Update: Mary Souza will be discussing the Souza-Orzell-Sims attempt to overthrow city government at 7:10 Friday morning on KVNI-ESPN 1080, followed by Kathy Sims dissing on urban renewal at 7:40. Coeur d'Alene Held Hostage, Day 30: I followed that comments thread started by the online…
Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, who’s running for the Idaho Senate, has made a last-minute $1,000 campaign donation through his PAC to the primary election challenger of the sitting chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Dean Cameron, R-Rupert. That’s a form of political heresy…
5:13 p.m. R/P reports 2 African-American males are selling cleaning products door-to-door on Hayden Lake Road near Chicken Point. Deputy responds that 17 African-American males from out of town are selling cleaning products in county this week. They've been checked several times. 4:59 p.m. Female…
R. Lyman of Pecky Cox's As The Lake Churns snapped these three pups near Priest Lake recently. Rathdrum crash knocks out power/CdA Press East Spokane murder victim ID'd/Kylee Cruz, KXLY Cute baby owns rarer than thought/Jacob Palmer, SR Expect traffic closures for NW Blvd work…
This undated image, provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the “Buckner Ball,” the baseball that dribbled between the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner during the 10th inning of Game Six of the 1986 World Series. The error gave the New York Mets…
Urban renewal has come into the public spotlight the last few years across Idaho, largely focusing on the proponents stated accomplishments of such districts versus how they are funded, created and administered. The primary rationale behind urban renewal projects is to grow business and bring…
When Princess Natalie was still a kitten, before she was prison royalty, she was left in a cage with another cat for months. They were fed, given water and not much else. Natalie became afraid of people and other cats. When she was adopted, she…
Is it just me? Why is Tom Luna alone? At least two recall efforts have somewhat lifted off the ground, with apparently no effort to counter them from the GOP. The education unions have scoped their political rifles... and the cross hairs ominously shadow only…
Marianne Love/Slight Detour writes: "I just told Bill that my adventure yesterday afternoon to a place just 35 miles away made me feel like I'd entered another state and time: Montana in June. Certainly a few places here in Northern Idaho have yellow daisies and…
A Nashville Predators ice girl skates past Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith (41) as she carries a catfish off the ice after it was thrown from the stands in the first period of Game 3 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference semifinal playoff…
A woman walking her dog along the Spokane River this morning was fatally stabbed in what authorities say may have been a random attack. The woman, whose identity was immediately unavailable, suffered life-threatening stab wounds to her upper body shortly after 8 a.m. and was…
A flight instructor and his student escaped injury this morning when their single-engine airplane crashed into Hayden Lake, about one mile from the Honeysuckle boat ramp. Workers from Hayden Marina rescued student pilot Michael Bell, 61, of Spokane, and flight instructor Michael Kincaid, 62, of…
A discussion about the shooting of Afghan citizens by a U.S. soldier led to some spilled drinks at the Lakers bar @ 407 N2nd St/CdA this spring. The latest Coeur d'Alene Downtown Bar report has the story involving a cranky old fart and a lady…
Dan Kiser, 56, stands with the horses at Tree Top Ranches in Parma, Idaho, April 25. The horses are raised by Dan Kiser at Parma's Tree Top Ranches, which is owned by Treasure Valley businessman Larry Williams and his wife, Marianne. On Saturday, Kiser's pick,…
Kevin Richert, opinion editor of the Idaho Statesman, tweets: "A friendly note to folks who write letters to the editor: YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR LETTER IN ALL CAPS. But we're not going to run it that way." Question: Do you use all caps to make…
If it's Monday, it must be time for a new current-events quiz. Simply by participating this week, you'll be eligible for three random drawings for Spokane Shock football tickets. And if you finish at the top of the leaderboard, a $50 Davenport Hotel gift card…
So your sitting on a pot in the women's restroom in a downtown local bar when the door flies open and standing there is the furiour ex-girlfriend of your boyfriend. The latest Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar report describes the scene: "Officers responded to a battery…
I.C. 34-1713(3) The signer of any recall petition may remove his own name from the petition by crossing out, obliterating, or otherwise defacing his own signature at any time prior to the time when the petition is filed. Responding to an email, City Clerk Susan…
Patricia “Peacha” McFaul first glimpsed her future husband on a basketball court in January 1951. This comes as no surprise to those who know lifelong athlete Ted McFaul.A mutual friend had arranged a blind date for Peacha and the lanky former sailor. “It was a…
A man walks on a giant jigsaw showing an Albrecht Duerer painting 'Self-portrait in fur coat' in Nuremberg, Germany on Thursday. The jigsaw, made of 1023 parts on 300 square meters, is supposed to be built by citizens at the red square in Moscow to…
12:02 p.m. Stolen, dark-green Dodge Dakota spotted in lot of Sterling Savings, 11th & Sherman. 11:58 a.m. A dark-brown horse is running loose on McCoy @ Bunco/Athol. 11:39 a.m. Resident on Chateaux/Hayden has contained terrier in yard, owner en route. 11:19 a.m. PFPD officer is…
Rescue workers survey the site of an airplane that flipped about a mile from the lakeshore at Honeysuckle Beach, near the old Tobler Marina, at Hayden Lake. That part of the lake is about 200 feet deep. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) 2 rescued from float…
Beverly Kummerling takes part in a National Day of Prayer event on Independence Mall earlier today in Philadelphia. President Barack Obama has declared today to be the National Day of Prayer, calling on Americans "to be humble in our convictions." Story here. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)…
Wednesday Poll: Only 1/3 of Hucks Nation (62 of 186, 33.33%) agrees with Coeur d'Alene Councilman Dan Gookin's position that the city of Coeur d'Alene should suspend funding of public art during these hard economic times. However 121 of 186 respondents (65.05%) disagree with Gookin.…
Larry Spencer (RE: Deputy Sheriff's Association endorsements of Vic Holmes & Tim Herzog): They are backing the two candidates that don’t even have enough money to run a campaign. At the tea party event, each candidate was asked how much they had recived in donations…
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.
