Lake City High School's #10 Jerry Louie McGee returns a kick off 92 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter of the match up against host Coeur d'Alene High School tonight. Louie-McGee returned kicks of 85 and 92 yards for touchdowns as well as…
The owners of the Hitching Post wedding chapel filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Coeur d’Alene Friday, claiming that the city is unconstitutionally forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by performing same-sex marriages. Owners Donald and Evelyn Knapp say in the lawsuit…
I'm still walking on Cloud 9 after the walkoff home run by Travis Ishikawa carried the San Francisco Giants to their 3rd World Series appearance in five years. It never gets old, bay-bee. So I'm enjoying it while I can. Still, I'd like to send…
Moluccan cockatoo Zeppy looks for treats inside a pumpkin at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City Friday. The Zoo was established in 1904 as a small menagerie at Wheeler Park. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Searcher (RE: Dogwalk: Fear mongering & Ebola): My prediction: the further to the right an individual stands politically, the higher the level of fear. Note: this is not going to be absolute, as there are lefties who are pretty crackers, and righties who are pretty…
Top Comment -- JMRusche (RE: Profile: Gov. Butch Otter): The Governor has said repeatedly that there was nothing wrong with the Luna Laws, only on how they were presented. And having seen the Governor's budget requests for higher ed and public schools for 7 years…
Time 2 Vote ... Facts: Base jumpers jump off the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, W.V. during Bridge Day. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Register-Herald, Rick Barbero) Thursday Winner -- No Comment, with 10 likes: "Bless me father for I have sinned. I…
5:10 p.m. CPD officer is transporting male, high on spice, to Kootenai Health. Officer found the male in a vehicle that didn't belong to him. Officer wants dispatcher to phone hospital to make sure security is on duty. 5:01 p.m. Firefighters are using extinguishers to…
... That the Idaho GOP bus tour bogged down at the railroad tracks b/n Rathdrum & Post Falls because a train was parked on the tracks on H41/Rathdrum Prairie. My Eye on the Bus reports: "Did someone leak the schedule to the Democrats? All Constitutional…
In this Oct. 6 AP file photo, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Percy Harvin (11) carries the ball past Washington Redskins inside linebacker Perry Riley (56) during an NFL football game in Landover, Md. The New York Jets have acquired Harvin from the Seahawks. Two people…
A drone begins its approach to check the condition of the exterior of the Prairie Standpipe in northern Coeur d'Alene. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo) At 160 feet tall, the Prairie Standpipe in northern Coeur d’Alene is said to be the largest structure of its kind…
The director of the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery says there’s no longer any reason to deny a request from an Idaho veteran to be buried there with the remains of her same-sex spouse. Maddelyn Lee Taylor (pictured), a Navy veteran, filed a federal civil rights…
"In the middle of my grocery shopping yesterday, I was alarmed by a child’s ear-piercing gurgling scream of terror coming from one aisle over. It worried me enough to rush to investigate, thinking some kid had fallen from a shopping cart or, worse, was being…
I've stayed away from the Ebola issue thus far because nothing yet seems certain enough about the disease to write intelligently. A few thoughts on what I do see however. The CDC and therefore the government misread the likelihood it would reach our shores. Hospitals…
After more than 27 years on the job, Coeur d’Alene police officer Pat Sullivan is unpinning his badge. During a retirement party on Thursday attended by dozens of law enforcement officials representing multiple agencies, Sullivan was praised for his professionalism and dedication to his career.…
Writing on his campaign Web site about his new TV commercial (above), Democrat A.J. Balukoff said: "Idahoans learned through a news story yesterday that Gov. Butch Otter's top staff were directly involved in negotiating the sweetheart deal that absolved a major Otter campaign donor of…
Writing for USA Today, David Jackson reports: President Obama tapped veteran government insider Ron Klain to coordinate his administration's efforts to contain the Ebola virus Friday. Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Al Gore, is well-known by Obama and…
In the "Don't Get No Respect" Dept: According to the 2014 Republican Bus Tour agenda, Gov. Butch Otter and the boys on the bus (are there any girls?) will conclude their tour of North Idaho today at (wait for it) -- "McCuen Park." Didn't Councilwoman…
The IdahoED NEWS is profiling the major candidates for governor and superintendent of schools. The first profile spotlights Idaho Gov. Butch Otter. Here's Kevin Richert's report: After eight years in office, there’s enough in Gov. Butch Otter’s educational record to alienate plenty of Idahoans. There…
Don't look now, but there was snow on the Selkirks this morning. And Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns was there with her faithful camera to record the weather event. You can find more photos of the snow in the mountains at the Priest River Facebook…
An ad paid for by the Idaho County Republicans now running in the Idaho County Free Press takes partisan rhetoric to a new level: It says, “Voting democrat will assure redistribution of your money, veterans and all military abandoned, unknown illnesses crossing our unsecured borders.…
11:37 a.m. KCSDeputy en route to check on welfare of person on Buckles Road/Hayden. 11:34 a.m. 32 YO male is unconscious but breathing @ 2200 block of Lady Anne Way/Post Falls. 11:22 a.m. Undisclosed medical emergency involving 23YO male @ 1200 block of Montana/CdA. 10:54…
In a post for Boise State Public Radio (KBSX 91.5), Adam Cotterell reports: "In the past few years, Idaho has made it harder for people to vote. In the past few years, Idaho has made it easier for people to vote. Both of those sentences…
Gov. Butch Otter and Congressman Raul Labrador led a group of statewide Republican candidates to a stop at Hayden Super 1 this morning. Victor Correa/KHQ snapped this photo & tweeted it. The #ofi #idGOP #BusTour stopped at Super 1 Foods in Hayden -- it was…
In his latest drill down of the Coeur d'Alene Press Online video debate series, Joker is fascinated with the interaction between Press reporter/moderator Jeff Selle and Republican commissioner candidate Marc Eberlein (who is opposed by Democrat Bruce Noble): "Selle is fascinated by Eberlein’s claims about…
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.
