I've been thinking about Winners & Losers since it became apparent that the Balance North Idaho ticket was going to prevail in Coeur d'Alene. The biggest winners? The young families of Coeur d'Alene, who now can expect a progressive -- and I'm not afraid to…
Anonymous group appeared at H95/Appleway (NE corner) Tuesday with Guy Fawkes' masks on. Remember, remember the 5th of November -- and "V is for Vendetta." Dunno what they were protesting. But it apparently wasn't smoking in public places. Mebbe it had something to do with…
Information obtained during the investigation of the robbery of Piggies Deli, 2001 E. Sherman, that occurred 5:06 a.m. Monday led to the interview and arrest Tony A. Shope, 22, Coeur d'Alene. He was arrested at the Police Department at 4 p.m. today. Shope has been…
You simply aren't going to get a cleverer response in loss than this one from Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson: I put on my game face and headed out this morning, first stop the Local Issues Committee meeting at the Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved signs…
Time 2 Vote ... Brooklyn Nets' Brook Lopez (11) collides with Utah Jazz's Enes Kanter as he drives to the basket during an NBA basketball game Tuesday in New York. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) Tuesday Winner -- Fort Boise, with 5 likes:…
5:43 p.m. Manager of Idaho Youth Ranch, CdA & Post Falls, asks that male be trespassed from both thrift stores. 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Nov. 5-6 here. 5:12 p.m. Driver reports he's crashed into a tree @ Dodd/Hayden Lake Road,…
In the Coeur d'Alene Press Online comments section, Flash Gordon advises Bob Brooke & the local Pachyderms to invite Editor Mike Patrick to the club Friday for the traditional after-election postmortem. Brooke wrote a letter last week disinviting Patrick because, Brooke claims (incorrectly), the Press…
A Berry Picker reports from the front lines that the inflatable Eagle, supporting the failed Mary Souza mayoral bid, in front of the Army-Navy store on Government Way has been run to ground. The Berry Picker said that it was gone by 4:07 p.m. A…
In the most hotly-contested race in the election, incumbent Wallace Mayor Dick Vester bested challenger John Hansen by just three votes to secure a second term. In another fiery race, Don Kotschevar overtook four-term incumbent Mike Dunnigan by 31 votes to become the new mayor…
It was slow going for many polling places Tuesday as Bonner County residents trickled in to vote throughout the day. Turnout was varied across Bonner County’s voting precincts, according to Bonner County Clerk Ann Dutson-Sater. While exact numbers couldn’t be yet determined, activity at the…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced that the Unofficial By Precinct election results are now posted on the County’s website. That information can be accessed here http://www.kcgov.us/elections/# “We also revised the Registered Voters Total number on the overall pages posted last night,” Hayes said. While…
Kiki Miller, with microphone, and Amy Evans enjoy their surprisingly easy victories in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections at Fort Ground Grill Tuesday night. The councilwomen-elect will replace Mike Kennedy (Evans) and Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander (Miller) on the council. They will help form a…
Which City Hall department head is breathing the greatest sigh of relief this morning: City Attorney Mike Gridley City Administrator Wendy Gabriel Deputy City Administrator Jon Ingalls Finance Director Troy Tymeson Other
I live in CDA and consider myself pretty conservative/libertarian. However I voted across the board for the Widmeyer group simply because I (and a lot of other folks around town) are tired of a very small group of curmudgeonly extremists who do nothing but spout…
Yes, Virginia, I did say that to City Attorney Mike Gridley when I encountered him at the Fort Ground Grill after closing up shop at HucksOnline HQ Tuesday morning: "Hey, Mike, does this mean you can stop sending out your resumes?"
Crime stoppers of the Inland Northwest has offered a cash reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Douglas J. Standish for kidnapping. He is 49 years of age, a white male, 5’10, 225 lbs, brown hair, and hazel eyes. His photo is attached…
Two questions for the morning after: Who’d you vote against yesterday? And are you feeling smarter yet, now that the fog of politics is lifting? The day after Election Day is, perhaps, not the most opportune time to point this out, but despite our lionization…
Eden Irgens, left, president of Balance North Idaho, and Mic Armon, former North Idaho College trustee and newest member of the Lake City Development Corp., check their smart phones for election results Tuesday night at Fort Ground Grill. (I'd like to think they were checking…
After the Coeur d'Alene School Board election, I wrote that part of the job had been accomplished re: returning local government in Coeur d'Alene to good hands and civility. I said that the sweep by nonpartisan candidates over ideological ones was encouraging. But that the…
Tuesday Poll: A super-supermajority of Hucks Nation voted Tuesday in the local elections -- 89%. 169 of 189 respondents (89%) said they either had voted already by absentee or via the county election department or that they planned to vote. Broken down, that's 107 of…
Anyone know whether the inflatable eagle that's been perched in the parking lot of the Army-Navy store on Government Way is still there today? (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
11:59 a.m. Wheels & rims in bed of pickup @ s/b H95/MP 471 (south of Sandpoint) are smoldering. 11:36 a.m. A dog is running loose near Little Caesars/Costco on Neider Avenue/CdA. 11:34 a.m. Father worries that suspect in possible lewd & lascivious crime is en…
Coeur d'Alene Press reports: Readers of cdapress.com were challenged to see how their vote for mayor of Coeur d'Alene would stack up against official election results. Result? Not even close. For the record, Steve Widmyer held a comfortable lead over Mary Souza and Joe Kunka…
On his Facebook wall, Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Tom Hearn posts: Whether it is Reagan's "shining city on a hill" or Obama's "hope and change" people respond to a positive message. And people don't care about what you say and the image you try…
In yesterday’s city elections across the state, some longtime mayors were defeated – including Nancy Chaney of Moscow and Tom Dale of Nampa – while others, including Brian Blad of Pocatello and Garret Nancolas of Caldwell, were easily re-elected. Boise voters narrowly rejected two bond…
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.
