Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, shifted gears Monday morning, apologizing for telling a bike-shop owner last week that bicyclists create carbon pollution, simply by exhaling. “First of all, let me apologize for the carbon emissions line of an e-mail which has caused so much…
Dennis Mansfield had all answers. The God-fearing man knew how to parent. He was in control of everything. He was the voice of Idaho’s religious right. He was arrogant. He was selective in choosing his friends … he was political. Today, Dennis Mansfield is a…
Dogs wait to run in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday in Willow, Alaska. 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)
11:49 a.m. Blue Acura being driven recklessly on e/b Hayden from Meyer/Rathdrum. 11:08 a.m. Deputy responds to ATL (attempt to locate) by saying, "I arrested (Tim) previously but apparently he's out and about again." 9:27 a.m. Stepchildren involved in physical fight in 7200 block of…
Legislation to ease the restrictions of Idaho’s “do not call” list to allow phone companies to call to pitch products to their existing customers squeaked out of the Senate State Affairs Committee today on a 5-4 vote. The bill, HB 55, proposed by phone companies…
Gonzaga enjoy the spoils of victory after the Portland game by cutting downt the nets to celebrate winning the West Coast Championship in Spokane Saturday. The Gonzaga Bulldogs have gone where no Zags have gone before. The Bulldogs reached No. 1 in the AP men’s…
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. waves before speaking at a foreign policy discussion at the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2013 Policy Conference this morning at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Winner: Nic wins with 11…
RE: NIC considers sports arena/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press If it sounds familiar, it should. When North Idaho College trustees approved exploring the possibility of building a sports arena in Coeur d'Alene this week, they dusted off an idea that's been kicked around Coeur d'Alene…
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.
