Homeowner Michiko Stehrenberger, rear, watches Tom Collier, left of Dalton Gardens, and Bob Granger, of Rathdrum, work on repair the deck of her Post Falls home. A Brush of Kindness is a home-repair program at Habitat for Humanity that partners with homeowners to help with…
Jonathan Franco, the Rathdrum police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash near Cusick, Wash., in September, had a lifelong love of guns. In remembrance of Jonny, on what would have been his 28th birthday last Wednesday, his mother, Elizabeth Yalian, of Rathdrum, emailed…
With Washington gearing up to privatize its liquor sales by June, Idaho state officials are worried about losing sales at their state-run liquor stores along the Washington-Idaho border and have tabled plans for new state liquor stores in Oldtown and Post Falls. ”I think we…
Item: Perusing in public: Some library computers are unfiltered for a good reason, but that also allows patrons chance to view pornography/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Compared to cell phone chatter, it barely registers. But the explicit images Elisabeth Goltz's fourth-grade daughter saw…
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I've been thinking all week that I'm still cool because I know who Catniss Everdeen is. Catniss? She's the hero of a three-part series by Suzanne Collins, launched by the bestseller, "Hunger Games." It's a book enjoyed by both teens and adults. I surprised a…
Backup quarterback Tyler Lantrip passed for 340 yards and four touchdowns as Nevada routed Idaho 56-3 on Saturday in a performance that left Vandals athletic director Rob Spear unhappy with the program. Aaron Bradley had seven catches for 136 yards three touchdowns for the Wolf…
Gloria Cain, left, blows a kiss to the crowd as she arrives with her husband, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, right, at an event Saturday in Atlanta. Cain announced he is suspending his campaign for president. (AP Photo/David Goldman) An unapologetic and defiant Herman Cain…
A 33-year-old Spirit Lake man was killed early this morning when his 1995 BMW left Highway 41 at Mile Post 17 (near Nautical Loop Road), hit several trees, and burst into flames. Daniel M. Davis died from injuries suffered when he was ejected from the…
Gonzaga Kevin Pangos (4) grabs the ball from Illinois' Mike Shaw (15) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Champaign, IL. today. Illinois beat Gonzaga at home today 82-75 in a battle of unbeatens. ESPN boxscore here. Jim Meehan SR story…
1. If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you live in Idaho. 2. If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in Idaho. 3. If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with…
Ron Lahr: “First, Rally Right is a Conservative Organization, not a Republican one and second they do not elect their leadership, and the Reagan Republicans do.” Larry Spencer: I’m going to have to disagree with you here. The board no longer is “elected” the three…
JeanieSpokane: I have become very proactive in issues relating to my body -- or, rather, I should say, my soul, body, and mind. I take issue with them just merrily going along and putting a part where I don’t want it, or running some kind…
It's been nearly 50 years since the Surgeon General linked cigarette smoking to lung cancer. Forty years ago, cigarette ads on TV disappeared. And the child born when Big Tobacco settled its lawsuits, forfeited billions in profits to the states and curbed advertising geared to…
Betsy Russell, my Boise partner in journalism, tells HucksOnline that seats for the open records/meeting discussion w/AG Lawrence Wasden are going fast in both the Sandpoint (Monday) and Coeur d'Alene (Tuesday). Fifty-three people -- a who's-who of local political folks -- have RSVP'd for the…
An Air Force officer holds a bird during a military ceremony celebrating the 92nd anniversary of Colombia's Air Ford in Bogota earlier today. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
What do you call the holiday when you talk about it in general? As I have caught flak and see others catch flak for saying Happy Holidays. This is a term or saying I have had for years.. before it fell from grace of the…
5:24 p.m. Man dressed in black is walking in n/b lanes @ H95 & M/P 443 (Chilco). 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 1-2 here. 5:09 p.m. Father w/battery alert code & son kicked another man in head @ Gunning &…
A duck makes its way across a thin layer of ice on the pond at Falls Park in Post Falls on this morning. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Regulators slam Hecla for miner's death in April/SR Leach shares thoughts on WSU history, players/SR Boise police, fire…
"I'm thinking that anyone in our area who had a camera handy during the late afternoon was snapping skyward photos," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "The local paper featured a photo from the late afternoon art show, as did one of my Facebook friends." More here.…
A passerby slips money into the donation kettle as Salvation Army's Mathew Niblack belts out a tune in front of the Fred Meyer in Port Orchard, Wash. in Port Orchard, Wash., Wednesday. Story here. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid) Question: Do you contribute to…
This letter is in response to (today's Coeur d'Alene Press editorial): "The opening statement reads “If you’re looking for someone who disagrees with something Mayor Sandi Bloem has voted for, voted against or decided on her own, count us in.” I wish to clarify that…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts: "Three years ago I broke up with my hairdresser because he spent 45 minutes every 6 weeks complaining to me about his crappy life AND he wouldn't listen to me when I wanted to grow my hair out. After…
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