Get the Flash Player to see this video.Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewThe Coeur d’Alene Tribe, the Idaho State Parks Department and other donors and interested citizens gathered today to break ground for a new visitors’ center and museum on the grounds of the Cataldo Mission, where the Coeur…
CDA Librarian Bette Ammon is preparing the first questions for the HBO Book Club discussion of Elizabeth Gilbert's self-discovery book, "Eat, Pray, Love." I'll have them tonight and post them early tomorrow to launch the discussion. Until then, I'd like to get you ready for…
Susan Walsh/AP PhotosChairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., lefts, laughs as Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., right, dresses up as Sen. Biden for Halloween Wednesday on Capitol Hill. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. With his two-faced support…
Kootenai County Sheriff's Department news release: On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Animal Control Officers from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department along with an Agent from the Idaho Department of Agriculture executed a search warrant at the old Coeur d’ Alene Auction Yards located on Seltice Way…
State Rep. Richard Curtis, R-La Center, has resigned amid nationwide publicity over a sex-related confrontation with a man and an ensuing blackmail attempt in a Spokane hotel last week. "While I believe we've done some good and helped a lot of people during the time…
A tenacious bunch of veterans are two weeks away from completing a multi-year project to honor soldiers who came before them and soldiers serving today. The product of their quest - a bronze sculpture called "I Am an American" - will go on display a…
Cut and paste this verbage skeleton from Seattle Daily Candy into the comments section and tell your Halloween Tale. The Chows will judge them at midnight tonight, announce the winner and award a $50 gift certificate to the restaurant of your choice. Let's hear your…
Here's a list of the individuals who signed that direct-mail letter circulated this week, warning citizens of naysayers (but not mentioning their names): Ruth Pratt, Bill Drake, Mary Lou Reed, Michael Bibin, Barb Bradley, Nancy Flagan, Denny Hague, Doug Fagerness, Paul Anderson, Dr. Douglas Stafford,…
I'll be interviewing Nils Rosdahl, North Idaho College instructor and the man with the nose for biz news, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, for my weekly Huckleberries Gone Wireless feature. If you have a question for Nils, you can post it under this thread ...
Today's lesson is from the Gospel According to Dave. Dave Glasebrook of Moscow, the seldom-mentioned 13th apostle, also took dictation from Jesus. His notes, however, differ from those of St. Matthew. Matthew records Jesus saying, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."…
Questions: 1. In recent years what would have happened last Saturday night/Sunday morning but now is occurring this coming weekend? (HINT: The change confused not only people but also some electronics devices as well.) 2. A suicide bomber in Iraq killed 29 this week, but…
A 16-year-old Desmet, Idaho, driver was killed Tuesday evening during a high speed chase on U.S. Highway 95 in Benewah County. An Idaho State Police corporal patrolling the southern part of the county at about 7:25 p.m. saw Ethan Horlacher approaching at a high rate…
I received a mass mailing from Citizens for Positive Change in the mailbox today (Thursday). Basically, it told "Concerned Community Member": "The Sky is NOT Falling in Coeur d'Alene." The letter was sent out by a raft of community leaders, from Ruth Pratt, Bill Drake…
Richard Drew/AP PhotoMatt Lauer, right, co-host of the NBC "Today" television show, as Herman Munster and correspondent Tiki Barber as Spot the pet dragon, appear during the program's annual Halloween show in New York's Rockefeller Center this morning.Question: How are you going to observe Halloween…
People I'd have a beer with at HBO: MikeK, Bob, RSPA, DFO, Noah, GL, Herb, Taryn, Meghann, Toadman, OrangeTV, MamaJD, Raymond Pert, Digger, Phil, JimmyMac, John Austin, Cis, Wondering ... and probably tons more. Of course I've already had a beer with some of these…
Now that Halloween's here, we should pause for a moment of silence for elementary school teachers who'll be dealing with sugar rushes today. While you spruce up yard displays and calculate candy reserves, some teachers are bracing for a trying day. A local kindergarten teacher…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewErnie Stensgar, right, speaks to the assembled crowd earlier today at the Cataldo mission about the plans for the new visitors' center and museum that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe is helping to build at Old Mission State Park in Cataldo. The tribe held a…
We were wondering just how much justice Paul Sandifur's settlement will buy for the victims of Met Mortgage's collapse. Works out to about $4.74 per investor. Sandifur settled his case with the feds – which alleged he oversaw fraudulent deals that backfired on investors –…
Brent Andrews/Chronic Discontent*At Bellemaison, JBelle/Notes from The 'Kan EWA baits Colorado Rockies fans (of which I was one until the bandwagon ran into Red Sox Nation) with back-yard play involving her Chows (notice the red socks on their feet) here.*"I have a big beef with…
Tina Fineberg File/AP File PhotoActor Robert Goulet arrives at the 2005 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in this June 5, 2005, file photo. A spokesman for Goulet said Tuesday the singer has died in a Los Angeles hospital while awaiting…
AP File Photo1, “Funny Games”2, “Audition”3, “The Ring”4, “”The Blair Witch Project”5, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”6, “The Exorcist”7, “Alien”8, “The Woman in Black”9, “The Vanishing”10, “Burnt Offerings”Full post by Dan Webster/Movies & More hereQuestion: What scares you?
If I recall correctly, George W. Bush passed the beer test with voters in one of his elections -- 2000 against Al Gore or 2004 against John Kerry. The beer test? It goes something like this: Which candidate would you feel most comfortable drinking a…
Item: Protester accuses incumbents of bigotry against Moscow pastor: 'This is a Christian protest, not a vote protest'/David Johnson, Lewiston TribuneMore Info: Standing on the sidewalk at the intersection of Main and Third streets, Glasebrook carried a yellow sign that read: "Vote the Bigot Party…
I must admit that former Huckleberries Online antagonist Dan Gookin has pretty good yard signs for his City Council election campaign. They mimic the design of the computers-for-dummies books that he has authored -- yellow, black and white. My neighbor across the street has one…
I'm personally not a fan of cheerleading in general, but the uniforms can be a bit more conservative. The excuse that they are "easier to move it" doesn't work in my book because they are so tight they can't walk right!Examples:Not okayMuch betterQuestion: Do cheerleading…
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