A trio of north Idaho representatives voted against the 2016 public schools budgets Monday, less than a week after they passed the Senate unanimously. Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, voted against six of the seven budgets. McMillan was joined by Reps. Vito Barbieri and Kathleen Sims in opposing the teacher salary appropriation bill.
In the Coeur d'Alene Press today, Sara Ferris introduces us to Walter S. Rosenberry, her grandfather, whose name is attached to Rosenberry Drive, the scenic stretch of roadway, hugging North Idaho College, that we call Dike Road. Not only was Rosenberry co-owner of the Winton Lumber Co. but he lived in a home that was to become the Blackwell House.
A Stateline Showgirls dancer was arrested early Sunday for battering a fellow dancer during a lap dance at the business. Maryann Osman Mahgoub, 26, of Spokane Valley, was booked into the Kootenai County jail for battery and cited for malicious injury to property after allegedly…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has vetoed legislation to outlaw “instant racing” gambling machines in Idaho, but senators, while failing to override the veto, noted pointedly Monday that it likely was illegal. The reason: Otter had five days to veto the bill and return it to…
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.
