A 22-year-old man charged with trying to assassinate a U.S. congresswoman in a shooting spree that left six people dead has remained silent and has not been cooperating with the investigation, according to a sheriff. Jared Loughner, described as a social outcast with wild beliefs…
Doug Clark was able to find an Eastern Washington University band uniform to fit on his body after practice Thursday in Cheney.At left areformer student Holly Amend and EWU band uniform manager Amanda Goede. Clark, an EWU alum, traveled to Frisco, Texas, with the band…
A bird attacks a kite designed like it during the International Kite Festival in Ahmadabad, India, Monday. Kite-flyers from 36 countries are participating in the festival which runs through Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Top Cutlines: 1. Yea, you might have that…
Item: Currie says goodbye: Commissioner, county staff reflect on 8 years in office/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Friday was the bittersweet last day for Currie, the chair of the county commissioners who lost the race for re-election last November to Jai Nelson. It…
Item: Post Falls to lottery winner: Please show yourself: Officials refuse to announce business which sold ticket/Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press More Info: People in Post Falls are buzzing about the winner, even though the person may not be a local, and may not yet…
Spokane residents may have names for the storms and Mayor Mary Verner’s snowplow crew (many of which are unprintable). But we in Coeur d’Alene call our storms “Abracadabra.” Or “Bonanza.” Or “Crystal Run.” The one that blew through the Inland Northwest during the last week…
Kerri Thoreson, a Post Falls councilwoman writes on her Facebook page re: the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords and slaying of others with her in Arizona Saturday: "What I'm unsettled by, influenced no doubt by holding public office, is the number of violent attacks on members…
I've been gone most of the day and not tuned into the news. So I learned of the horrible news from Arizona by checking this Wild Card thread a half hour ago. Sick, sick, sick stuff. It's sad and heart-breaking that so many violent mad…
Seattle Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch (24) carries the ball under pressure from New Orleans Saints' Alex Brown as Seahawks Mike Gibson (64) falls during the play in the first half of an NFL NFC wild card playoff football game, today, in Seattle. Late in the fourth…
Eagle Eye: For anyone that has paid attention, I think it has been pretty well stated that the charge that Team McEuen was given was to design what they felt was the best case scenario for the park. I think they have done that. Just…
EWU wide receiver Brandon Kaufman stretches out in a full dive to get across the goal line and score on a two yard pass from quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell. The play earned EWU their first touchdown enroute to a 20-19 win in the National Championship…
My one other love is blogging. It's nearing obsolescence with the advent of Facebook and Twitter, but I still enjoy it. I want to keep at it. I'd miss it. Today I've put my Facebook Zoo Mates on notice I'm cutting way back. It has…
We usually celebrate New Years Eve, New York style. We say HAPPY NEW YEARS!!! at 9pm our time, as that is New Years on the East Coast in Time Square. And then head to bed. But this year it was different… we stayed up the…
A former Spokane police sergeant fired after a drunken hit-and-run crash has been offered a spot as a detective after a change in state law lifted his driving restrictions. City officials notified Bradley N. Thoma on Friday that he can return at the demoted level…
Delaware running back Andrew Pierce (30) jumps over Eastern Washington cornerback Jesse Hoffman (21) during the first half of the FCS Championship football game tonight in Frisco, Texas. After trailing 19-0 in the third quarter, EWU scored 20 straight points to win 20-19. ESPN game…
For those keeping score at home, Kerri Thoreson asked me a few weeks ago to be a speaker at Leadership Post Falls next Wednesday. She wanted me to discuss the social media in North Idaho. Which means I'll be talking about you guys. And how…
Michael Bernstein shows a sticker he's selling at his vendors booth at the Linguistic Society of America convention in Pittsburgh today. The group nominates and elects their "word of the year" at the convention and is scheduled to announce it tonight. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) Question:…
... from a courthouse Berry Picker that "Yesterday was the farewell party for Dan English. The room was PACKED with county employees, members of the public, other elected officials. Today was the farewell for Rick Currie & Rich Piazza. Could have fired off a canon…
6 p.m. Budget Saver, 1519 Sherman/CdA reports a wanted person on grounds. 5:43 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activity report for Jan. 6-7 here. 5:32 p.m. Caller reports that a blond woman in a gray vehicle ran red light @ Government & Aqua. 5:03 p.m.…
Governor C. L. "Butch" Otter is sworn in for his second term by Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court Daniel T. Eismann on the Statehouse steps today in Boise. (AP Photo/Statesman: Joe Jaszewski) Healthy Gonzaga heads into WCC play/Jim Meehan, SR Boise State coordinator…
A member of the Spanish Royal Guard, second right, snoozes as he waits for the start of the Pascua Militar annual Christmas military parade at the Royal Palace in Madrid on Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano) Top Cutlines: 1. 3 chins…
New Year's Eve wasn't kind for a 23YO man who was charged with battery and spitting on a sidewalk after he'd been kicked out of the Beacon, 4th & Sherman. Seems he sucker punched a bouncer while he was being kicked out of the bar…
"We ended our Christmas break with an afternoon of sledding on a cold, but gloriously sunny, Sunday," writes Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It. "She was okay. She was just pretending. Today we returned to our homeschool schedule. Now I’m the one feeling wiped out."…
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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