Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., greets American Legion officers on stage after addressing the national convention Thursday in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid) Question: Who would you rather see as president, if you were forced to pick: Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin?
When professional economists analyze how well Idaho will do in the next 18 months, they consider a host of factors. Will interest rates spur investment? Will more people have jobs? How much will they get paid? What will Idaho's commodities and manufactured goods command on…
John Stocks, who spent most of the 1980s as a community organizer and political strategist in Boise and Coeur d'Alene, takes over as executive director of the NEA Thursday. Stocks was elected as a Democrat from Kootenai County to the Idaho Senate in 1988, but…
On the first day of fall camp last month, Idaho football coach Robb Akey approached Brian Reader – a senior who bided his time behind a four-year starter – and supplied a clear message. “I remember the first practice we had out here,” Akey recalled…
TRIP, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that supports road and bridge construction, issued a report Thursday saying Idaho has the second highest percentage of major rural pavements in poor condition, behind Vermont. The Idaho Associated General Contractors were included in a TRIP news release, quoting Executive…
In this undated file photo taken in Yachats, Ore., Karen Noyes feeds black bears outside her home. Noyes, who has lost a legal fight to feed black bears from her home on the Oregon coast, says she’s not coming back to Oregon. Rich Landers/Outdoors blog…
Mayor Sandi Bloem's office has released the newest official photo of Her Sandiness (right). I'm also publishing the previous official portrait. Which one do you like best? Why? Which official photo of Mayor Sandi Bloem do you like best?
The pressure is on President Obama to deliver a blockbuster plan to revive the economy, as the White House hypes his upcoming jobs speech -- amid a bungled rollout -- as a potential turning point in his administration. When the White House first teased the…
As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, half of Americans say the nation has changed for the worse while more than one-quarter (28 percent) believe the country is in a better place, according to an AARP Bulletin poll. More than three-quarters…
Item: Commandments make a move: Marble block now sits at the Veterans Plaza/Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The commandments aren't gone. They've justrelocated. Kootenai County has moved the block of marble inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the courthouse lawn to the Veterans Plaza, beside…
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.
