Do you remember that "Seinfeld" episode in which Elaine's boyfriend got that faraway look every time he heard "Desperado" (can't remember whether it was the Eagles or Linda Ronstadt version) play? She tried to get him to switch anthems. The episode came to mind last...
FBI Director James Comey said that the national background check system should have prevented the man who allegedly killed nine people at a historically black South Carolina church from buying a gun. Suspect Dylann Roof was arrested in February on a felony narcotics charge that…
Routinely, my friend, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, amazes me with the few words that say so much in his short rhymes. This one falls in that category. It reminds me of the work of the master poet Ogden Nash of days gone by. Get ready to smile.
62% of likely voters would support the Justice Department taking legal action against so-called “sanctuary cities” for illegal immigrants, according to a survey released Friday. Sanctuary cities are receiving new scrutiny following a fatal shooting of a woman in San Francisco last week; the suspect is an illegal immigrant. Question: What say you?
Seventy-four-year-old Navy veteran Madelynn Lee Taylor won her legal fight in federal court late Thursday, winning a final judgment and order requiring the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery to allow her remains to be co-mingled with those of her late wife, Jean Mixner, when she dies.…
Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor who rose to international stardom after emerging out of the distant desert in “Lawrence of Arabia,” died Friday, his agent said. He was 83. Steve Kenis, Sharif's longtime agent, told The Times that the actor died of a heart attack…
In a last-ditch effort to maintain negotiated summer water levels at Lake Coeur d'Alene, Avista is reducing Spokane River flows out of Post Falls Dam to the absolute minimum of 500 cubic feet per second. The median flow for this time of year is about…
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (19 items & counting) includes 72YO man who suffered cardiac problems while hiking east side of Tubbs Hill.
The city of Post Falls unveiled its latest piece of public art yesterday afternoon at the Jacklin Arts & Cultural Center. "The Fish" by artist (and city employee) Harmony Conley-Oaks was then installed at the Spokane Street entrance to River City. You can see a photo package of the unveiling below.
Bayview is open to all as of this morning. Cape Horn just for residents. The traumatic experience may be over, but we still have the thunder storms coming in which could spell trouble. Ralph Jones tells me that there are bulldozers running a line the…
Today's AM Headlines includes: Avista reduces water discharge at dam/Press, Gov. Otter surveys Cape Horn fire damage/Press, Charges filed in deadly Athol area accident/Press, Navy vet wins fight over cemetery internment/EOBoise, US House narrowly OKs ed bill, with Idaho reps in favor/EOBoise + more.
I've begun to hear that Fort Ground residents are concerned that some trees in City Park are being targeted for removal as part of the 4 Corners revitalization project. Resident Karen Lawson voices her concerns today in an op-ed article in the Coeur d'Alene Press.
Executive Director Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation touts a law in Maine that allows residents to carry concealed weapons with a permit. Sez Hoffman: "Maine’s action is notable because Idaho’s Legislature has a gaggle of members professing adoration of the Second Amendment." Question: Do you support Maine's law?
In a letter to the New York Times, actor/columnist Ben Stein of the American Spectator takes issue with a recent Times article about Sandpoint. Although the Times article was positive, Stein believes that it missed the essence of the Bonner County town. He writes: "Simply put, it is the real 'enchanted kingdom.'"
In a letter to constituents today, Congressman Raul Labrador touted the Resilient Federal Forests Act, which, he says, "will improve forest health, reduce fire risk and restore ravaged landscapes. The bill streamlines forest management, bolsters firefighting funding and encourages timber harvestin projects developed through collaborative process."
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives jeers to ... Idaho Gov. C.L "Butch" Otter: He's running away from his record. The SR's Betsy Russell stopped him cold. Russell chronicled how Idaho's Parks and Recreation Department survived austere state budgets by relying on volunteers and more fee revenue.
Cheers and applause erupted as the Confederate battle flag was removed Friday from the South Carolina Capitol, ending a decades-long fight that was reignited after the murders of nine members of a historically black Charleston church. "Take it down! Take it down!" the crowd chanted...
The Coeur d'Alene City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to proceed with an application to lease BLM land in the Four Corners area. City officials worked with Welch Comer Engineers to process information, gathered at two public meetings, into a preliminary design for improvement to…
Hackers stole Social Security numbers, health histories and other highly sensitive data from more than 21 million people, the Obama administration said Thursday, acknowledging that the breach of U.S. government computer systems was far more severe than previously disclosed. The scope of the data breach…
I passed another of life's milestones without noticing a few weeks ago. As of mid-June, I've been newspapering for 45 years. Some of you cynics might say that what I do now -- blogging -- isn't exactly newspapering. But my print column keeps me tied...
This sign sits in front of a home that was spared in the Cape Horn fire in Bayview. Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter got a tour of the fire from an Idaho National Guard Blackhawk helicopter on Thursday. He then received a briefing from the incident...
Media covering the Cape Horn fire have regularly referred to Bayview as an "upscale" resort town, especially the AP. Now, I know there are upscale homes at Bayview. But I also know that the town is a good place for regular folks to enjoy a North Idaho lake setting that they can afford. Which adjective would you use to describe Bayview?
A Post Falls man learned a valuable less today when he was accidentally hit by his wife in the family car and knocked into the basement of their residence.
Today's Cutline Contest features Serena Williams at Wimbledon and two ball boys ready to scoop up errant tennis balls. Wednesday Winner: JMRusche.
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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