The Thursdays after a big election are usually the days when the adrenalin wears off -- and I'm spent. I'm also left searching for ways to fill the subsequent weeks until the winners are sworn into their new offices. We have a lot to look…
President Barack Obama is applauded by the crowd as they stand during his remarks to veterans at an “In Performance at the White House” series event, part of the Joining Forces initiative, an event with musicians, members of the U.S. military, military veterans, and their…
The retired Navy SEAL who says he shot al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in the forehead publicly identified himself Thursday amid a debate among special operations brethren about whether they should break silence about their secret missions. Robert O’Neill, 38, told The Washington Post in…
JeanieSpokane (RE: Wild Card/Thursday): So glad the elections are over; no more ads wiping each other out; no more befuddled brain trying to burrow through all the conflicting statements of the opposing candidate while trying to remember the name of the complainant (my definition of…
4:57 p.m. CPD press release: 14YO boy arrested for grand theft after being source of possible lockdowns this morning at Lakes Middle School and Venture School (formerly Project CDA). Information here. 4:30 p.m. Post Falls Police Department graveyard shift for Nov. 5-6 here. 4:05 p.m.…
Factoid: Superintendent-elect Sherri Ybarra won her race with Democrat Jana Jones by 5,667 votes statewide (unofficially). She beat Jones by 9,016 votes in Kootenai County.
Judging by his margin of victory, Gov. Butch Otter sealed the deal on this election long before the Oct. 30 debate on Idaho Public Television. But if there were any doubts about Otter in rural Idaho, where Otter practically is a political folk hero, they…
"After the last couple of dreary, wet days, we awakened a beauty this morning," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Whenever we put up with weather-related misery, Mother Nature rewards us." More here.
Local artist Terry Lee examines his sculpture, American Worker, as a worker installs the artwork. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson)
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld anti-gay marriage laws in four states, breaking ranks with other courts that have considered the issue and setting up the prospect of Supreme Court review. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel that heard arguments on gay…
On Tuesday, Coeur d’Alene police took a report of an endangered runaway by the name of Rachel Adria-Lorrain Brink, 15. Her mother said Rachel left her residence in the early morning hours and is traveling with 18YO Jared Matthew Carey. Carey has two outstanding warrants…
Electing's all done, the votes have been cast -- how long will those signs around the town last?
Tina Kunishige, right, chats with former state legislator Marge Chadderdon after the monthly Republican Women's lunch today. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Police in Kellogg, Idaho have arrested a 20-year-old man for two counts of Grand Theft and two counts of Desecration of a Place of Burial after urns were stolen from the Greenwood Cemetery. Police say sometime between Friday night on Oct. 31 and Nov. 3,…
Jeff Crowe of CDA TV at work in the control room. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson)
From Jeff Ward's Facebook page: "Reagan Republicans invite all members and friends to join us tonight at Avondale Golf Club Restaurant at 6:30pm (6:00pm social) to celebrate and discuss the historic Republican victories on Election Day."
I've been kicking myself for not writing in Mike Kennedy's name for the Senate District 4 seat who by Mary Souza Tuesday. I left the race blank. Mebbe the only one that I did. I simply couldn't vote for Constitutionalist Ray Writz as a protest…
SpudBob (RE: ): Well, the Shire’s annual election season bacchanal is winding down. During the thick of it there were fights and there was lots of drinking but by now most of the participants are lying about quietly, recovering from their hangovers. We had a…
Przemek Karnowski is 7-feet-1, 288 pounds, and he’s not done growing. Not in a physical sense. He’s not getting taller. He has dropped some pounds and toned up since arriving from Torun, Poland, three years ago. Karnowski becomes more settled in Spokane with each passing…
Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho speaks after winning a third term during the Idaho GOP election night event Tuesday at the Riverside Hotel in Boise. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger)
12:59 p.m. ISP tweet: A road rage incident @ w/b I-90/MP 5 (Spokane/Post Falls) resulted in a hit and run crash. This event occurred at about 6:15 a.m. today b/n silver 2002 Dodge Stratus & blue 2010 Chrysler 300. The Idaho State Police is requesting…
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., left, is fingerprinted by a Fort Lauderdale police officer Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP photo)
Wednesday Poll: 148 of 231 respondents (64.07%) weren't happy with the results of the 2014 general election in Idaho. On the other hand, 56 of 231 respondents (24.24%) were happy with the results. 25 (10.82%) marked "so-so." And 2 (0.87%) selected "Was there an election?"…
Mercy! Gotta say reading through these post-election ramblings is like reading about a football team that when they lose, blames the coach, the opposing team, the fans and the referees, without pausing to consider that maybe they just didn't play the game very well --…
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.
