"This is such a tight knit group," said Dan Morgan on Tuesday, as he stood in front of the St.Vincent DePaul transitional home where a double homicide occurred on Monday night. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Police say two people have been killed in a shooting…
An email message sent from spokeswoman Laura Rumpler of the Coeur d'Alene School District to staff members this morning: "Everyone….since our school district is like one large family, we felt it is important to briefly share with you that the tragic shooting in Coeur d’Alene…
Monday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation believes that the top priority for the 2014 Idaho Legislature was to play it safe to help individual legislators win re-election. Other priorities for the Legislature, according to the Monday poll, were: 41 (19.81%) expanding gun rights; 33…
William Bell is reflected in the frame of a picture of him taken in the 1940s when he was in the Marine air corps. He talked about his experience in the military in his apartment at Coeur d’Alene Homes on March 20. Becky Kramer SR…
"I'd rather take down a heavily armed fugitive in a small dark apartment than learn this social media stuff" -- Wayne F. Manis. Note: Wayne F. Manis is a special FBI agent for North Idaho. He has written a book about his decades as an…
On her Facebook page, Councilwoman KerriT describes "deadline": deadline, noun 1. the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline. 2. a line or limit that must not be passed. also known as Tuesday…
Idaho GOP Sen. Jim Risch is among six U.S. senators with a 99 percent likelihood of re-election, according to Nate Silver, the forecaster who precisely predicted President Obama’s Electoral College and percentage of the vote in 2012. Silver also predicts Republicans will win exactly the…
Playing off the momentum of the Idaho State Legislature, Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Steve Adams wants to eliminate a local weapons ordinance. The ordinance he wants to eliminate bans weapons at parades and festivals within the city limits of Coeur d'Alene. "It was brought to…
Katie Francis, 11, of Oklahoma City has broken the organization's decades-old record for selling Girl Scout cookies by a margin about the size of a Thin Mint. Francis sold 18,107 boxes in the seven-week sales period that ended Sunday. The previous mark was set by…
When I heard that the South Hill Library was hosting a “Backyard Chicken Workshop” Monday night, well, I knew I had to be there. I don’t like to brag, but I consider myself the Picasso of backyard poultry. Really. Give me an hour with my…
Education, the economy, transparency in state government, and some of the recently concluded legislative session's most controversial issues are sure to dominate conversations as Democratic gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff takes his "listening tour" to communities in central and North Idaho this week. Balukoff will be…
I enjoyed the past three days in Portland with Amy Dearest and Okie Doke. Portland is at least two weeks ahead of us on the spring schedule. So I was able to help Okie Doke dig some weeds out of his plot in a community…
U.S. President Barack Obama stops to view Rembrandt's "The Nightwatch" painting as he tours the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, earlier today. Obama is attending the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, which will form the backdrop for an emergency meeting of Group of Seven leaders…
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After covering more bloviating and harrumping than humanly possible, SR colleague Betsy Russell has headed to the mountains to get in some spring skiing. That's how she decompresses after a legislative session. Posts Betsy: "Boise’s non-profit ski resort is delivering the spring skiing this week,…
Coeur d’Alene Police Officers took seventeen auto burglary reports over the past weekend of March 21-23. The majority of the vehicles entered were parked in public places such as restaurants, hotels, and retail stores. These businesses are located on Ironwood Drive, Appleway Avenue, Canfield Avenue…
Time 2 Vote ... Friday Wright is thrown off his bull during the RodeoHouston Super Shootout Bull Riding event at Reliant Stadium Sunday in Houston. You write the cutline.(AP Photo/ Houston Chronicle, Johnny Hanson) Weekend Contest -- DFO, with 11 likes: Reagan Republican leaders Jeff…
5:35 p.m. Driver of blue semi vehicle hauler swerving on H95/H53, Garwood. 5:34 p.m. Hit-and-run driver from Huetter/Prairie caught in Hayden Albertson's lot. 5:33 p.m. Road rager in pickup reckless, flipping other drivers off @ w/b I-90/MP 15 (Sherman Avenue). 5:28 p.m. ISP officer reports…
Coeur d’Alene Police officers have closed access to the 1400 block of Lakeshore Drive, due to a possible small explosive device found on the beach. A homeowner reported finding the suspicious device as he was doing beach clean-up. The scene is stable at this time…
Kim Golden, with North Idaho College’s Cardinal Connections, left, interviews the school’s Outdoor Pursuits program coordinator Jon Totten Friday during the first interview of the “Stories of the Gathering Place” project. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Jobless report mixed bag/Brian Walker, Press…
The massive mudslide that killed at least eight people and left dozens missing is shown in this aerial photo today, near Arlington, Wash. The search for survivors grew Monday, raising fears that the death toll could climb far beyond the eight confirmed fatalities. Story here.…
When it comes to differences of opinions between cultures about whether a remark or image is insulting, I say the culture whose image is in question gets the bye. Let's take, for instance, this debate about whether American Indian mascots are offensive to American Indians.…
It's a simple description: “A man is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission of rescue before an apocalyptic flood destroys the world.” Only thing is, the man is called Noah. And the story that filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is telling comes from the Bible…
Cindy snapped this photo from the east side of Tubbs Hill looking toward the floating green of the resort golf course, during a visit to Coeur d'Alene over the weekend. Play money/Fort Boise Muddling through life/End Notes Monday Miscellany/Slight Detour We've lost some good ones/Bay…
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