Eman: “As for the recall, if everything you and others say are true then why worry about a recall it doesn’t stand a chance.” DFO: I disagree. If this matter gets on the November ballot in a presidential election year where Coeur d’Alene R’s will…
House Democratic Leader John Rusche is euphoric about what he sees as a rare chance: his party winning seats in the Legislature with an incumbent Democratic president atop the ticket. Rusche concedes President Barack Obama’s unpopularity in Idaho but says the GOP’s effort to mandate…
If the pundits are right, Obamacare is finished. Three days of watching the conservative wing of the U.S. Supreme Court has them convinced the justices will strike down as unconstitutional the law's central feature - mandating people to buy health insurance - and potentially the…
In this June 27, 2007, SR file photo, retired executive Art Brown, left, and Dr. Jack Riggs, right, flank Mayor Sandi Bloem as they listen to speeches at the official groundbreaking of the Kroc Center Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene. Riggs and Brown are the co-chairs…
"Ronald Reagan would never have done this. You have stolen their name and are a disgrace to Ronald Reagan" -- Jack Riggs re: Kootenai County Reagan Republicans and principals Ron Lahr and Jeff Ward who are involved in recall effort.
Item: Second time's the charm: Petitions certified to begin recall effort; mayor, city council supporters gather/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The petitions to begin a recall effort against three Coeur d'Alene City Council members and the mayor were certified Thursday, leaving the citizen…
In September 2007, Susie Hulse’s husband died after a long bout with colon cancer. Hulse found herself in frightening, unfamiliar territory. She’d left her job to care for her husband, Dale. Medical bills from all over the place – hospitals in Wenatchee, Spokane and Tulsa…
Coeur d'Alene has now officially stepped through the looking glass and is sipping tea at the Mad Hatter's party. Up is down. Black is white. Progress is bad. We wished we were back in the 1960s and hydroplanes were zipping across the surface of Lake…
Actor Bill Murray slides into home after rounding the bases before throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before a opening day baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals today in Chicago. The Nationals won 2-1. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The effort to recall Mayor Sandi Bloem and three Coeur d'Alene City Council members -- Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers and Mike Kennedy -- may be based on false information, as circulated in a flyer handed out to Republican Women today. The flyer (seen below on…
5:18 p.m. Possible burglary in progress at an old Louisiana Pacific building on Spokane/PF. 5:07 p.m. 13YO boy is cussing out father @ River City Middle School/PF basketball courts after being kicked out of Boys & Girls Club earlier for being unruly. 5:03 p.m. Caller…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns offers this photo from the snow storm that hit North Idaho Wednesday -- and asks: "What's worse -- snow on April 4 or the gas prices in the background?" Trailer rolls on I-90, cows make break for it/SR Wyoming town…
Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d’Alene social work students delivered a diaper dandy. The 2nd Annual Student Organization of Social Work Diaper Drive collected 2,500 diapers from local residents and delivered them to St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d’Alene and the Post Falls Food Bank…
In the Kootenai County sheriff's race, the Reasonable Republicans said two men are qualified and would serve well: Keith Hutcheson and sheriff' Major Ben Wolfinger. Brad Corkill of the Reasonable Republicans had pointed words for a third candidate, John Green: "It was clear, though, that…
The North Idaho Political Action Committee (AKA "Reasonable Republicans) made their endorsements moments ago, setting as its highest priority the defeat of Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol. You can read the list & reasons for endorsements here.The endorsements: District #1: Shawn Keough (Senate); Eric Anderson (Seat…
On his Twitter page, Gov. Butch Otter brags: "I signed my bill reducing State income tax rates into law today, keeping $35 million more of taxpayers’ money in their pockets." DFO: Ah, Butch, did you forget that the $35M only goes into the pockets of…
New data shows Idaho's rural communities are continuing to shrink but at a more intense rate, with population declines recorded in 18 remote counties last year. The state Department of Labor reported Thursday that more rural counties lost population from July 2010 through July 2011…
It’s a news story that, in Idaho, has become a legend. A conservative senator arrested for soliciting sex with another man in an airport bathroom. In video from C-SPAN from 2007 Idaho Senator Larry Craig apologizes just after the story broke. “While I was not…
A flyer circulated by Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com to local Republican Women's Club luncheon today. (My scanner cut off the bottom name on the Recallers' hit list: Woody McEvers.) DFO: BTW, I think that top gripe about a $40M McEuen Field overhaul is extremely inaccurate.…
Frank Orzell & Co. finally filed proper paperwork that included their reason for attempting recall effort against Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem & council members Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers and Mike Kennedy. The reasons: S/he denied a public advisory vote and approved a plan to…
Here's proof that state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene, has had it out for Mayor Sandi Bloem's administration for some time. Sims, a signer of the petition to launch a recall against Bloem and Councilmen Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers and Mike Kennedy, circulated this attack…
In case you're wondering whether Reagan Republicans have gone off deep end in demonizing Mayor Sandi Bloem and three council members targetted for recall, Jeff Ward calls for their ouster in his newsletter, concluding with "Now it seems the citizens of Coeur d'Alene must determine…
On her End Notes blog, SR colleague Rebecca Nappi writes: "Please help us come up with a name that best describes how baby boomers will age. They won't do it the same as parents and grandparents. My story today explained how most boomers will likely…
Spoof RE: Hart in wrong place at wrong time/Lewiston Tribune ISP (guns drawn): ‘OK, buddy, come out with your hands up’. Phil: ‘Wait, wait, it was just a little timber…’ ISP: ‘Come out, right now.’ Phil: ‘And, besides, the house in in a trust…’ ISP:…
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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