It's another beautiful day in the Inland Northwest -- and my family is beginning to arrive in Coeur d'Alene for all the celebrations that we're having this month. We had dinner at the Iron Horse last evening to welcome a brother-in-law to town, and were...
A lipsticked-kissed broken window adorns the Palmistry Reading building on Sprague Avenue near Napa Street in Spokane. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)
I don't know squat about Uber. But Sammy C assures me that the announcement below is a big deal. Seems you can get a non-cabby ride to places by punching an Uber ap. Sens. Bart Davis and Bob Nonini will test-drive it today. See Sammy's comment below, too. Question: Are you excited that Uber's coming to Lake City?
Scanner Traffic for Thursday afternoon (24 items + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes CPD looking for 80YO dementia victim who has been missing for 2-plus hours ...
Today's Cutline Contest features a 5YO participant in the "Let's Move!" campaign, started by Michelle Obama seeks to combat the epidemic of childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle. Wednesday Winner: DFO.
According to the HomeSnacks Web site, Middleton is the worst place to live in Idaho, followed by Caldwell and Payette. So good so far? Well, there are 2 North Idaho towns among the top 10 worst places: #9 Sandpoint & #10 Rathdrum.
Believe it or not, this is National Hug Your Cat Day (or Cindy is pulling my leg as she warms up in the bull pen for another stint at blog sub a few days from now. I have a little spiel about cats below. I like working cats. But indoor cats? Not as much. Question: Have you hugged your cat today?
Coeur d’Alene Police Officers are attempting to locate 73-year-old Shirley Perry Schmale and are asking for your help. Shirley was last seen in the area of the 2400 block of Bolivar Ave at 9:40 a.m. today. She is driving a 2011 4 door silver colored Toyota Camry.
On HucksOnline blogosphere roundup: Your weekend outlook/On Tap; Taking some time off/Simple Mind; Montana resource agencies cut staff/Outdoors; You won't believe what happens next/Fort Boise; When your Linked-In request is ignored/Slice; This trade needed to be made/A Grip on Sports + more ...
Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation applauds North Idaho College Trustees Ron Nilson and Todd Banducci for opposing a proposal to increase tuition by $5 per credit to help pay for $550,000 more in salaries and benefits.
Seems that group headed by Anne Nesse and Bob Bennett to increase the minimum wage in Idaho from $7.25 has morphed into an organizaition called Raise Up CDA -- and it is looking for support to persuade the Coeur d'Alene City Council to OK an advisory vote on increasing the Coeur d'Alene minimum wage.
Photo Set: Master planning efforts for potential on improvements on East Sherman kicked off on Wednesday night during a public meeting attended by about 100 people. The next meeting will be Thursday, June 18, at the Harding Family Center from 5-7pm. (Coeur d'Alene Today: Keith Erickson)
AmericanByBirth1 comments that Coeur d'Alene needs skilled jobs, not service-level jobs, to meet the goals of Vision 2030: "If CDA doesn't pursue more skilled professional level entities to the area we are going to end up just like Hailey, Ketchum." Question: Have you ever worked a service job?
Julian Powers (pictured in 2012), known as “Mr. Global Warming” to his friends, died Tuesday. He was 88. The retired Spokane engineer worked to educate local residents about the atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases and why they should be concerned about warmer winters, scantier snow…
The Army says it has pushed back the date for a preliminary hearing for Bowe Bergdahl the sergeant (from Idaho) who left his post in Afghanistan and was held by the Taliban for five years. Bergdahl is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.…
Scanner Traffic this Thursday morning (17 items & counting) includes bald male shoplifting tools from Fasteners (Midtown CdA) and making getaway on bicycle ...
A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group has asked three state attorneys general to investigate a Utah lawmaker who has led a push for western states to take control of federal public lands. Seems Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory and his wife has snagged a significant amount of money raised by the American Lands Council.
Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press Vandals damage train near Rathdrum/Press BB gun rampage damages 22 properties/Press Searchers wanted to find women w/dementia/KHQ Spokane's annual homeless survey shows decrease/SR Utah solon cashes in on fed land grab movement/Outdoors Idaho Falls instant racing parlor's status 'precarious'/EOBoise
I've heard rumors of Hagadone Hospitality's interest in a 2nd tower on resort property for years. Now, it appears, the company is moving ahead with the proposal. I have 3 qualms about the proposal -- 2 of which can be addressed. Also, I know that increased business at the resort helps the town. Color me ... sitting on fence on this one.
In the poll Wednesday, less than 1 in 5 respondents agree with maverick activist Larry Spencer that street light fees in some Kootenai County cities, including Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls, should be charged as a tax. Today's Poll: What is your first impression with plans by Hagadone Hospitality to add 2nd tower to the Coeur d'Alene Resort?
State Reps. Kathy Sims and Donald Cheatham will be discussing the special session on child support legislation at noon Friday at the Panhandle Pachyderm Club. Sims and Cheatham were two of the five House Judiciary and Rules Committee members who still voted against the bill during the regular session and the special session.
Health insurance companies offering plans on Idaho’s state insurance exchange are proposing big increases in premiums for 2016, the AP reports, citing increased medical costs and changes in utilization over the past year. Among them: Blue Cross of Idaho is proposing average increases of nearly…
In a Lewiston Tribune editorial today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase comments on the recent revelation that Utah state representative Ken Ivory is not all he seems to be. Ivory is an advocate of the fringe notion that Western states can sue the federal government into relinquishing public lands -- an idea that is helping line Ivory's pockets.
The man killed in a Hayden car crash Sunday was the father of a girl featured in the Coeur d'Alene Press for raising $200 for the family of fallen Coeur d'Alene Police Department Sgt. Greg Moore.
More than 100 people attended the workshop Wednesday evening, which took place in the community room at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Mayor Steve Widmyer said the purpose of the workshop was to gather input from the community on a collective vision for improvements to the city's eastern gateway.
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.
