I'm beginning the first day of the rest of my career in our new digs on the first floor of the SR's Coeur d'Alene office. I parked in the usual place. But I went straight to the new office space without heading upstairs to the…
Vancouver Whitecaps goalkeeper David Ousted is framed in a camera viewfinder at EA Sports in Burnaby, British Columbia, today. Players on the MLS soccer team were at EA Sports get get their heads scanned for a soccer video game. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
Beyond the dollars and cents, Coldwater Creek's bankruptcy is a blow to the local identity. As one of the community's largest local employers, the company was an integral part of the local economy and a consistent supporter of local education and charities. However, the company…
5:23 p.m. 2 males in older vehicle shining laser at oncoming vehicle on e/b I-90/Washington state line. 5:11 p.m. A part of a tree is lying on s/b H95/MP 438 (Highway 53/Garwood area). 4:54 p.m. ISP officer tags vehicle w/blown rear tire along I-90 freeway…
State Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, who has been subject to nasty Tea Party attacks at Senate District 1 candidate's forum, attended the North Idaho Political Action Committee lunch in Coeur d'Alene Saturday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Toy grenade found in Spirit Lake mailbox/SR Man taken to…
Time 2 Vote ... At the North Idaho Political Action Committee luncheon at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Events Center Saturday, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter auctions off cookies baked by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden's wife, Tracey. You write the cutline. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Tuesday Winner --…
Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans and a candidate for the House District 3B seat currently held by retiring Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, will speak to the group's weekly lunch meeting at noon Thursday at Fedora Pub & Grille. Ward will…
Two of the four Republican candidates for state superintendent of public instruction did not vote in the Republican primary two years ago. And according to county voting records, one candidate didn’t cast a ballot in the November 2012 general election, when Idahoans overturned three far-reaching…
Sen. Russ Fulcher is offering lukewarm support for a divisive tea party tenet — repeal of the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Ratified in 1913, the amendment provides for the direct election of senators by the people rather than by state legislatures. “I see…
At 2:40 p.m. today, members of the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force (NIVCTF) and Bonner County Sheriff’s Office captured fugitive Terry Andrew Clark at a residence just south of Coolin, near Priest Lake. Clark is wanted in the pistol-whipping attack of four people at…
Quilter friends of Marianne Love/Slight Detour present their idea of "writer's block" in the form of several patterns on a beautiful quilt, including the one above. You can see more, as well as the completed quilt, here. H is for hole/Faithful Geek Balukoff's guns/Chuck Malloy…
For the seventh consecutive year, Utah has been ranked as the state with the best economic outlook by the authors of Rich States, Poor States, published by the American Legislative Exchange Council. New York was ranked 50th, or worst in the nation for economic outlook.…
In his Letters from the West blog, Rocky Barker/Idaho Statesman explains why an Idaho militia leader is staying clear of the Bundy mess in Nevada: Jeff Stankiewicz, a former commander and now liaison for the Idaho Lightfoot Militia, said in a Facebook post last week…
Shauna Hillman, of Wallace, who is challenging incumbent Shannon McMillan, of Silverton, in the House District 7A race, enjoyed herself at the North Idaho Political Action Committee luncheon, featuring Gov. Butch Otter as speaker. Hillman is shown with friend David Bond, the publisher of the…
Diamond Cup Update: KCSO has denied a deadline extension of a month for the group to apply for a permit. Deadline remains July 1st -- Taylor Viydo/KREM2 tweet.
Monday-Tuesday poll: A supermajority of Hucks Nation sez the Kootenai County Republican Party doesn't have a big tent. 146 of 188 (77.66%) said the local party doesn't have a big tent (in other words, it doesn't accept people beyond a narrow range of conservative ideology).…
Wednesday morning, the Spirit Lake Police Department responded to the area of Middle Ave. in Spirit Lake where a suspicious device was found in a mailbox. SLPD and other agencies were called to the scene to investigate and once bomb squad inspected the mailbox they…
One of the best biographers of Lyndon Johnson, the presidential historian Robert Dallek, has often said that it takes a generation or more once a president has left office for us to truly begin to assess his presidency. Historians need access to the papers. Those…
Britain's Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, pats a police dog during a visit to the Royal New Zealand Police College in Wellington, New Zealand, earlier today. Britain's Prince William and Kate are on the last day of their official visit to New Zealand before traveling…
Tongue firmly cheeked, commenter Sherlock offers this SPOOF: URGENT COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE The following post on your gossip blog was brought to my attention. The comments are obviously made up entirely and untruthful. The interaction involved no discussion about education, jeans, children, political…
11:52 p.m. A muffler is lying on road @ e/b I-90/MP 7 (H41, Post Falls). 11:28 p.m. CPD officer decides reported gun shots near cemetery came from 21 gun salute for veteran. 11:23 p.m. Painters complain of lightheadedness from fumes @ Unitech Composites, 10413 N.…
With his attorney, Shannon Lopez, left, beside him, Kevin Edson is arraigned in boston Municipal Court, this morning in Boston. Edson was arrested Tuesday near the Boston Marathon finish line carrying a backpack containing a rice cooker on the anniversary of the bombings. Edson was…
Republican Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho has endorsed Midvale Rep. Lawerence Denney to be Idaho secretary of state. Labrador made the endorsement Tuesday in Boise. Labrador cited Denney's business and political experience as well as his dedication to conservative principles and fair elections. Idaho State…
It's been a decade in the making, with the last year and a half filled with closures and construction, but there's light at the end of the tunnel for Coeur d'Alene as McEuen Park is set to open in a matter of weeks. Construction workers…
Greg Chaney, who is unopposed on the GOP ballot for a House seat in Canyon County but whose domestic violence and multiple-bankruptcy record caused an uproar in Canyon County GOP politics, announced at a county central committee meeting last night that he’ll stay in the…
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.
