Weekend Poll: Christie Wood was the top vote-getter in a weekend poll that asked which 2 candidates do you support for North Idaho College trustees. Wood received 160 of 511 multiple-votes cast for 31.31%, followed by Ken Howard with 141 of 511 votes for 27.59%.…
“My logging experience back in 1996 was an expensive lesson in the school of hard knocks,” Hart said in a statement. “I was mistaken to have done what I did and will never make that mistake again. And just this past week, I have learned…
Taryn Hecker describes this photo as "Grandpa Doug outfishing me on Twin Lakes." She has a swell story that goes with the photo, on her blog here.Vertical challenges/A Butterfly MomentHosting angels/Accidental Rabbit TrailsForgetting the sins of their past/Arch DruidA thanksgiving vignette/Atmospheric RuminationsMushrooms, remodel, & R-'n-R/Bent's…
Attorney John McKay, second from left, and Alaska Dispatch founder and editor Tony Hopfinger, right, talk to Anchorage Police after Hopfinger was detained and handcuffed by the security detail for Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller at a Miller town hall Sunday in Anchorage, Alaska. Story…
Demo Paula Marano had a slight advantage over Repub Kathy Sims in fund-raising, according to campaign finance reports filed last week. Marano raised $17,352, including a $2500 loan to her campaign, to Sims' $16,135 for the calendar year through Oct. 10. Marano has spent $11,061…
Coeur d'Alene Brewing Co. (which operated for quite awhile @ Lakeside & 2nd (across from the Coeur d'Alene Press office) Facebooks: "The news nobody wanted. We regretfully announce that we are unable to secure a new location and suitable financing to re-open the brewery and…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter formally ended Idaho's management of wolves Monday. Otter told Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Idaho no longer will act as the federal government's "designated agent" for managing "your wolves" in the wake of a federal court decision returning the predator to the…
On Mike Kennedy's Facebook page, Mike posts that his kids, Ronan and Jack are about to experience a Coeur d'Alene right of passage -- eating their first hamburger at Hudson's. Do you think Ronan, 1, and Jack, 3, will ask for fries?Question: Can you remember…
Jamie Lynn Morgan: We’re not always what we appear to be. We wear a mask that conceals our truths. Just look at the people in your life. What do you really know about them, even the ones you are closest to? Do really know what…
Holly Bowen/Moscow-Pullman Daily News tweet update: CEO Jeff Martin was ejected from his truck after it ran up an embankment on the side of Hwy 8. Not wearing seatbelt.It is with great sadness that we share the news that Jeff Martin, our beloved friend and…
I initially became a Facebooker (Facebookie? Facepusher?) the way many people my age do: I got e-mails from a couple of grandchildren asking me to "be a friend." Mind you, it's not that my grandchildren and I aren't already friends. It's that there is so…
(Phil Hart) refuses to pay taxes – both federal and state –- accepts a state paycheck, is reimbursed for per diem and travel, and enjoys other fiscal perks. He seems to have no problem putting state tax money into his wallet but doesn’t want to…
Sidekick Cindy got all snarky after her trip to Greenbluff, one of the few attractions in eastern Washington that I wouldn't mind having over here in North Idaho. Facebooks Cindy: "Apparently, one gazillion other people also decided to Greenbluff, most of them from Idaho. What?…
11:42 a.m. A female has questions re: what animal control told a neighbor re: wild cats.11:41 a.m. R. reports that her ex-sister-in-law is going through her mailbox.11:23 a.m. A 24YO male @ Broken T & Green/Twin Falls took an overdose of pills.11:06 a.m. No one…
I finally got my hands on a photo of Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio eyeballing a copy of The Spokesman-Review the Oct. 5 morning after his speech to the Woman in Red banquet, sponsored by the Kootenai County Republican Women's Federation. A Labrador supporter…
Saturday, Oct. 9: 2250 hours @ Iron Horse, 407 Sherman (Battery): Officers responded to a battery call at the Iron Horse reference a bouncer who had been injured by a female. Apparently the female and her boyfriend were asked to leave the bar several times…
Kim Cheeley, of Itty Bitty Witty Knitties in Coeur d'Alene, makes greeting cards out of handmade knitted swatches and quilts by a group of women from south-central China who participate in the vocational-training programs of Asia Project Grace. Laura Umthum story in Handle Extra here.…
Gresham Bouma (pictured from Facebook photo), Republican candidate for Idaho Senate in District 6, has denied that an inflammatory postcard sent to an unknown number of mailboxes over the weekend throughout Latah County came from his campaign. Denials also came Saturday and Sunday from the…
President Barack Obama signs the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, during a ceremony at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria, Va., in March. The public panned it. Republicans obstructed it. Many Democrats fled from it. Even so, the session of Congress now…
In the comments section, ThomG points out that OpenCDA.com is claiming incorrectly -- what else is new? -- that Christie Wood is unwilling to debate Robert Ketchum in their North Idaho College Board of Trustees race. Sez Mary: "Come on, Christie, it's time to 'woman-up'…
I’m just going to listen to the experts and pretend I ate a healthfully guilt-free lunch. Dietary experts say that regular consumption of the Omega-3 fatty acids found in many types of seafood can help do a number of wonderful things for your body’s well-being,…
The middle of the road is a dangerous place for any politician.Just ask Rep. Walt Minnick. Many Republicans will never forgive his support of lightning-rod Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Many of Minnick’s fellow Democrats will never forgive him for opposing the party’s centerpiece initiatives: health care…
You may know that Christa Hazel was subpoenaed to testify in the contempt of court case against Bill McCrory (which was dismissed Tuesday), springing from the failed Jim Brannon election lawsuit. But did you know that Christa got her money’s worth from the subpoena server?…
Kamm: Reading has alway been my refuge. My first memory of my father, who was at sea for loooong periods of time, was taking me to the main library so I could print my name on a check out card. I could check out as…
Herb Huseland: Watching football and other activities this week-end, I suffered through the promo trailers for the fall network programing. It appears that most if not all featured very violent content. My question is: Is this a reflection of our violent society? Or is it…
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.
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