I plan to catch my nephew in the Christmas coral concert tonight at Coeur d'Alene High. It's been awhile since I visited the CHS campus for something other than a sporting event. Junior graduated in 1997 from there. Amy Dearest attended three years at CHS…
Deputy Prosecutor Luke Malek talks with Kootenai County GOP matriarch Ruthie Johnson after announcing that he will seek the House District 4A seat held by retiring state Rep. Marge Chadderdon, R-Coeur d'Alene. Ruthie is a member of the State of Idaho Human Rights Commission and…
5:17 p.m. CPD Blue is stopping to check on man sitting on Lake Coeur d'Alene Drive bench. 5:09 p.m. CdA woman reports soon-to-be ex husband has changed locks on biz to keep her out. 5 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 13-14…
Northern Lakes Fire District fireman Erin Sorenson fights to extinguish flames and to protect outbuildings this afternoon after being called at about 12:35 to a fully engulfed house fire at 3427 Scarcello Road/Rathdrum. According to a fire district news release, firefighters found the house fully…
I am formally announcing the launch of iSightonline.com, a news aggregation and opinion site serving the entire state of Idaho. This site is the initial step of my vision to create a people-based opinion site that represents the Gem State’s entire political spectrum. This new…
An idiot goes to visit a really sick friend. When he arrives, the wife says, with tears in her eyes, “Sadly, he has already left us.” “Oh well,” says the idiot. “When he comes back, tell him I dropped by.” I think I’ve found the…
Kerri Thoreson, of KVNI/Coeur d'Alene Press fame, is kicking herself today for missing an important birthday. Kerri, as most of you know, does a swell job keeping track of most of our birthdays out there. But she forgot Anna Pierce's 65th birthday today. Anna, of…
Universities around Washington are buying up websites under the new .xxx web extension created for pornographic material. But they aren’t trying to bolster their budgets by getting into the porn business; they are protecting their brands from entrepreneurs of the adult entertainment industry who may…
Craig and Anita Blanchette pose for a portrait near their Battle Ground home on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Craig Blanchette, a former world/Bloomsday champion wheelchair racer, battled a sex and pornography addiction that nearly destroyed his family. (Zachary Kaufman/The Columbian) In an age in which alcoholism…
Mountain Dew has a flame retardant in it. There’s BVO in there. What’s BVO, you say? It’s a flame retardant for plastics aka brominated vegetable oil. It’s banned in Europe and Japan. But it’s there in your Mountain Dew. And your Squirt, Fanta Orange, Sunkist…
This just in: Many Americans are disillusioned with Congress. The news, according to a Gallup poll released this week, is the historic magnitude of our disgust. Sixty-four percent of respondents gave Congress “low” or “very low” marks for honesty or ethical standards — a landslide…
Yet, over the last couple weeks, the Occupy movement, which had promised to give voice to those who were bleeding in the streets, very nearly succumbed to self-inflicted wounds. The movement will doubtlessly continue, in regional and minor ways, for months, if not years, but…
Mike Kennedy offers this highlight from the Preschool Nativity Christmas Pageant Tuesday night: "Kindergartener playing Joseph gets nervous about his first lines such that he utters his first sentence to the innkeeper loudly, clearly, and very, very rapidly, sounding just like: 'My waffle's having a…
Ohio running back Donte Harden winds back to throw Tuesday during the Strikes for Spuds charity bowling event against Utah State in Boise. The bowling tournament is part of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl scheduled for Saturday at Bronco Stadium in Boise. Utah State defeated…
11:44 a.m. A loose animal of some kind is reported on H54 & Quail Run Court/Athol. 11:06 a.m. Resident in 2200 block of Dodd/Hayden reports a man came to door claiming he was there to do electrical work. But resident hadn't ordered work done. 10:49…
Spokane Valley police say a video posted by a car prowling suspect on his Facebook page that features suspected stolen loot will be used as evidence against him. “It'd be kind of silly for us not to,” said Sgt. John Nowels. The video, posted two…
State Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, appears to have the back of beleaguered state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, at the Idaho Freedom Foundation event at Red Lion Templin's Inn/Post Falls last night. Tuesday Poll: Hucks Nation considers all three legislators from District 3 (northern Kootenai…
I wish it didn’t need to be said, but here goes: “Rent” is not “about” fornication. It’s not “about” homosexuality. It’s about human beings and their trials. It tries to do what good art does: create empathy, draw viewers out of themselves, provoke emotional and…
Wayne Hoffman, the controversial leader of Idaho Freedom Foundation, rallied supporters at Red Lion Templin's Restaurant in Post Falls Tuesday night. Hoffman showed Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose" program during the meeting, attended by a larger-than-expected crowd.
Mary Souza's fixation with All Things Mike Kennedy continues in her latest City Pulse newsletter. Not content to let OpenCDA.com buddy Bill McCrory castigate Kennedy for publicly questioning county Election Department mistakes made in the city election, Mary weighs in about the "extremely serious charge!"…
A study out of Washington State University shows that people who are frequent readers of a daily newspaper tend to be more trusting of others than those who read newspapers less frequently. The effect holds for both residents of small towns and big cities, even…
With no warning, Idaho schools Superintendent Tom Luna declared a crisis in public education and delivered a solution. Caught flat-footed, Luna's adversaries struggled to catch up but not before Luna was able to string together persausive slogans, sound bites and explanations - and ascribed to…
Your newspaper carrier is one of the best friends you never met. This dedicated force that labors during the darkest hours of the night, in many cases never seen by their customers, represents some of the hardest workers you'll ever find. Some are young parents…
It appears Deputy Prosecutor Luke Malek and Reagan Republicans leader Jeff Ward are having an intense conversation after Malek's announcement that he will seek retiring Rep. Marge Chadderdon's House District 4A seat. HucksOnline story here. And: CdA Press story here. Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Tuesday…
Christa Hazel said she smiled when she saw this Charlie Brown Christmas tree in the upper loop during a hike on Canfield Mountain Tuesday morning. Someone, obviously, had gotten there before her to deck the halls, er, trails.
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.
