On his Facebook wall, Nic/Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts posts: "On the way home, I was stopped behind some dude in a Subaru Outback. In the top left corner of his back window was a Linkin Park sticker. In the top right corner was a…
Facebook Friend Amber Copeland posted this missing-child poster on my Facebook wall today. I saw the same poster taped to a light pole adjacent to City Park Monday. Facebook Friends say Destiny is a freshman at Coeur d'Alene High. More Info: Kootenai County Sheriff's Department…
... Three late-teen girls are smoking at the eastern entrance to City Park when one gets a text and begins cussing. The only word of the five- or six-word sentence that can be related here is "schizophrenic" -- used as an adjective to break up…
I need to pet one of my many peeves this afternoon, the proper approach to take by a bicyclist when s/he is coming up from behind some walkers. The proper way for a bicyclist to pass walkers is to shout out a warning, "On your…
Wages are lower in Idaho than in nearly ever other state. That’s often chalked up to Idaho’s rural nature and low cost of living. But recently, the state has lost ground. A federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows that Idaho has the largest share…
Two-time olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong is considered one of the top 50 most powerful moms. The Boise cyclist received the honor in a recent website article. Workingmother.com ranked Armstrong more powerful than Beyonce, katie Couric, Angelina Jolie, and many more. Armstrong is actually ranked…
A sign posted by authorities is shown outside the residence of registered sex predator John Goodman in Starke, Fla. The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office is installing signs outside the homes of the county’s 18 convicted sexual predators, saying they want to warn residents so they…
11:47 a.m. CPD officer has taken 2 people from Anton Avenue into custory en route to jail. 11:42 a.m. Caller in Hattie/Locust area has reported smoke on Best Mountain/CdA. (Update: Fireman reports 20-by-10-foot burn area that he's put out with extinguisher.) 11:01 a.m. Elderly male…
On her Facebook wall, Liese Razzeto of the Kootenai Health Board posted recently: It has been quite a week, and those of you who know me, know how un-political I am and how foreign this is to me. I am making every campaign mistake possible,…
I'm extremely saddened by the news that Coeur d'Alene Councilman Mike Kennedy lost his mother over the weekend. I've known this since Monday. But didn't know how to tell you about it until Mike posted the following on his Facebook page: "Mom's funeral mass has…
On her Facebook wall, Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns posts: "I know better than feeding hummingbirds any more with new 'regulations' -- however I do do one feeder in Spring just to welcome our very tired friends back from such a long trip. I put…
May is family time for bald eagles, which have been steadily gaining a greater foothold in the Inland Northwest as they're considered one of the shining examples of Endangered Species Act recoveries. This bald eagle family was photographed at Lake Coeur d'Alene over the weekend…
In a candidate's profile in the Coeur d'Alene Press this morning, appointed School Board Trustee Brent Regan defended the fact that he home-schooled his children, rather than have them in Coeur d'Alene public schools: Maureen Dolan reports: "Regan has three children, now in their 20s.…
In a candidate profile by the Coeur d'Alene Press, Christa Hazel claims the current Coeur d'Alene School Board lacks transparency: "We live in one of the reddest states in the country, in one of the most conservative counties in the state. We have a very…
Bloomsday organizers are struggling to come up with what they could have done differently after dozens of runners on Sunday complained about an anti-abortion protest along the route. Race director Don Kardong said Bloomsday officials had no idea the protest was planned. He got wind…
Virtually everyone has had their lives influenced by teachers and educators, and the Idaho Education Association wants to recognize those past contributions as well as encourage a culture that enables those critical touch points for current and future generations. May 6-10 is National Teacher Appreciation…
I was watching Bloomsday 37 unfold on TV Sunday morning while lolling on my couch eating buttered bagels with cream cheese. All of a sudden this warm and tasty feeling about my hometown welled up inside me. “You know,” I said to myself between chews,…
This Nov. 4, 2012, file photo, shows a person swinging from the Corona Arch near Moab, Utah. The high-risk sport of swinging wildly on ropes through canyon and arch openings in southern Utah has left a second man dead in little more than a month.…
Far from drivable, let alone showroom quality, a vintage car is presenting a Post Falls restoration shop with an intriguing challenge. The 1950 Mercury convertible may have been modified half a century ago by custom-car legends George Barris or Dick Dean, whose reputations would inflate…
Item: Jacklin provides another NIC technical campus option/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: A new option has emerged in the ongoing discussion about where North Idaho College should expand its professional technical education program. Representatives from Jacklin Land Company, Tom Stoeser and Bruce Cyr,…
We're down to two weeks and a day until the school board/hospital board elections. I have anecdotal evidence that School Boad candidates have been knocking on doors in the neighborhood between Coeur d'Alene High and Canfield Middle School. No one has knocked on my door…
The city has a new, improved position for its Webcam of upgrade work at McEuen Field this spring, fall and summer -- on Parkside Towers. Before, the Webcam was positioned too far away, on City Hall. Now, as you see, it provides a direct photo…
Next Monday, the city of Coeur d'Alene is encouraging residents to bike to work, launching an annual Bike-to-Work week with a ride from the Silver Lake Mall to the Coeur d'Alene Library. The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. in front of the new Sports…
5:51 p.m. Male pushing & shoving female @ Coeur d'Alene Skate Park. 5:32 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 5-6 here. 5:29 p.m. Officer wants owner to pick his contained dog up @ Stub Meyer Park/Rathdrum. 5:11 p.m. Possible fraud reported @…
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.
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