An ice climber ascends at Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier during filming of "Blue Obsession," a 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival finalist. (Courtesy photo: Alan Gordon) People who produce adventure films featured in the Banff Mountain Film Festival shouldn’t be stereotyped as hard-core, muscle-powered adrenaline junkies with…
Coeur d’Alene High quarterback Chad Chalich gave Idaho head coach Robb Akey an oral commitment Sunday night to accept a scholarship offer to play for the Vandals, Vikings coach Shawn Amos said. Chalich, who led the Vikings to the 5A state championship, had a home…
A shopper recently marched into the gift shop at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and asked: “Where are the clip-on ornaments?” She was shown to the decorated Christmas tree, where she picked out several ornaments. She clips a $50 bill onto each ornament for everyone…
The Slice had asked about friendships involving horses and barn cats. “Well, Maggie’s not exactly a horse,” wrote North Idaho’s Diane Newcomer. “She’s a 47-year-old mule.” Maggie has a feline friend, a 5-year-old orange mouser named Thunderfoot. “They have been buddies ever since Thunderfoot was…
North Idaho and Eastern Washington share a grim distinction: Both have far higher rates of parents choosing not to immunize their children against childhood disease than either Idaho or Washington as a whole. As a result, health authorities say, youngsters in the region are at…
Vive la toast! - November 28 is National French Toast Day!You couldn't ask for a better jumpstart into Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping frenzy than chowing down on the carbohydrate and sugar dream team that is French toast! Whether you prefer it for breakfast,…
Chad and Jayme Hall are the owners of Alligator Diesel Performance in Coeur d'Alene. The company made Inc.Magazine's list of America's 500 fastest-growing companies after experiencing a three-year growth rate of 1,213 percent. Alison Boggs' SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Cartoon: One way…
Beverly A. Mitton, 57, of Ponderay, was airlifted by MedStar to Kootenai Medical Center after she lost control of her pickup on ice, rolled over, and struck a tree at 12:48 this morning on Highway 95, five miles north of Five Mile Creek, in Boundary…
The 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in Washington on Monday, following a 20-day cross-country tour that started in the Stanislaus National Forest in northern California. The 65-foot white fir tree will be illuminated during a ceremony scheduled for Dec. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Question:…
Crime fighting has gone high-tech and mobile in Post Falls. Citizens can now report criminal activity via text messages and email. Police say the system - being piloted in this area by PFPD -- is not intended to replace 911. If residents need emergency assistance,…
Wearing seat belts saves lives, so therefore you should be forced to wear one, say defenders of this freedom-infringing statute. You’re walking down the street and a police car races past, blue and red lights ablaze. Surprisingly, the police officer blocks your path, hops out…
... that a display ad in the classified section of the Coeur d'Alene Press today has some local Republicans up in arms. Entitled "Conservatives Unite," under a mug shot of a smiling Ronald Reagan, the ad begins: "If you're frustrated with liberalism taking over in…
Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation said it wouldn't get "up early, shop till I drop" on Black Friday past. 183 of 202 respondents (90.59%) said they wouldn't take part in the early-morning madness on Black Friday past. Only 3 of 202 (1.49%) said they planned…
Washington State coach Paul Wulff, right, walks onto the field with players before an NCAA college football game against Washington in Seattle. Wulff canceled his regular Sunday evening conference call with reporters. Washington State finished 4-8 this season after losing to archrival Washington in the…
Idaho educators say cursive writing among students is becoming increasingly rare as new technologies take over and schools reduce how long they expect cursive fluency. Idaho formerly tested students for cursive writing skills until about seventh grade, but now only through about fourth grade. Cursive…
You hear this every day: "I'm working harder than ever, and earning less." Or its cousin: "We're having to do more with less." Why, then, do we also hear stories, all too frequently, about poor service rendered by lazy or unprofessional employees? About new workers…
Item: Urban renewal options: Incoming city council members ponder what to do with Lake City Development Corp/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Steve Adams says he could explore one legal avenue to shut down the city’s urban renewal board. The city council-elect, set to…
"I've been involved for 23 years," said Joy Richards as she worked on the tree she is sponsoring for the years Festival of Trees at The Coeur d'Alene Resort last week. The festival is Kootenai Health Foundation's largest fundraiser began Friday and runs through today.…
Who’s the fairest conservative woman of them all? That would be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as far as John Hawkins of RightWing News is concerned. But U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers does OK too among Hawkins’ list of the 20 most influential conservative women…
Rep. Barney Frank D-Mass., ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, participates in the committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March file photo. Frank's office says he won't seek re-election in 2012. Story here. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Thoughts on…
Have we become the Bah Humbug Nation? I’m convinced of it, having just reacquainted myself with the mean and selfish stylings of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (and its current stage adaptation at the Spokane Civic Theatre). Scrooge’s shriveled heart, in his…
Item: County mulls boat, user fees: Aucutt: 'People need to pay for what they're using'/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Some boaters might be hauling a different load next boating season, at least in their wallets. Kootenai County is reconsidering boating related fees, with…
The Coeur d'Alene Family Oliveria is planning a full day of feasting and enjoying one another's company in Coeur d'Alene today -- 12 of the 15 of us who live in North Idaho including three in-laws on my wife's side. From my family to yours,…
Lorraine White poses with some of the dozens of hats she has collected over the last few years. Lorraine White loves hats. Red, pink, purple, green and gold. Cowboy, fedora, boater, and cloche. Since 2006, White has collected 50 of them in all shapes, sizes…
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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