How much do you know about comedian Joan Rivers, local weather extremes, the University of Idaho's football game at Florida and other news of note? Find out in our weekly Spokesman-Review News Quiz, where you could win movie tickets or a $50 gift card to…
Time flies when you realize how far back it was when I moved from Dalton Gardens to Bayview nineteen years ago. It seems like yesterday except I'm much older now than then. I was brought up to date with a Coeur d'Alene event which established…
During WWII, you couldn't just walk into a shop and buy as much sugar or butter or meat as you wanted, nor could you fill up your car with gas whenever you liked. All these things were rationed, which meant you were only allowed to…
Sisyphus (RE: Dave, you raise a good point regarding the Balkanization of Idaho's education system. We're creating ghettos of impoverished school systems where the poor will have zero opportunity. We're killing the American dream rapidly in those zones. DFO: Idaho's public education system is OK,…
Hannes Arch of Austria performs during the finals for the sixth stage of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Monday. (AP Photo/Red Bull: Joerg Mitter)
12:04 p.m. 86YO male is suffering chest pain @ Dr. Daugherty's office, 920 W. Ironwood Drive. 11:48 a.m. Animal control officer is trying to catch dog @ 9700 block of Maple/Hayden. 11:45 a.m. Female driver wearing sunglasses is tailgating, honking @ s/b H41/H53, Rathdrum. 11:41…
Ms. Pac-Man (RE: Idaho: The Next-to-Last State): I find myself as a conservative caught in the middle of being told I should home school (when this isn't a realistic option for my family) and wanting better results from our public education system that isn't all…
How much water was involved in America’s waterboarding of terrorism suspects? If that sounds glib, it’s not meant to be. As the massive and much-battled-over “torture report” by a Senate committee inches toward public disclosure, a British newspaper is reporting that the waterboarding employed against…
Kelley Stickelmeyer directs traffic on Tuesday on Barker Road in Spokane Valley, Wash. Stickelmyer recently came to the rescue of three unattended children while flagging with her District 4 crew. Story here. (SR Photo: Colin Mulvany) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Ex-WSU QB Leaf gets 5-year…
Tuesday Poll: 71 of 186 respondents (38.17%) said we'll still be talking about the Arfee shooting controversy a month from now. 60 of 186 respondents (32.26%) said we won't. 52 (27.96%) said the dog shooting will come up occasionally in the future. 3 (1.61%) were…
Nothing gets the Gem State in a funk like being dead last at something. Being next to dead last? Not so bad. Last winter, the state's leadership cringed when it heard that Idaho's low-skill, low-wage economy had produced the 50th lowest per capita income in…
There was at least one Idaho football fan who didn't seem to mind another week of lightning-related setbacks as the Vandals tried to play their season opener at Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday. Scott Linehan, in the midst of preparing Tony Romo, Dez Bryant and the Dallas…
Gonzaga University law school professor Scott Burnham spent three hours Sunday working on his game. It wasn’t golf or tennis. Burnham, who teaches commercial law and contracts, studied other players intently at a poker table during a Texas Hold ’Em tournament at Northern Quest Resort…
An Athol man is alleging that Coeur d'Alene police officers used excessive force and violated several of his constitutional rights following a 2013 traffic stop. Mark Barnhouse filed a civil suit April 1 in U.S. District Court seeking more than $100,000 in damages stemming from…
Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Steve Adams predicted it might happen when the council voted last week to uphold the city's weapons ban during public events. And it has already begun. Two people came to a city press conference Friday with handguns on their waists. "I…
Kimber Follevaag holds the position of a piece of art on the wall as Otis Bardwell, reflected in a mirror, right, considers the arrangement Tuesday while preparing for St. Vincent de Paul Art on the Edge’s Emerge art show. Both volunteers are Coeur d’Alene artists…
The attorney defending a Coeur d’Alene teenager accused of killing his father and brother has asked a judge to suppress all statements the boy made to police after his arrest, including his alleged confession. The request to throw out the confession is among several recent…
City officials confirmed last week that Coeur d'Alene Police Officer Dave Kelley still works for the department. What they won't confirm is whether or not Kelley - who was named Friday as the officer who shot and killed a pet dog outside Java on Sherman…
Thirty years ago today, I walked into the newsroom of the Spokesman-Review for the first time as an employee. Doug Clark was the regional editor out here at the time. The SR had hired Greg Lee as a prep sports writer two weeks before. I…
A woman takes a picture of a perigee moon, also known as a supermoon, rising in the sky in Madrid Spain, today. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other…
The posts that attracted the most comments today are: McEuen Park entry underwhelms (62 comments), and: Battered wife blames media (16 comments), and: Court unmoved by gay marriage for (11 comments).
Jamie Lynn Morgan (RE: Patrick: Many unanswered questions): Soap Box Moment: To all those that are "Boycotting Java", especially other business owners, let's hope that an incident doesn't happen in or around your business that is out of your control that puts you in their…
Sam (RE: McEuen Park entry underwhelms): It's crazy how ornery people get about art, and how forgetful folks on this comment thread are about the other, numerous amazing artworks that dot the landscape of Coeur d'Alene. Trust me, what you have there for the arts…
The Otter for Idaho campaign has launched a new voter education video series called #TopicTuesday on the campaign’s YouTube page. Every Tuesday until the election, the campaign will post a short video with the Governor that outlines a topic important to Idaho voters. This will…
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.
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