Occasionally, Scanner Traffic posts an item in which a freeway detector spots a stolen vehicle on Interstate 90 as it passes through Kootenai County. Anusha Roy, the hard-working KXLY reporter for North Idaho, talked to law enforcement in Kootenai County about the License Plate Recognition…
On her Facebook wall, weather woman Kris Crocker of KXLY writes: "ABC is featuring a show tonight about ... gulp ... exorcism, and it's right before the news. I wonder what kind of audience is going to be sticking around for the 11 o'clock news.…
No quota has been set for the wolf during this year’s season. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has proposed a wolf hunting season for Aug. 30 to March 31. Jim Hayden, IDFG regional wildlife manager, said the commission has also proposed a trapping…
Say what you will about America’s homebred religion, but one thing is undeniable: The Mormon church is moving into mainstream pop culture in a way not seen before. There’s Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, distant Mormon cousins both running as Republicans for president. There’s The…
Jon McKenzie, of the Northwest Heavy Athletics Association throws the hammer during practice at Theyer Park in Rathdrum on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. the World Championships in Amateur Scottish Heavy Athletics for men and women will be held for the first time in Spokane on…
Otter is having it both ways. When the Tea Party is looking, he's anti-Obamacare. When the Tea Party's back is turned, the governor grants waivers from his own ban. Otter's waivers have enabled $18.9 million in health care reform grants to flow into state coffers.…
Months after Spokane passed an ordinance making it illegal to panhandle on street corners and freeway entrances and exits, the panhandling hasn't stopped. Men and women are still there and now they've also moved into neighborhoods - hidden from law enforcement.It started with fruit peddlers,…
The ad is simple in nature, a statement in white letters with a blue sky background and clouds that read: "Are you good without God? Millions are." That's the advertisement set to appear on the sides of Spokane Transit Authority (STA) buses starting August 29.…
A nuisance hotline, neighborhood watch and photographing repeat offenders. These could help address issues with the Fresh Start homeless service facility on east Sherman Avenue, said Mike Kennedy, Coeur d'Alene City Council member, on Wednesday night. "The goal is, how do we improve the situation…
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.
