Mebbe soccer is like poetry. You have to keep tuning in before you get it. On Sunday, in the World Cup match between USA and Portugal, I caught a glimpse re: what it's all about -- and began to understand how fans can get worked…
Supporters reach out for Croatia's Darijo Srna shirt after he threw it into the crowd after the group A World Cup soccer match between Croatia and Mexico at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, today. Mexico won the match 3-1. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
My husband retires in one more week. The journey has been looonnnnggg. Mostly, his commute on that freeway has been miserable. Soon, he will commute to the mailbox, golf course and woodworking store, when he likes. We will manage new routines, expectations and activities. I…
The whole world is in turmoil, the outlook is dark -- yet the roses are blooming in Manito Park. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Time 2 Vote ... A Dutch fan sticks out his tongue prior to the group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Weekend Winner -- Phaedrus,…
4:52 p.m. 56YO female may have overdosed accidentally on prescription drugs @ 7th/Crawford, CdA. 4:31 p.m. Someone has stolen a dog from 300 block of East Neider Avenue/CdA. 4:27 p.m. CdA resident willing to sign a complaint against neighbor who plays loud music. 4:01 p.m.…
Photographer/attorney Duane Rasmussen reports: "Today at the West end of the airport a B-17 shuts down it's engines. These old airplanes seem to have an attraction for men with silver hair." Three iconic airplanes from World War II are visiting the Coeur d'Alene Airport this…
Every four years -- win, lose or draw -- you can count on one thing. Commentators bashing soccer, and thinking they're oh so clever because, evidently, no one else has ever done it before. It's as predictable as the World Cup is unpredictable. I wish…
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will discuss four resolutions when it meets Tuesday evening at the Kootenai County administrative building. The resolutions include one that calls for buying a Quick Books program to aid in an audit of the local GOP's books from Jan.…
Precinct Committeeman Bjorn Handeen, left, talks with president Bob Brook of the North Idaho Pachyderm Club before the meeting Friday. On Friday, local Republicans discussed the controversial Idaho GOP convention. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Will the chaos convention in and of itself change much in Idaho…
Possible relative involved in fatal shoutout with Tempe, Ariz., police in March Twelve police officers from four agencies exchanged gunfire with an armed driver early Sunday in Post Falls after the man fled a traffic stop in Coeur d’Alene, investigators said today. Marcus A. Rael…
Sidekick CindyH provides this photo and the comment: "Derek, Sam and I were amused by this lone NASCAR fan in a pub filled with soccer fans. We presume he's from North Idaho. A few minutes into the game he allowed the barkeep to change the…
Don Sausser, the Eye on Sherman Avenue, snapped this photo of swimmers practicing for Ironman Coeur d'Alene Sunday. Don reports that swimmers have been practicing for the swim portion of the Ironman triathlon recently, beginning as early as 5 a.m. Ironman will take place on…
Boat Launch to Open: Avista announced that Q'emiln Park Boat Launch will open tomorrow afternoon. The beach is not open yet and is expected to be open with lifeguards by the weekend -- City of Post Falls/Facebook.
The World Cup is moving into elite territory as a sports property on American television, as ratings for Sunday’s game between the United States and Portugal were the highest for any soccer game and reached more viewers than events like the N.B.A. finals or the…
LetsTalk: I do not visit the CDA waterfront. My life is focused on the north side of town and the lake isn't really a part of that. Nothing downtown that interests me. OrangeTV: LetsTalk; That's very sad and quite hard to believe. There is SO…
The median raise for the chief executives of Idaho’s publicly traded companies was 12 percent in each company’s latest fiscal year. Only one CEO among the nine took a pay cut. When compared with overall Idaho employee pay, the CEOs came out way ahead. Idaho…
The Mormon church has excommunicated the prominent founder of a Mormon women's group. The group, Ordain Women, announced Monday afternoon that Kate Kelly's former church leaders in Virginia notified her of the decision. Kelly's former leaders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
Bob Ely: I have a tough time discerning what the GOP is For, whether it's at the national, state or local levels. At the national level they spent four years trying to make certain Obama was a one term president (how did that work out?)…
Netherlands' Memphis Depay, left, looks to the ball after scoring his side's second goal during the group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, today. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
This undated publicity photo provided by PBS shows, from left, Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham, Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, Dan Stevens as Matthew Crawley, Penelope Wilton as Isobel Crawley, Allen Leech as Tom Branson, Jim Carter as Mr. Carson, and Phyllis Logan as Mrs.…
Idaho GOP Chairman Barry Peterson says a bitter dispute over whether he'll continue as chairman will be resolved by the State Republican Central Committee Aug. 9. Peterson said in a news release that he faced a Solomon's choice as factions of the party have split…
The 2014 Idaho Republican convention in Moscow was memorable, but not in the way many would have preferred. The process was so dysfunctional and even peripheral issues so contentious that the party was unable to build a political platform. Voters are left to wonder what…
Idaho drivers will see the first change to interstate speed limits in nearly two decades beginning July 1 with an increase on most rural stretches of interstate across Southern Idaho, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. For the majority of interstates 15, 84, and 86, the…
12:04 p.m. 69YO female suffers seizure @ Bank of America, 401 E. Front Ave/CdA. 11:35 a.m. Resident in English Point area reports smoke on hill side. 11:29 a.m. White Toyota w/emergency lights on is disabled @ e/b I-90/MP 13 (4th Street/CdA). 11:08 a.m. 50ish female…
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.
