Mark Johnson, 23, spends his Monday morning driving a combine in the lentil fields near Liberty High School outside of Spangle, Wash., Monday. Johnson has been harvesting wheat and lentils for the past three weeks and still has 600 acres to finish. (Dan Pelle, SR)Question:…
Sandi Bloem filed this morning for an unprecedented third term as mayor of Coeur d'Alene. Bloem and Ray Stone are the only mayors to serve two, consecutive, four-year terms in Lake City history. Among the people signing her candidacy petition are Dean Lundblad Jr., Erika…
As the school season starts, the big topic in my little circle is the H1N1 vaccine. PapaJD says he couldn't live with himself if the kids get sick and we failed to do our best to prevent it. On the other hand, I couldn't live…
Item: Wolf hunt is on in Idaho, pending decision by judge/Rob Chaney, MissoulianMore Info: Wolf advocates and opponents met on the street and in the courtroom Monday morning as U.S. District Judge Don Molloy listened to arguments over imminent wolf hunting seasons in Montana and…
Ted Parvin, center, chairman of the Northwest Film Institute, participated in a promo for a screenwriting competition in Sandpoint on Thursday. Parvin, who has "Psycho" among his credits and a group of media professionals living in the Sandpoint area are working together to start a…
Expanded domestic partnerships for same-sex couples could face a public vote after Washington officials ruled that referendum sponsors have enough voter support to force a referendum on the November ballot. The new partnership law, nicknamed “everything but marriage” by its supporters, would broaden domestic partnerships…
Item: Boise mom pleads guilty after leaving her four kids alone on weekend nights/Patrick Orr/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Jennifer Ann Collantes will find out Oct. 8 if she will be sent to prison for leaving her four kids — ages 12, 9,5, and 3 — alone…
Item: New jail price: $56.7 million: County commissioners vote on ballot language for expansion proposal/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Jail improvements that would impact Kootenai County inmates for years to come are on taxpayers' plates again -- and the commissioners are doing their utmost…
We're in the second and final week of signups for local municipal races. The dance cards are filling up with incumbents who plan to seek another term and challengers (in Coeur d'Alene) who want to turn back the hands of progress. Post Falls hasn't seen…
A man gets a shower after he played soccer in the mud flats at Brunsbuettel near to the North Sea, northern Germany, during the annual mud flats festival on Sunday. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)SR's Today In Photos
A young friend of mine recently received a $97 ticket (not in this state) for failing to flip on her blinkers for a turn. She received the ticket despite the fact that she was in a turn-only lane. Yeah, she committed a violation. And she…
Katie’s first ever dentist appointment was yesterday. (Yes, at 10, she’s a little old for a first dental visit, but anxiety issues related to AS kept us from taking her before.) I expected to have to hold her hand, but she surprised me. When the…
Grand champion in the “So You Think You Can Text?” text messaging contest Hammond Bradford poses with Phones Plus President Chris Cheeley in front of the Phones Plus 2006 Ferrari F430 Spider F1 convertible. Hammond won a ride in the car as part of his…
A dance couple prepare to compete in the semi-finals at the 7th Tango Dance World Championship in Buenos Aires, Brazil, Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Top Cutlines:1. Trust me Mary, I have the tape recorder hidden well and no one will know you…
5:16 p.m. A disabled white station wagon has traffic tied up @ H95 & I-90.4:55 p.m. A husband has kicked in a door as part of a domestic dispute @ Ramsey & Rocky Road/Rathdrum.4:32 p.m. 2 female juveniles are being cooperative after being caught at…
KeithinCDA brought back some proof that fall's on the way while hanging out in the Blue Mountains in southeast Washington over the weekend.
Betty Ann Henderson of Ponderosa Loop filed her candidacy petition with the Post Falls city clerk's office this afternoon. She will seek council seat now held by Joe Bodman. Gary Mladjan will serve as her campaign treasurer. Four Ponderosa Loop neighbors signed her petition, along…
A Coeur d'Alene teen was attacked by three men at Independence Point Sunday evening. Dimitrius Peterson, 18, told police that he was with friends on the waterfront when a short, stalky male with a goatee and tan complection asked him for a cigarette. Peterson said…
A new book club – supported by a $3,000 grant from the Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library – will meet for the first time at the library, 702 E. Front Ave, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. The first book selected for…
A referendum that could overturn Washington state's "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law has qualified for the November ballot. The secretary of state's office said Monday that sponsors of Referendum 71 had 121,486 valid petition signatures - enough to put the newly expanded domestic partnership…
Who is going to follow Ted Kennedy? The bigger than life Senator? The likes of Tip O'Neil, Mike Mansfield. Sam Huston ... whether you like them or not, they were bigger than life. People could name them and not name their own congressperson. It isn't…
Vehicles use the roundabout at Hamilton Mason, Liberty Fairfield, and Vinnedge Roads in Fairfield Twp., Butler County, Ohio. Federal transportation officials say roundabouts _ or traffic rotaries _ are catching on across the country as an accident-reducing and motorist-calming alternative to multiple stop signs. (AP…
The question, called in by Press subscriber George Schultz of Hayden, struck a delightful, derisive chord with the audience. Rep. Walt Minnick, who was hosting the forum on health care, said he understood the sentiment but suggested that the federal government actually does a few…
Taryn Hecker: I don't agree with Spencer on much of anything. Including his interpretation that his mullet isn't a mullet. But I do appreciate the Spencers in this community who speak their minds and are a perennial pain in the arse of our local bureaucrats…
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.
