Rumors of a school shooting plot prompted three school districts to cancel classes today for about 20,000 students in Kootenai County. Although police have not verified a real threat of violence, the persistent rumors rattled many students and parents, and attendance has dropped all week,…
People take part in a ceremony at the Mayan archeological site of Iximche to mark the end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun in Tecpan, Guatemala, early today. The end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun marks a new period in the Mayan calendar, an event only…
DanOfTheCommunity: I’m doing double duty as caretaker for Twin Lakes Friends Camp as well as my new position as Executive Director of North Idaho CASA. So far the light duties of my outgoing role as camp caretaker hasn’t had to rub too hard against my…
President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry (pictured in AP photo), the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and is likely…
The Kootenai County commissioners are still pursuing the option of a new, privately funded jail, but are reconsidering partnering with the city of Coeur d'Alene on a new downtown parking garage. These were among several long-term plans the commissioners discussed on Thursday at a strategic…
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.
