... Former Idaho legislator George Sayler has filed as a candidate for Coeur d'Alene City Council seat No. 3 (currently held by Al Hassell), and Amber Copeland has filed for Coeur d'Alene City Council seat No. 5 (currently held by John Bruning). This, according to…
There’s no point in letting the corpse cool. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, a bipartisan citizens’ commission hit its final deadline, with no plan in hand to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts. At 5:53 p.m., Idaho Republican Party Chairman Norm Semanko issued a statement…
But when the Tribune filed a public records request to examine the (concealed weapons permit held by murderer Ernesto Bustamante), it was denied. Idaho's lawmakers decided the fact that someone had a CWP should be exempt from Idaho's public records law. In Idaho, your driver's…
Contrary Mary isn't anything if she's not consistent in her rants against any and all who dare to see things differently that she does. County Clerk Cliff Hayes, who has been golden for Mary's OpenCDA crowd simply because he's not Dan English, is the latest…
Kylie Brown, right, breaks down as she begins to speak about her sorority sister, Katheryn M. "Katy" Benoit, as Megan Short, left, moves to comfort her, during a memorial service for the slain University of Idaho graduate student, Wednesday on the UI campus in Moscow.…
It’s the end for Cyrus O’Leary’s. Sunday marks the final day for this iconic downtown Spokane restaurant at 516 W. Main Ave. Yeah, I thought about delivering the lousy news in a more palatable way. But why sugarcoat it? The only positive aspect is that…
"This is one of those photo assignments that stress me out long after it’s over," posts SR photographer Colin Mulvany of Snaps & Frames. "Reporter John Stucke had done his shoe-leather work in securing the interview with the two friends and the brother who witnessed…
On his Movies & More blog, Dan Webster published the once-controversial "Edison Test," a list of 17 questions compiled by Thomas Edison in 1921 to test readers smarts. Dan said he needed to apologize to his teachers because he correctly answered all 17 questions. I…
It’s faded and threadbare and its edges have begun to unravel. I pulled the white-flowered pink towel from the dryer and folded it, carefully smoothing the frayed trim. Each time I find it in the laundry I set it aside to go in the rag…
Item: Edinger seeks to retain council seat/Tom Hasslinger, CdA Press More Info: Coeur d'Alene City Council President Ron Edinger isn't pandering for votes. The seat 1 incumbent, former mayor and public servant for 40 plus years, opposes the proposed large scale changes to McEuen Field…
Congressman Raul Labrador issued the following statement after the federal government dropped charges against Jeremy Hill of Bonners Ferry for shooting a grizzly: "I am pleased the US Attorney's Office has chosen to drop all criminal charges against Jeremy Hill. Jeremy is not a criminal…
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.
