Cecil and Audrey Schertz dance to the music of the Traveling Keys at the Hayden Paul Bunyan restaurant Monday evening. Donna Montgomery of Hayden won an evening performance by the band in a drawing and decided that she wanted them to perform at the restaurant,…
An Idaho dairy industry group has sent a letter to all its members urging them to deny media requests for tours and on-farm interviews. The letter from the United Dairymen of Idaho was sent anonymously to the Associated Press late last week. In it, co-chairs…
The Coeur d’Alene 2030 Visioning Project released the first version of a plan designed to guide community members in making their shared vision for the future of the Coeur d’Alene area a reality. This “implementation plan” — based on year-long community input through public forums…
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department offloaded its new $335,000 BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) this morning. Here, in the enclosed KCSD yard (just north of KCSO office), you can see the 8-ton personnel carrier built with steel armor and ballistic glass. More…
House Democrats are launching a new campaign targeting 10 Republican candidates and incumbents they deem the “worst of the worst” offenders on women's issues via a scorecard that highlights their positions on a range of female-friendly legislation. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee scorecard, shared first…
Gather up these pieces of the guns on campus jigsaw puzzle. See what you can make of them. At Boise State University, President Bob Kustra is spending $1.39 million getting ready for the law that allows anyone 21 and older who has the appropriate paperwork…
Osteoporosis doesn’t just happen to old ladies. Rather, it’s a disease that can weaken anyone’s bones, regardless of age or sex, putting them at higher risk of fracture – which can lead to pain, deformities and a loss of mobility. But osteoporosis can be prevented…
Trustees Dave Eubanks and Christa Hazel, left, listen to a comment from the audience during negotiations with the Coeur d'Alene Education Association (five people sitting behind table to the right). The negotiations were conducted at Woodland Middle School Monday afternoon (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Teachers in…
A discarded alcohol bottle rests in a flower bed in the McEuen Park parking garage Monday in Coeur d'Alene. The parking area has been prone to continuing misuse such as littering and drinking. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Jake Parrish) McEuen Park's 450 covered parking spaces…
The U.S. Forest Service says a U.S. flag with a light shining on it that someone attached to the top of a large ponderosa pine tree on Fourth of July Pass will remain because it’s too dangerous to remove. Idaho Panhandle National Forest spokesman Jay…
Burger King may be the home of the Whopper, but Canada may be the new home of Burger King. The restaurant operator said on Sunday that it was in talks to buy Tim Hortons, the Canadian doughnut-and-coffee chain, in a potential deal that would create…
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.
