In an ad in the Coeur d'Alene Press Saturday, Democrat Bruce Noble (pictured) wrote this about his opponent for a Kootenai County commissioner seat Marc Eberlein: "(He) claims to have a lifelong interest in politics yet it took him 9 years to register to vote…
In a tradition that goes back further than anyone can remember, all of Centennial Elementary School’s students participated in a well-choreographed costume parade. It wove through each others’ classrooms and parent-lined hallways just before school let out on Friday in Nampa. Second-grader Brogan Rice, 8,…
At Boise State Public Radio (KBSX 91.5), Adam Cotterell writes of the response received when the station asked Facebook followers what it's like to be a Democrat in Idaho. Some said they knew they would usually be on the losing side. Many were proud of…
Item: Get a flu shot or get a new job: Kootenai Health requiring employees to get vaccination/Jeff Selle, SR
Control of the U.S. Senate may be the chief concern of national political experts Tuesday, but Washington voters won’t play any part in that decision. Because of that, many may skip voting entirely. State voters will decide issues closer to home on guns and schools,…
This year's gubernatorial race comes down to whether Idaho voters care about crony capitalism, where political cronies and campaign donors profit under the name of "serving the public's interest." Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff is using the stretch run of this campaign to bring up two…
Dolly Heil and Dick Sharpe, right, listen to the music during a weekly jam session at Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d'Alene on Friday, October 24. Area malls have reinvented themselves and survived the recession. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
MikeK: "I thought Patrick's funeral was more than eclectic, though it certainly was that. To me it was uplifting in the sense that you realized how many corners of the community had genuine affection for and a genuine stake in the life of Patrick Jacobs.…
Patrick Jacobs, Coeur d’Alene’s unofficial king of food, fashion and fun who died too young last Sunday, was a huge fan of former Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem. Her Sandiness, longtime owner of Johannes Jewelry in downtown Coeur d’Alene, was known for rocking outfits 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.
