The Coeur d'Alene City Council will look much differently in January, with Dan Gookin and Steve Adams replacing Al Hassell & John Bruning. The foes of proposed McEuen Field changes don't have critical mass to force an advisory vote. But it might be wise for…
"I arrived at the Company Ballet School studio a few minutes early to do an advance for their holiday production of the Nutcracker and found the students getting reading in the basement," posts Colin Mulvany, SR Snaps & Frames. "I like the layers in this…
HereInIdaho: You can chalk up my not voting to being like you said, “just an apathetic blob who’d rather eat Cheetos and watch Dancing with the Stars.” I have voted in every election since 1962 when I was 21. But remarks and actions of people…
5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Nov. 8-9 here. 5:08 p.m. A white garbage truck hit a light pole @ I-90 & Huetter about 30 minutes ago. 5:05 p.m. Caller from Ramsey & Scarcello/Garwood reports neighbor shooting toward his house. 4:27 p.m.…
Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest has approved a cash reward for information that will identify two suspects responsible for malicious injury to property that occurred at 513 E. Sherman Ave at 10:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. More here. Sheriff Watson sues Kootenai County, officials/CdA…
Demonstrators lie on a white tarp spotted with red paint symbolizing blood to protest against bullfighting in Lima, Peru, Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro) Top Cutlines: 1. Young child to his mother: “Momma, they don’t look like human beings to me. I…
"A remnant of autumn was hiding in a field north of us yesterday," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "With help from a few momentary blasts of late-afternoon sunshine, my camera caught this scene." More here. Jobs ... and define moral relativism/Arch Druid Collecting or hoarding/Atmospheric Ruminations…
Casino Reverend: "Why does Eddie Steele get 50 years in the slammer, for his arranging of a murder-for-hire? Given his age of 66 this might as well be a life sentence! Karl the Klubber is walking free currently and looking at 6-8 years in the…
Left hook like thunder and brave beyond measure, the final bell rings for Smokin’ Joe Frazier. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Justin Bieber fever rages for the young fans brandishing their signs as they gather at Westfield Stratford, in London on Monday to watch the pop star perform and turn on the Christmas lights. Thousands of young and mostly female fans of all ages waited hours…
HucksOnline: Did the voters of Coeur d'Alene give you & Steve Adams a mandate last night? Dan Gookin: The mandate is that they want a public vote on McEuen Field. Some could argue that was the public vote. But going forward they want an actual…
On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy writes: "Don't be lazy now, use the gate."
Tell me something: Why is it that members of the military repeatedly risk their lives for their country but most members of Congress won’t even risk losing an election? Why is it that policemen routinely go out there in the night along lonely highways and…
Shocked to find a group of Idaho legislators taking a taxpayer-funded limousine ride - replete with mini-bar, mood lighting and television - along the streets of Manhattan at five times the cost of a taxi? Stunned to discover that some of these lawmakers take their…
Throughout a half-hour joint interview late last week, Anthony Davis (right) and Mike Iupati (left) repeatedly finished each other's sentences. Barely two years after they met at a college football awards ceremony, they call themselves brothers. The 49ers picked both of them in the first…
Edgar Steele was sentenced to 50 years in prison today for a foiled murder-for-hire plot that targeted his wife and mother-in-law. In an hour and a half rant before Judge B. Lynn Winmill, Steele called the case a vast conspiracy by the federal government, the…
Spokane Mayor Mary Verner speaks with reporters Tuesday, after early reports showed her trailing David Condon in the mayor's race. Her gathering was at the Taaj restaurant. More here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Hailey rejects plastic bag ban/Twin Falls Times-News Montana torches debris from oil…
HucksOnline: Ron Edinger now has the 2nd to his motion for a public vote on proposed McEuen Field changes and probably 3 votes for it. Will that influence you re: going ahead with Team McEuen changes? Sandi Bloem: If there's a motion and a second…
On his Snaps & Frames blog, SR colleague Colin Mulvany writes of this photo: "Looking for a feature picture today, I spotted a group tree squirrels probing for acorns amongst the leaves in Corbin Park. The little buggers were soon on to me as I…
11:49 a.m. Coeur d'Alene police are checking on a battery report @ CdA Albertson's. 11:44 a.m. Post Falls man working on vehicle hurt back when something fell on him. 11:41 a.m. White Jeep w/broken fuel line is parked off road @ I-90 & 4th/CdA. 11:28…
Only 11,936 of 62,568 voters in 71 precincts around Kootenai County voted in local elections Tuesday. The best voter turnout was reported at Harrison (42.5%), Dalton Gardens (42.3%), Fernan (40.7%), and Hayden Lake (39.2%). Coeur d'Alene's turnout was 29.4%. Post Falls had only a 14.8%…
Tuesday Poll: 97 of 151 respondents (64.24%) said the judge was wrong to release convicted Spokane cop Karl Thompson from jail pending his sentencing in the death of Otto Zehm Jan. 27. Only 49 of 151 (32.45%) said the judge did the right thing by…
In this Nov. 6, 2010, file photo, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is carried off the field by his players after getting his 400th collegiate win, a 38-21 victory over Northwestern, in State College, Pa. Paterno say he plans to retire at the end…
Karl Thompson looked like a whole new man. When he walked into the federal courtroom Monday, he wore yellow jailhouse garb – the blousy top a shade darker than the loose pants. Big black letters on the back read: BONNER COUNTY. On his bare feet…
Despite a stern anti-incumbent mood nationally, two West Ada County mayors easily survived rigorous attempts to paint them as spendthrifts in troubled times. Two-term Mayor Tammy de Weerd in Meridian parried attacks from former GOP Sen. Gerry Sweet that she was more interested in building…
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.
