The Coeur d'Alene Press reports: Bonsai Bistro on Sherman Avenue has closed it doors, and they will remain shuttered. “We just took a look at several factors and felt it was in our best interest to do this,” said Jerry Jaeger, president of Hagadone Hospitality Co.
The Parting Shot features a dancer perform near a banner with a method that reads in Portuguese, "Culture is the soul of a nation," during a protest outside the Municipal Theatre, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil today. OK, the choice of today's Parting Shot may have something to do with my Portuguese roots.
CdAIndependent voices a sentiment that I've thought about occasionally. Who will step up to take Scott Reed's place as the environmental activist and conscience of Coeur d'Alene. Taking it one step further, who will step up to take the places of human rights leaders Tony Stewart, Norm Gissel and Marshall Mend?
My house needs a new roof. So I began calling around to see who could handle the project, starting with one of the most respected roofing companies in the area. The woman who answered the phone for the company was nice. But said that roofers are slammed this year, fixing roofs from the wind storm.
The Cutline Contest today features three Iceland stallions walking together to their paddock near Frankfurt, Germany. Monday Winner: 4-way tie (JohnA, gitrdun, Fort Boise & DFO)
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (15 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) ...
"Raul Labrador says his words were inelegant," begins columnist Shawn Vestal/SR. "But they were elegant enough to make it clear: He and the others who are trying to do things that will worsen health care for vulnerable people will say anything to pretend they are not."
FBI Director James B. Comey has been dismissed by the president, according to White House spokesman Sean Spicer - a startling move that officials said stemmed from a conclusion by Justice Department officials that he had mishandled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails. The New York Times reports ...
James Harston, about 60 years old, of Spokane, has been identified as the man found floating face down in the Moyie River, near the Meadown Creek Campground area. the victim had been wearing a wetsuit and a life jacket.
Congressman Raul Labrador will have to give up his U.S. House seat to run for Idaho governor in 2018. That will trigger a horse race among a whole bunch of wannabes who could win a plurality in a crowded field -- and then breeze to victory in the general election finals. Who do you think will run?
Twin Falls’ City Council has passed a resolution declaring the city a “neighborly community.” The vote was 5-2, with Vice Mayor Suzanne Hawkins and Councilwoman Nikki Boyd against. The troubled town affirmed its role as a welcoming city rather than adopt policies defying U.S. immigration officials.
From my Huckleberries column files 25 years ago (May 4, 1992): A local woman remembers activists Opan Brooten and Vivian Butterfield, two life-long chums, who had been killed in a car wreck near Lewiston a week before. Both were heavily involved in Coeur d'Alene area causes.
Scott Reed, the Coeur d'Alene attorney and environmental activist who worked with Art Manley and others to save Tubbs Hill for the public, died two years ago May 2. Three days later, Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, eulogized him in 12 succinct and dead-on words.
In her Eye on Boise blog, Betsy Russell posts the statement by Congressman Raul Labrador that says he will officially announce for the 2018 Idaho gubernatorial race in the coming weeks. Betsy also posts statements by all three of Labrador's announced GOP opponents.
Photographer Don Sausser snapped this sailboating sailing along the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene late Sunday afternoon.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (15 items & counting) includes a fire that engulfed pickup @ Hanley Avenue/Erickson Drive, Dalton Gardens ...
A North Idaho woman who was suspected of causing a pair of serious car crashes on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive in 2014 has died. Prosecutors confirmed Kara Powers’ death. Last month, Powers’ attorney had said she was on life support at a Phoenix-area hospital. Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 reports ...
Idaho 1st District GOP Congressman Raul Labrador filed the initial paperwork with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office this morning to run for governor in 2018, even as he’s in the midst of a national swirl of negative publicity over his recent comment that no one dies for lack of access to health care. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
AM Headlines begins with news that a portion of a storage tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed this morning. Also: Public Records (May 9)/Press, Body found floating in Moyie River/SR, Washington man jailed after chase/Press, Suit: Logging company accused of theft/Press, Bonner County man annoyed by dumping/KREM 2 ...
In Monday's poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said statewide fallout from the viral comment made by Congressman Raul Labrador won't have much if any repercussions because "nothing hurts a Republican incumbent." Today's Poll: Which of the announced GOP candidates for governor in 2018 do you favor?
Wrestler Cierra Foster, of Post Falls, has been named 2017 recipient of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. It is the female version of the longtime Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award given to boys. Greg Lee reports ...
(Talk show host Jimmy) Kimmel also highlighted a highly criticized comment made by Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, last week at a town hall. Labrador said no one has died because they don’t have access to health care, prompting boos from the crowd. Kate Irby/McClatchy (Idaho Statesman) reports ...
President Donald Trump on Monday renominated Judge David Nye to fill Idaho’s long-vacant second U.S. District judge position. Nye was among 10 judicial nominees Trump named Monday; he’s one of two on the list who already was nominated for the post by former President Barack Obama, and received unanimous support in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
As expected, construction work on eastbound Interstate 90 through downtown Spokane caused a major backup Monday. The slowdown started about midafternoon and continued on through rush hour. Mike Prager/SR reports ...
Politifact has weighed in on Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador’s comment at his Lewiston town hall last week that “nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care,” and given it the fact-checking site’s worst rating on its 'Truth-o'Meter': “Pants On Fire.” Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports ...
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.
