Under hashtag #ThingsThatMakeMeHappy, Cindy Facebooks: Finding the first Little Free Library in our neighborhood." Archives: It seems that only readers are checking out 'Little Free Libraries'/Adrian Rogers, SR Question: Do we have any of these "Little Free Libraries" in Kootenai County/North Idaho? And/or: What unexpected…
In a potentially game-changing moment for college athletics, the Chicago district of the National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday that Northwestern football players qualify as employees of the university and can unionize. NLRB regional director Peter Sung Ohr cited the players' time commitment to…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes: The fowl fun never ends. Just got a package in the mail from columnist colleague Stefanie Pettit. The enclosed note read: "In light of your reticence to get live chickens, I thought I'd send you this rubber chicken instead,…
Adam Morrison watches his two daughters chase each other as the sun dips below the horizon, casting an orange glow through the living room of his home on the outskirts of Spokane. "Be careful," he says to his 5-year-old, who romps around the room with…
This is the scene at St.Vincent dePaul transitional housing on Tuesday, where a double homicide occurred on Monday night in Coeur d'Alene. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) James Knott said he had lived across the street from the home for around 10 years. "We heard one…
How much do you know about Idaho forestry, Gonzaga University women's basketball and other topics in the news? Take our weekly Spokesman-Review News Quiz and find out. You could win movie tickets or a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel. Take SR News Quiz…
An Idaho worker earning the minimum wage would need to work 73 hours per week in order to afford a modest two-bedroom rental according to a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Idaho’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn’t changed since 2009,…
According to the fifth annual “County Health Rankings” report, released Wednesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the five healthiest counties in Idaho (starting with most healthy) are Madison, Latah, Valley, Blaine, and Franklin. The five counties…
Idaho’s sweeping new ag gag law, enacted in February, raises so many red flags that the Animal Legal Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit against it, only the second suit of its kind in the nation. But this time, in a new twist on ag…
For Those Keeping Score At Home ... Mary Souza will launch her radio Internet program at noon today. Remember? In her latest newsletter, Mary, now a candidate for John Goedde's state Senate seat, wrote: “The second piece of BIG NEWS is that I am going…
Jammi Parris, a waitress at the Blue Bird Cafe in downtown Arlington, Wash., paints a yellow ribbon and the words "Hold on to Hope" on the window of the cafe on Tuesday, in tribute to the victims and people missing after a massive mudslide struck…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided it will no longer force local levee agencies to choose between keeping trees on their levees and losing federal money for disaster assistance. On Monday, the Army Corps announced in a new “interim” policy that it will…
On Post Falls Police Department Facebook wall: "Treaty Rock Vandalism: On (Monday), "Post Falls officers responded to a report that the Treaty Rock Memorial at Treaty Rock Park had been vandalized sometime in the previous few days to being discovered. It appears that someone used…
Last week came the story of a boy in Buncombe County, N.C., who got bullied when he showed up at school with a “My Little Pony” bag. His public school told him to lose the bag — which outraged the cybersphere until the school relented.…
Marc Stewart (RE: Press: A horror story unfolds): Our community is hurting again. Not since the Groene murders has our small city been faced with senseless violence and the destruction of young lives. There’s a nagging feeling that something more could have been done. Maybe.…
Tuesday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation opposes an idea promoted by Councilman Steve Adams to allow guns at Coeur d'Alene parades and festivals. 192 of 246 respondents (78.05%) oppose Adams' idea. Only 50 of 246 respondents (20.33%) support it. 4 (1.63%) were undecided. Today's Poll: How…
OfCoffee (RE: Ex-LAPD officer seeks House District 3 seat): I don't know anything about this guy other than what is listed in this article. But I think it is very relevant that he has only been here two years. How do you go about making…
Don Sausser, the Eye on Sherman Avenue, provides this panorama view of construction work taking place on the front lawn of the Coeur d'Alene Resort and the old public traffic circle near the clock tower. The project is part of installing a Centennial Trail Plaza…
Former Los Angeles police officer Don Cheatham, a Republican, is running for the state House seat that opened following Frank Henderson's decision to retire. "I have never run for political office, but want to join with other true conservatives who want to not only protect…
On Veterans Day last year, the iconic Third Street bell was transported to the RD Rankin Veterans Memorial Plaza for the ceremony, having been removed during construction from the Third Street dock entrance, its home for decades. At some point that day, my friend and…
It didn't take long for comparisons to be drawn between Eldon Samuel III and Harvey Spencer Stephens. Eldon is the 14-year-old boy accused of murdering his father and his brother in a Coeur d'Alene transitional home Monday night. Harvey is the boy who played Damien…
Item: Transparency and trust: GOP central committee meeting focuses on minutes/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Kellie Palm, pictured, said she just wants transparency and trust in the local Republican Party, and omitting information from the party's meeting minutes erodes those things. "I am…
It might seem like a step back, and it is in some ways, but with North Idaho College athletics soon to be moving from the NJCAA Scenic West Athletic Conference to the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges, they could be right where they need…
Coeur d'Alene Police prepare 14-year-old Eldon Samuel III for transport to the police department, where he was interviewed and booked Monday night. The teen was later charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree murder. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Police: Boy, 14,…
Item: Coeur d’Alene family medical residency starts in June/Scott Maben, SR More Info: Primary care physicians, already in short supply, are expected to grow scarcer still from a wave of family doctor retirements in the next few years. But there’s renewed interest in family medicine…
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.