Offering "gourmet Chinese fast-food," Panda Express will open this coming week in the west end of the new mini mall at Fourth and Best, Coeur d'Alene. The 6,900-square-foot structure is replacing the former 7-Eleven mini mall that burned last year. Panda Express will have a…
In a sharply worded letter to City Hall critic Matt Roetter Sept. 16, City Administrator Wendy Gabriel claimed that Roetter started a rumor that the city had falsified a wastewater risk management report sent to the EPA. The remark was made in an anonymous comment…
I'm going to post this new Wild Card that can be used to discuss presidential tonight's debate, live or otherwise. You can find today's original Wild Card below the "Headlines @ Closin' Time" feature for general threads. Also, you can follow the live-streaming of the…
On Tuesday, PETA sent a letter to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream urging them to replace the cow’s milk they use with human breast milk. This strikes me as odd. I do not want another woman’s juices in my mouth. Did PETA think just because…
4:29 p.m. Teen driver, with two others, spinning doughnuts in Coeur d'Alene Place culdesac. 4:21 p.m. Large dog running at large in Worley city park.3:59 p.m. R/P's concerned that a door-to-door salesman might be casing the neighborhood. He's now headed down Orchard toward Ramsey3::25 p.m.…
I noticed that banker JimmyMAC was weighing in last night re: the WaMu buyout. Which got me to thinking. If you threw a banker or two into a volcano, would it stop the financial crisis, sorta like they used to do in Hawaii when the…
“Idaho” is a tongue-in-check musical comedy -- a rather bawdy version of "Oklahoma,” set in Idaho. The curtain's going up this weekend on the New York Musical Theater Festival -- and Idaho is one of the most anticipated shows - a risqué musical comedy about…
Mel Evans/AP PhotoWallMonkeys.com founder Jason Weisenthal peels a five-foot, six-inch, stick-on image of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin from a sheet of paper in his office today in Fanwood, N.J. Weisenthal, whose company creates oversize graphics, says that the Palin graphic is so far…
We're staying home tonight. We're not going eat out like we usually do on Friday nights. I think I'll go over to Wood's today and pick up some German sausages. We'll each have one dressed with pickles, mustard, mayonnaise and wrapped in melted Tillamook medium…
Gov. Butch Otter has ordered a 1 percent holdback in the state budget, cutting $27.3 million mid-year. "Acting in moderation now is the prudent and fiscally responsible thing to do," the governor said at a news conference. He ordered state agencies to hold an additional…
K. Ray Johnson/UI Argonaut
It’s not just the University of Idaho cheerleaders getting tired of hearing about their uniforms. We are, too. The Argonaut has had information and photo requests from the likes of USA Today, Inside Edition, The Associated Press, Fox News, Fox TV and a myriad of…
There are a lot of us average Joes and Janes out here in fly-over country that would like to string up these greedy bastards who brought down our financial system. Or at least send them to prison for the rest of their lives. I disagree.…
AP Poll: Few support Bush's market rescue plan/AP More Info: Just 30 percent say they support Bush's package, according to an Associated Press-Knowledge Networks poll released as White House and congressional leaders struggled to rescue the plan after House Republicans rebelled against it. Despite the…
The only thing holding the Democrats back is that they want everybody in Congress to share the blame for this flameout. They cannot afford to have House Republicans shouting from the rooftops that the plan is a boondoggle, for fear that the House Republicans will…
Item: Corridor sparks citizen concerns: Another community forum meeting planned for October/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Dick Phenneger, who is running for election to NIC's board of trustees, spoke about the hazards posed by chemicals stored at the treatment plant that are used to…
From HBOHat Tip: ThomG
Republican John McCain says he’s going to be at the first presidential debate, even though Congress doesn’t have a bailout deal. With less than 10 hours until the debate was scheduled to start, the McCain campaign announced that the Arizona senator would travel to the…
My husband, Derek, came home from work a few weeks ago and announced, "I bought half a cow." When he saw my horrified look, he hastened to add, "Don't worry, I said I wanted the smallest half." In an effort to cut our mounting grocery…
Joe Heller/Hellertoons
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.
