I appreciate the fine job (per usual) that Cindy did while filling in for me on Thursday & Friday. I wasn't kicking back with my tootsies in Lake Coeur d'Alene. I was undergoing my every-five-years colonoscopy, prepping on Thursday and then heading for Kootenai Clinic…
At Slight Detour, Marianne Love took her camera on a walk on the Sandpoint bike path along the waterfront. You'll find several more of her photos from that Saturday journey besides the one above here.
The stories that received the most comments today are: Otter fatigue could be a factor (18 comments), and: Wild Card discussion of colonoscopies (17 comments).
Centered (RE: Miss Idaho displays insulin pump): Sierra Sandison is a tremendous role model for young girls in addition to be a strong voice for Type 1 Diabetes. I've lost 2 high school friends to T1D (they were in their 30's....way too young) and my…
They honk, they're impatient, they make rude gestures, they gun their engines. They are the rude drivers, and the highest concentration of them is Idaho, a new poll suggests. Drivers in Idaho, followed by those in Washington, D.C.; and New York make the top three,…
Time 2 Vote (only 3 votes cast so far) ... Miss Massachusetts Lauren Kuhn celebrates after moving on to the evening gown portion of the Miss America 2015 pageant, Sunday, in Atlantic City, N.J. Miss Idaho Sierra Sandison is to her left. You write the…
5:31 p.m. Officers warn female that her boyfriend has warrants from 2 states & she should be careful not to harbor him. 5:16 p.m. Female reports that male trashed her living space in rural Kootenai County, unknown location. 5:06 p.m. Alarm that sounded in bank…
Sounds like there's a new food truck in town, specializing in French crepes among breakfast, brunch & lunch offerings. The Coeur d'Braizh Crepes Facebook site announced today: "So! We were able to get set up briefly today at noon and do a sort of a…
Faced with the prospect of closing Spokane’s only professional theater company, the board of directors at Interplayers instead opted to merge operations with a community theater company, Lake City Playhouse of Coeur d’Alene. The merger, announced Monday, gives operational control of Interplayers to Lake City.…
On the Priest Lake Facebook wall, Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns calls this photo: "Walking the Dog, Priest Lake style." Grant to fund H95 upgrade at Worley/Brian Walker, Press Celebrating 50 years of Wilderness Act/Rich Landers, SR Alliance celebrates opening, creates lots of jobs/David Cole,…
The board of directors of Balance North Idaho announces its endorsement of candidates for the Board of Trustees for North Idaho College in Kootenai County. The election for the two open seats is non-partisan. BNI is proud to endorse incumbent trustees and candidates, Christie Wood…
It's safe to say with all that heat it was one "hell" of a defeat. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Idaho has produced a number of officeholders and office-seekers who met untimely deaths, either in plane or auto crashes, or job accidents. All had potential to grow and might have been quite successful. In two cases, that of Jim McClure’s and Cecil Andrus’, the deaths…
Many literate people share one trait. We have words that irritate us and from college educated writers. Sure, obvious non-words like irregardless are at the top of the list, but mine is the word, "on." Read yesterday's or today's sports page and you will see…
Chief Allan, chairman of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe, leads Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer and the City Council on a tour of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation recently. The city of Coeur d'Alene and the tribe are planning partnership opportunities for the future. The city…
Bob Salsbury takes a rock handed to him by his granddaughter Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at his valley home. He is in the processing of adopting his granddaughter. (SR Photo: Jesse Tinsley) There was a little RV in Bob Salsbury’s imaginary retirement, or maybe a…
Here’s a ranking in which Idaho is improving: According to State Farm Insurance claims statistics, we’ve dropped from 26th to 28th in the nation for likelihood of motorists hitting a deer on our roads. West Virginia has remained atop the list in first place for…
Charges flew over the weekend as the Idaho Republican Party claimed that the Idaho Democratic Party and Democratic candidate for governor A.J. Balukoff (pictured) were doing something “shady” involving passing money back and forth that might violate campaign finance laws. The Democrats responded that Balukoff…
A man facing 34 felony counts for violating an order of protection is wanted by Missoula law enforcement after allegedly contacting his victim repeatedly on Facebook last week. According to prosecutors, Joshua James Allen didn’t have a romantic relationship with the victim, but initially began…
Miss Idaho Sierra Sandison displays her insulin pump during swimsuit preliminary for the Miss America pageant at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. on Thursday. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Edward Lea) Sierra Sandison didn't come to Miss America with diabetes awareness as her…
11:38 a.m. Male is semi-conscious and breathing shallowly after falling off ladder @ Yellow View/south of Spokane River. 11:29 a.m. Male on skateboard is cussing & threatening pedestrians @ undisclosed CdA location. 11:16 a.m. Someone is having trouble breathing @ Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics, 700 W.…
Jennifer Locke picked up an easy $30 by singing karaoke with the band Strictly Business at the Coeur d'Alene Casino over the weekend. Explains Jennifer: "I went down with my aunt, uncle, and parents. It was a live band and they only had a selection…
The movement by Western states to legally wrest control of public lands is losing its juice. In the past two weeks, legislative committees studying the issue in the states of Montana and Nevada have taken legal action off the table. They have instead put together…
Anne Nesse, a candidate for state Rep. Kathy Sims' House District 4 seat, circulated the following letter to the local media: I am writing you, Dave Oliveria, and you, Mike Patrick, to ask that you use whatever press influence you have to include the representatives…
Silas, a cross between a Labrador Retriever and Golden Retriever licks Luke Ackerman, 6, face during the family’s welcome party for Silas on Saturday afternoon. Silas was a gift to Luke, who is diagnosed with a degenerative brain disease called GM1 Gangliosidosis, through the Make-A-Wish…
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.
