The Discovery Playground in Spokane Valley appears to be as popular with vandals as it is with children. Parks and Recreation staff noticed yesterday that one of two larger-than-life inchworms in the Secret Garden area of the playground had been stolen (the yellow one) and…
Blogmeister Ryan has a reporter friend who's visiting from Florida, driving from Butte, Mont., over through Idaho and up to the North Cascades in Washington. He'll be spending just a day or two in the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls area, and wondering what he should be…
Idaho Republicans have dropped a proposed rule change to let party committees screen candidates for primary elections and select just two for each office, but they'll consider plenty of other big changes when they gather Friday in Moscow for their annual state central committee meeting,…
You can watch the video of Sen. John McGee's ap-hollow-gy to the Canyon County Republican Central Committee as well as the discussion about his June run-in with the law on this YouTube video. You'll need to turn up the volume b/c this video was shot…
A 30-year-old man who lost consciousness while in Coeur d’Alene police custody died this morning at Kootenai Medical Center. Nicholas Andrew Clason was first contacted by police on Sunday at the Fourth Street on-ramp of westbound Interstate 90 after officers received reports of a suicidal…
Kootenai Health has named Dr. Richard McLandress program director of a family medicine residency program Kootenai has begun developing. The program is being developed in response to a national and regional shortfall in the number of family medicine physicians. Idaho ranks 49th in the nation…
After introducing a post, titled "Movies are killing our kids," Rebecca Nappi/End Notes writes: "How's that for a dramatic headline? It's a little bit of an exaggeration but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released today a National Cancer Institute study that says there's…
Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, which includes about 150 guardsmen from Nampa and Caldwell, were shaken by the recent killing of two members of their team. But they will continue to work hard to give Iraqis control over the country’s security, while…
Anti oil protesters beat on drums, sing, dance and chant in the governor's office in Helena, Mont. Tuesday. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer met with the pipeline protesters who occupied his office and demanded he renounce his support for a new pipeline project. (AP Photo/The Independent…
I’m no Rich Landers. This thought occurred to me last week, as I scanned the woods around me and looked in vain for something that resembled a trail. I’m quite sure this newspaper’s outdoors editor doesn’t often get lost in the woods. Particularly, when those…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and other Congressional leaders meet with President Barack Obama, regarding the debt ceiling, Wednesday in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Question: Any predictions re: how this game of chicken over…
11:59 a.m. A woman is begging Coeur d'Alene Safeway employees for money. 11:51 a.m. Ty, on Camrose/Rathdrum, reports someone has scammed his grandma for money. 11:36 a.m. Caller reports possible DUI driver in "dark car" n/b on H95 from Worley. 11:21 a.m. Man throwing eggs…
Update on Staff Sgt. Jason Rzepa (name is pronounced ‘zeppa’): Staff Sgt. Rzepa sustained serious leg injuries in the same attack that killed Sgt. Beyers and Spc. Newby. His family has released this update: Both his legs were amputated below the knees as a result…
At 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Coeur d'Alene police found a resident at 421 N12th St. holding a gun on a naked 23YO male. The homeowner lowered his gun when police arrived, and the suspect in the unlawful entry took off running, jumping fences before he was…
Wednesday Poll: 70% of Hucks Nation said the city of Coeur d'Alene should refuse to remove the picturesque trees that line the Dike Road around North Idaho College, including 45.16% who said, "Hell no." 56 of 124 respondents said "hell no." 31 of 124 respondents…
Memorial services for two Coeur d’Alene soldiers recently killed in Iraq will take place this weekend. The public is invited to attend a memorial service held by the Idaho Army National Guard for Sgt. Nathan R. Beyers and Spc. Nicholas W. Newby at 1 p.m.…
Tweeter McWriters writes to Huckleberries: After enjoying a great lunch with three of my children and their grandmother at Cafe Carambolo (Wednesday afternoon), we decided to head downtown to get cupcakes from Sweet B's Cupcakes (on 5th Street, just north of Sherman). As we drove…
Verdell Stirm, center, and Robin 'Stretch' Anderson, left, greet friends in the receiving line after being married Saturday at Katheryn Albertson Park. Stirm and Anderson are long-term residents at Interfaith Sanctuary, Boise's homeless shelter for men, women and children on River Street. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman:…
It's been 16 years since Cecil Andrus (pictured in SR file photo) left the governor's office. Sixteen years since Andrus kept a constant watch on the state economy and the tax-generating machinery. For the last five years, Gov. C. L. (Butch) Otter has been working…
Fans talk with Christian Lopez, right, before the New York Yankees' baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday at Yankee Stadium in New York. Lopez caught a home run Saturday by Derek Jeter which was Jeter's 3,000th career hit, and returned the ball…
Gov. Butch Otter issued a fact sheet today re: rumored investments by Chinese in Idaho, stating. "I have responded to many about Idaho's trade & investment relationship w/ China and now here's an FAQ on the issue. Among the FAQs: "Are any Chinese companies investing…
Item: Cd'A wants 3% raises: But property taxes would not increase/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Four new police cars, two front loaders for the street department, and a cash reserve set aside for construction on the McEuen Field redevelopment project. Oh - and…
Imperial Oil has five days starting Friday to get a megaload and another smaller, oversized shipment from the Port of Lewiston to Idaho's border via the Palouse. The Idaho Transportation Department reissued the permits Wednesday for the moves, said Adam Rush, a spokesman for the…
An Ephrata, Wash., woman won the grand prize of a $250,000 house in NIC Foundation's 18th annual Really BIG Raffle drawing this evening at Boswell Hall on North Idaho College's campus, attended by a crowd estimated at 2000. Donna Wallar was holding the winning ticket,…
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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