Coeur d'Alene Held Hostage, Day 35: It'll be interesting to see if state Rep. Kathy Sims (seen Monday curb side of Sherman Avenue) continues her vigil in the parking lot of that hardware store at 11th & Sherman Avenue today. The Souza-Orzell-Sims Recallers are reaching…
Johnette Yeager works with her horse Sady to get her ready to pull a wagon, in the pasture of her home in Central Kitsap on a sunny Monday. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)
U.S. News & World report has released its rankings of the best high schools in the United States, and schools in Boise, Eagle and Caldwell were among the highest-ranked in Idaho. Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy claimed the top spot, with Boise High School and Boise’s…
5:55 p.m. Soaking wet 30ish male dressed only in cutoffs & straw hat seen looking in windows in 1200 block of Millview Lane/CdA. 5:51 p.m. 30YO male w/long hair appears disoriented @ Chase & Fisher/PF. 5:32 p.m. I-90 driver reports man in Hawaiian shirt steped…
"Things have been looking up for a pair of ospreys since groups in Sandpoint organized to relocate a nest that had to be moved at Sandpoint’s War Memorial Field during renovations," posts Rich Landers of the SR's Outdoors blog. See what Rich is talking about…
At Slice Online HQ, SR colleague Paul Turner asks: "Do people do this where you work?" Question: Have you ever gotten a neck rub from a co-worker?
The following email is making the rounds in local Republican circles today: "We've all heard about Phil Hart's tax evasion issues. However, Phil Hart is more than just a tax protestor. His narrow ideology leads him to cast some peculiar, and in some cases, appalling…
In this film image released by Warner Bros., Johnny Depp portrays Barnabas Collins in a scene from "Dark Shadows." (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Peter Mountain) Question: Let's play "Favorite Johnny Depp" movie. Anyone?
For those wondering if there is an alternative this year to state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene, who is busy trying to overthrow Coeur d'Alene city government. The answer is no and yes. Not in the GOPrimary. But Anne L. Nesse of 854 Victoria is…
A new survey out today from Thumbtack.com, an online job service, and the Kauffman Foundation finds Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma and Utah are the friendliest states for small businesses. The survey asked more than 6,000 small business owners to rank states based on ease of starting…
At last night’s school board meeting, the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees declared a vacancy for the trustee position Zone 4 and outlined the process by which the Board will appoint a person to serve the remainder of the current term through June…
Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, is targeting two fellow North Idaho GOP lawmakers for defeat, campaign finance reports filed today reveal. Nonini's PAC, the Idaho Association for Good Government, donated $1,000 each to the campaigns of Danielle Ahrens, tea party adherent and the GOP primary…
Both Keith Hutcheson and Ben Wolfinger have outraised Tea Party candidate John Green in the three-way GOPrimary race to replace Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson. Hutcheson (who is supported by Reagan Republicans & Reasonable Republicans) had a warchest of $21,652 including donations, in-kind contributions and…
Lily Hartsfield, 4, and her brother Oliver Hartsfield, 8, turn their brother, Philip, 9, around and around as he sits in a tire swing at their home, in Decatur, Ala., Monday. (AP Photo/Decatur Daily, John Godbey) Question: When did you swing yourself on a tire…
Former congressman Bill Sali's appearance in North Idaho on behalf of Rep. Phil Hart and District 3 challenger Ron Mendive is being advertised at the Coeur d'Alene Press Online. Former Idaho Congressman Bill Sali, famous for introducing legislation in the U.S. House to suspend the…
The Shoshone County Sheriff's Office confirms they are investigating a body found on a trail near Wallace High School. Two women were walking along the Trail of the Couer d'Alenes when they spotted the body across the road from Wallace High School Tuesday morning. More…
Twenty-five seniors from Mountain View High School in Meridian, Idaho face misdemeanor charges for a senior prank they pulled late Sunday night. One senior said Monday, she and her fellow classmates are being treated unfairly by the district. “Everyone participates in senior pranks,” said Arica…
On the 20th anniversary of her family’s deadly standoff with federal law enforcement officers at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, Sara Weaver (shown in 2010 AP file photo) is an advocate of forgiveness. “Three years ago I Googled my name, and I thought – that’s not the…
Charlie Miller said it well, so let's just go ahead and repeat it: "Isn't that new section awesome?!" It is, says the city's crowd of runners, cyclists and walkers. The newly paved, 1,600-foot section of the North Idaho Centennial Trail stretches from Rosenberry Drive, and…
In this book cover image released by HarperCollins, children's book "Bumble Ardy," by Maurice Sendak, is shown. Sendak, author and illustrator of popular children's books died, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Conn. He was 83. (AP Photo/HarperCollins, Copyright © 2011 by…
12:02 p.m. CPD officer is stopping to check on male on Prairie Trail below I-90 bridge. 11:51 a.m. 2 kids who appear to be about 8YOs are driving white pickup @ 4th & Kathleen/CdA. 11:32 a.m. R/P reports 54YO female needs help outside Kootenai Urgent…
Kathy Hedberg, my former Lewiston Tribune colleague, has started a blog, Camas Prairie Home Companion. This is her first post: "The thing I like best about long-distance races — especially in metropolitan areas — is that you get to see for yourself that a lot…
As I've mentioned before, I encountered Jim Hollingsworth of the North Idaho Patriots for Ron Paul 2012 in my neighborhood a week to 10 days ago, wearing a RecallCDA button. Jim had just pouned a yard sign supporting John Green for sheriff in a neighbor's…
Silver Pine Mercantile owners Barbara Jo "BJ" Jones and Scott Lasley discuss their decision to sell their museum-quality skull casting of "Sue" the T. rex at the store in Wallace. SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Hedberg) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Hecla reports 1st quarter…
Since last week, pro-business groups like the Idaho Association of Realtors have pumped some $30,000 into campaigns of Republican incumbents facing libertarian-leaning rivals in the May 15 primary. In northern Idaho, Sen. Shawn Keough, of Sandpoint, and Rep. George Eskridge, of Dover, each banked at…
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.
