JohnA: It (12.12.12) means I’m another year older today. :) I remember when I was seven I had an interest in numbers, partly because my dad’s birthday was 6/6, my aunt’s was 9/9 and mine was 12/12/55. So, I calculated how old I would be…
Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during the opening day of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an…
11:57 a.m. Resident in 11100 block of N. Church Road//Rathdrum reports hearing crash of rock being thrown through back window when he returned home 15 minutes ago. No one gained entry to home. 11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 11-12 here.…
Kristina Lyman (city of Coeur d'Alene PIO): Hello bloggers. I’m here and have read this string. My, aren’t you a tough crowd. You likely will not see me on comment strings, unless I need to get a fact out or relay some information. But I…
Almost half of the legislators in Idaho work in agriculture or business when they’re not making policy in Boise. Over the last month, StateImpact Idaho has collected basic demographic information on the 2013 Idaho Legislature. Some of the information we gathered came directly from lawmakers.…
Tuesday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation said that parents who refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated are "foolish." 151 of 192 respondents (78.65%) took that position. Meanwhile, 25 of 192 respondents (13.02%) described such parents as "cautious"; 5 (2.6%) as "wise"; and 4 (2.08%)…
Seattle Mariners' Jason Bay smiles as he begins interviews with reporters while standing in front of his new locker on Monday in Seattle. Bay, a former North Idaho College Cardinal and Gonzaga Bulldog star, signed a one-year deal with the Mariners in the hopes of…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson reports, "Several stations in Coeur d'Alene and Hayden today had gas at $3.13 per gallon. It would make me happy to be paying under $3 in 2013." Question: How low do you expect gas prices to go before they…
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber today ordered all flags at public institutions statewide to be lowered immediately and flown at half-staff until sunset today in remembrance of individuals who died in Clackamas Town Center shooting Tuesday. “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families…
Property owners along Front Avenue should ante up for improvements that will increase their property values, but city officials need to put a reasonable lid on their request. The city might create a LID - Local Improvement District - that would pull in $1.2 million…
With one game still left in Florida State's 2012 season, the Seminoles have already begun firming up their 2013 schedule. FSU has reportedly added a late-season, home, non-conference game with Idaho onto next year's calendar. The Seminoles and Vandals are slated to play Nov. 23…
Over the years I've noted a type of odd feeling when a date falls on the calendar where the day, month and year all have the same numerals attached. Today's date of 12-12-12 is my case in point. I'm not a numerology guy. I don't…
President Obama's top pollster said the Republican Party has a 'tolerance problem' and predicted they will continue to struggle at the ballot box if they don't have a major tonal change. "If Republicans approach this as if they have a Latino problem I think that…
Tee shirts advertising the 12-12-12 date sit on display at A Little White Wedding Chapel Tuesday in Las Vegas. These “once-in-a-century” wedding dates have become more important each year as people increasingly look outside Vegas for nontraditional weddings. Once known as the wedding capital of…
Story time? Really, Councilman Fagan? The next time you hear the government-phobes launch the script about crushing taxes and runaway waste, remember Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan and his insights into the city’s library system, offered during the passionate debate Monday night about the city’s…
In 2000, citizens were asked what Coeur d'Alene should focus on as it built for the future, 2020 to be exact. Almost everything, the survey answers said. Get busy, they said, on expanding arts and culture, economic vitality, parks and recreation opportunities, housing, public safety,…
Tuesday marked an unusual occurrence for Kootenai County, when the Idaho Board of Tax Appeals held a hearing where the county Assessor's Office appealed a property assessment. That is, the Assessor's Office appealed a decision the county commissioners made this summer -- when they convened…
Gosh, you take a well-deserved coupla daze of vacay -- and get clobbered for it in the comments thread. I may appear to be a grizzled, old blogmeister with 4-inch journo rino skin, but deep down inside I'm ... a grizzled, old blogmeister with 4-inch…
On her Facebook page Monday, Kerri Thoreson writes: "What a Monday this is. Started out with me leaving the house without my packet of show notes and having to re-create from memory right before going on the air. Plus I polished my nails Christmas green…
I love it when someone gives me a recipe to try because they want to know if it is good or not but not necessarily on the foods they can eat. It helps if someone can eat it for you,so you can still have the…
5:25 p.m. Female sitting in disabled white mini-van on s/b H95/MP 410 (Stringham, north of Worley). 5:23 p.m. Vehicles trying to make U-turns @ Ramsey & NW Blvd to avoid traffic jam from crash. 5:22 p.m. 2 drunks in black clothes from Coeur d'Alene Casino…
Susan Weathers, the Coeur d'Alene city clerk, talks with coworkers and friends during her farewell party Friday at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Weathers worked with the City of Coeur d'Alene for 26 years. (If you look closely, you'll see DFO talking to assistant city…
In case you wondered how John Chamness, former director of Coeur d'Alene's Kroc Center, is doing now ... that's him on the far left, with his wife next to him. John now is divisional commander for the Salvation Army in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tough gig, hunh?…
2Day FM, the Australian radio station behind a prank call to Kate Middleton's hospital plans to donate money to the family of the nurse who was found dead after the hoax. Last week, nurse Jacintha Saldanha transferred a call from two Australian DJs posing as…
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