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• Huckleberries: Human relations task force more than description

  January 29, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations members weren’t happy with Huckleberries’ description of the venerable group last Sunday – as one that “prefers to accentuate the positive and focus …

• Huckleberries: Facebook SOS rouses Lake City

  April 17, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Coeur d’Alene Councilman Mike Kennedy appreciates Mark Zuckerberg’s online brainchild more than ever. On Wednesday, Mike issued this Facebook SOS: “Anybody have a lightly used pair of crutches for use …

• Huckleberries: Supremacists a reminder of task force’s need

  January 23, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B10 White supremacists made pests of themselves in Coeur d’Alene during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. First, they picketed two Mexican food stands in Coeur d’Alene – Chiludo’s Mexican …

• Last Democratic official in Kootenai County loses job

  November 4, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 Kootenai County, already among the most conservative regions of the country, is about to lose its sole surviving Democratic elected county official. Longtime Kootenai County Clerk Dan English was defeated … 4

• North Idaho College Board of Trustees races

  October 12, 2010 in Idaho Four people are running for two positions on the North Idaho College board of trustees.

• Explosives devices ignited at CdA school

  September 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 No one was injured and no damage was reported after three small explosive devices were found detonated near Coeur d’Alene High School’s football field Thursday morning. After the school resource …

• CdA Wells Fargo robbed; suspect flees on bicycle

  August 27, 2010 in Idaho The Wells Fargo Bank at 114 E. Appleway in Coeur d’Alene was robbed about 6 p.m. today. According to Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood, a man walked into the …

• CdA chief helps nab suspect after foot chase

  August 12, 2010 in City on Page A6 Coeur d’Alene’s police chief chased down a man suspected of stealing a motorcycle and arrested him at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon. Chief Wayne Longo was backing up Officer Hank Dunham on …

• Comments on Benewah sheriff brought Payne to surface

  February 28, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Prosecutor Doug Payne didn’t appreciate the criticism leveled at Sheriff Bob Kirts and Benewah County by outsiders including me recently. In a Handle Extra comment, I said the issue of …

• Sheriff’s crudeness comes with a cost

  February 14, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I6 Benewah County Sheriff Robert Kirts isn’t going to win his battle to continue to treat Coeur d’Alene tribal police with contempt. He’s already losing that war. 5

• Tracking the vote tracker

  February 7, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 You really don’t have to tell a private eye how you voted, no matter how persuasive he may sound on the phone or in person at your doorstep. As you …

• Shopko employee tackles armed robber

  November 19, 2009 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene pharmacy employee tackled a masked armed robber and held him for police Wednesday night.

• Series of holdups may be linked

  October 20, 2009 in City on Page A7 A series of robberies in the Inland Northwest continued over the weekend with three holdups in three days in the Coeur d’Alene area. A deli, a grocery store and a …

• Robbers hit three North Idaho locations in three days

  October 19, 2009 in Idaho Authorities are investigating three armed robberies in three days in the Coeur d’Alene area, and two of the holdups may be related, said Coeur d’Alene Police Sgt. Christie Wood.

• Legally, Segway OK’d for trail

  July 10, 2008 in Voices on Page PF1 In the parlance of Dirty Harry, you probably can scoot your high-priced Segway over to that new Prairie Trail that joins North Idaho’s Centennial Trail, if you feel lucky. A …