Kootenai County Commissioner David Stewart announced he will seek a second term in the upcoming 2016 election. Stewart said he is anxious to continue his work on the commission, and cites a number of those issues in a press release.
As the world celebrated the dawning of a new year, a special North Idaho family also celebrated the birth of their daughter. John and Tullaya Akins of Sandpoint proudly announced that Mika Akins entered the world at 12:15 a.m. on New Year's Day, making her Coeur d'Alene's first official baby of 2016. She was born at Kootenai Health.
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.
