Mike Hollingworth photo It’s a bird, it’s a plane: WestCoast Window Cleaning owner Eric Katzer, dressed as Superman, looks through the window at Hazelle Twichell, 4, during Superhero Day on Friday at Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital. Window washers wore superhero costumes and rappelled down…
COEUR d'ALENE - Six. That's how many fake Democrats the Kootenai County Democratic Central Committee is being forced to deal with as newly elected precinct captains. The half-dozen dummy Democrats will be politely asked to resign, said Paula Neils, executive committee chair of the central…
In yesterday's Wild Card, Cis told DFO, "You keep this up, it will be Cindy's blog, Cindy's rules with Dave Oliveria subbing occasional." I'll let you in on a little secret. The first few days of blog subbing are like a delightful romp through the…
Sunrise Rotary Club of Coeur d’Alene awarded $5000 in scholarships to 6 local students during their weekly meeting last Tuesday. The students are (L-R): Anna Waltar, CCA ($1000), Kari Livingston ($1000) CCA, Melonie Wright CCA ($500), Ariel Mesenbrink CCA ($500), Elizabeth McCormick Venture HS ($1000…
Spokane police have arrested and charged three people with first-degree murder in relation to the death of a man whose body was found recently in Kootenai County. Courts documents identify the murder victim as Mark Broadwater, 32, who was reported missing in April 2013. Arrested…
The state’s largest teachers’ association is pushing back against a reworked teacher licensure system — a recommendation that received unanimous support from an education reform task force last August. Idaho Education Association President Penni Cyr said her organization opposes tying a teacher’s statewide license to…
The South Korean government has said it is adding “a female touch” for car users in the capital Seoul – by creating women-only parking spaces which are longer, wider and marked with pink outlines. Though it seems they will only promote further the stereotype that…
A Utah high school has retouched yearbook photographs of some female students whose pictures may have been too revealing for some adults. Wasatch High School in Heber City, about 50 miles from Salt Lake City, is under fire after it altered the images of some…
Coeur d'Alene police detectives have arrested an 18-year-old Coeur d'Alene man for his role in a May 4 robbery alleged to have occurred at Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches in Coeur d'Alene. Joshua Reed, a Jimmy John's employee, is now facing a burglary charge for the…
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to “man up and come back to the United States.” Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home. The former…
Idaho's two most experienced lawmakers — Republican Sen. Mike Crapo and 2nd District GOP Rep. Mike Simpson — have been named to the inaugural class of 32 "Fiscal Heroes" in Congress by the Campaign to Fix the Debt. The award was announced last week by…
According to the League of American Bicyclists, Idaho is now the twentieth most “Bicycle Friendly State,” up from number 26 in the 2013 rankings. Each May, for the past seven years, the LAB has released its latest “Bicycle Friendly States” Ranking during National Bike Month.…
The Idaho Republican Party has announced a second big-name speaker for its state convention in Moscow in June: Mike Huckabee. The former presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor will address the convention’s kickoff dinner on Thursday night, June 12; tickets are $50, or $200 including…
Thor sleeps. (Newser) – "Dog people" and "cat people" may both fall into the animal lover category, but they're not exactly cut from the same cloth, a new study finds. Carroll University researcher Denise Guastello and her team surveyed 600 college students and found cat…
Vincent and Peggy Slatt, 94 and 93, respectively, celebrated their 70th anniversary at home on May 16. They married in 1944, when Vincent was a junior lieutenant in the Navy.Jesse Tinsley photo Handball has played a pivotal role in Vince Slatt’s life. If not for…
BOISE – Four couples who successfully sued Idaho Gov. Butch Otter over the state’s gay marriage ban are now asking to be reimbursed for nearly half a million dollars of attorney fees and other court costs. The group filed a motion in Boise’s U.S. District…
Victoria Zvoncheck-Ferro, owner of Audrey’s, a Boutique, helps fit model Heather Moore with a dress and accessories for the June 7 Red Cross benefit fashion show Fire on the Runway. Colin Mulvaney photo Trudy Raymond, 69, slipped on a shimmering dark blue evening dress at…
COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College trustees decided Wednesday to balance the college's budget for the next fiscal year by increasing tuition rather than levying more property taxes. The trustees accepted the college administration's proposal to fill a budget shortfall of $352,182 for fiscal year…
LONDON – Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis. Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese.…
File photo: The Tap House Steak is the signature dish at Manito Tap House. AMARILLO, Texas – A Nebraska woman celebrated breaking a Texas steakhouse’s speed record for eating a 41/2-pound slab of beef by polishing off another one. The Amarillo Globe-News and the Big…
BOISE – Texas Hold ’Em poker is no different than golf under Idaho law, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe contends as it fights a lawsuit filed by the state. Poker is a game of skill, in which players can pay fees to enter tournaments and win…
A Coeur d’Alene woman who was hospitalized with an E. coli infection earlier this month has sued a North Idaho sprouts producer and the restaurant she says served her the food that made her sick. Honey Sayler, 33, filed suit Tuesday against Evergreen Fresh Sprouts,…
The local Republican Party reorganized its legislative district and county central committee structure Wednesday night, but not much changed. Neil Oliver will remain as the county central committee chairman after two of his challengers dropped out of the race for the sake of "peace and…
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.
