I think I'm becoming addicted to Woody TV -- and the Coeur d'Alene City Council meetings. I couldn't take my eyes off my home office TV last night, as City Attorney Mike Gridley, sewer plant manager Sid Fredrickson and fellow council members tried to talk…
Gonzaga players including Kelly Olynyk huddle following practice for a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament today in Salt Lake City. Gonzaga is scheduled to play Southern University Thursday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Question: How do plan to see the Gonzaga game that tips…
Brent Regan is seeking election to the Coeur d'Alene school board seat he’s held since December. Regan filed paperwork declaring his candidacy for the Zone 1 trustee position late Tuesday. He is being challenged by Christa Hazel. Regan was appointed to the five-member board following…
Lots to ponder this first morning of spring. The birds would like to know why their sunflower seeds are all wet and mushy. The horses would like to know how much longer they have to slog around in the slop. The cats would like to…
Misty Tolman talks to members of the Joint Senate and House Affairs Committee at the Idaho Legislature earlier today. Members of the community and area business leaders spoke regarding the need to expand human rights protection. Sen. Cheri Buckner-Webb and Rep. Grant Burgoyne are attempting…
KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus snapped the photo above while checking out a tree down over the road on Cloverleaf, north of Cathleen, Hauser Lake. 6:03 p.m. Wind has blown down chain-link portable fence @ 7th & Front/CdA, blocking motorists from using Front Avenue during McEuen Field…
"Wedding license sent over by (Spokane County) Tuesday - "Donald D. Duck and Daisey D. Dancer" -- was a system test. #ThankGodWeDidn'tPublish -- City Editor Addy Hatch, SR
From my Huckleberries (Kootenai Grapevine) column 25 years ago (published March 21, 1986), under the heading, "Line 'Em Up": Engineers are studying ways to use attorneys as part of landfill liners, deadpans Dave Salois, the county waste stream guru. The concept has three major benefits,…
Another story that I covered 25 years ago (published March 26, 1988 in the SR): Sitting with his grandmother in a restaurant overlooking Lake Coeur d'Alene Friday, 5-year-old Grant Helgeson predicted the fate of the Seeweewana. It's probably going to go like this," he said.…
Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander: Mr Adams has his facts a little skewed. He was out of control and Mike Kennedy along with Ron was trying to get him to calm down. He shook his fist not two inches from the Mayors face and she reacted telling…
... Spotted by Steve Sibulsky in Coeur d'Alene Library parking lot at 2:30 this afternoon. Question: Do I hear a chorus of "amens" out there?
Councilman Steve Adams is demanding an apology from Mayor Sandi Bloem and the immediate firing of City Attorney Mike Gridley for an incident that happened after Tuesday night's council meeting. The Coeur d'Alene Presss Online just filed a story. Here's Adams' explanation of the incident:…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson offers this recipe for a joy-filled life -- a simple way to envision what's important. Her girlfriends completed the same exercise. Question: Do you have a simple recipe for a joy-filled life?
Bent: Geez, I haven't seen hail and lightning like this for awhile... it is scaring the crap out of the dogs and I already saw two neighbrhood dogs running down the street in terror ... crazy stuff Question: At least 2 trees are down in…
For years I have taken good water for granted, first in the Seattle area then North Idaho. I didn't realize how privileged we are. Great clean water and good sewage disposal policies.Hey, even our irrigation water is better than the drinking water of central California.…
How much do you know about NASA's Curiosity Rover, Pope Francis and other stories in the news? Take our weekly interactive news quiz and find out. Simply by entering, you could win movie tickets or a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel! You can…
In the Lincoln Auditorium this morning, the House and Senate State Affairs committees are assembled for a presentation about amending the Idaho Human Rights Act to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, though no bill is before the committees. “Many…
After much debate, the House has passed HB 292, to make attacks on health care workers a felony with up to a five-year penalty, on a 40-27 vote. Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, sponsored the bill in response to concerns from Kootenai Medical Center in…
In this video provided by Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19, Councilman Mike Kennedy expresses amazement at the pickle that Councilman Dan Gookin finds himself in re: the purchase of Bryan Field.
In this video provided by Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19, City Attorney Mike Gridley explains to Councilman Steve Adams why he's an adverse party in the judicial confirmation process for the wastewater treatment plant expansion. Question: Do you understand what City Attorney Mike Gridley is…
In this Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19 video, Coeur d'Alene Councilman Steve Adams waves off warnings from City Attorney Mike Gridley and wastewater treatment manager Sid Fredrickson that a delay in expansion of the sewer plant could cost Coeur d'Alene $1 million per month in…
From Parks Director Doug Eastwood: "We met with Team McEuen and Contractors Northwest this morning. One of the agenda items was the contractors construction schedule. The Freedom Tree is scheduled to be removed this Friday (at about 10 a.m.). The entire park area, including Front…
President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres, left, are photographed through a window and the crowd as they are greeted by children waving Israeli and American flags upon their arrival at the Peres' residence on Wednesday in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Question: Do you…
11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for March 19-20 here. 11:07 a.m. PFPD officers responding bomb threat drill @ undisclosed Post Falls school. 10:55 a.m. Animal control officer trying to catch loose Labrador @ 4260 Ridge Drive/PF. 10:32 a.m. Male who had heart…
The private school scholarship tax credits bill, HB 286, has barely squeaked through the House, on a 35-33 vote. Two members of the House were absent for the vote, Reps. Fred Wood, R-Burley, and Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. Voting yes: Reps.…
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.
